Author: Robert Catterall

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Session title: Let Me Make This Clear: Explaining Often-Misunderstood Db2 for z/OS Concepts and Facilities

Session abstract: Some aspects of Db2 for z/OS technology are plain as day; others, less so. Questions I get from Db2 users worldwide have highlighted for me things that a lot of folks – even very experienced Db2 people – tend to misunderstand. From APPLCOMPAT to contiguous buffer pools, from MAXDBAT to the IBM Data Server Driver package collection, in this session I’ll try to take folks from “Uh” to “Oh!”
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Session title: What Organizations are Doing (and Looking to Do) with Db2 for z/OS: Trends and Directions

Session abstract: You may have seen Db2 for z/OS “trends and directions” presentations at various conferences and user group meetings. They are typically given by the IBM Director of Db2 for z/OS Development, together with one of the senior architects on the development team, and they provide a look into the future: where is IBM taking the product?
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Session title: Db2 for z/OS: Exploiting Large Real Storage Resources on IBM Z

Session abstract: Db2 12 for z/OS is packed with new features and functions. It’s easy to talk all day about Db2 12, and I do that on a regular basis. For this session, I’ve boiled down what I consider to be the most important Db2 12-related information into a 75-minute presentation. Continue reading “The Most Important Stuff You Should Know About Db2 12 for z/OS”

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Session title: Db2 for z/OS: Exploiting Large Real Storage Resources on IBM Z

Session abstract: z/OS LPAR real storage resources are getting larger and larger: it is no longer unusual to see LPARs with several hundred gigabytes of memory. As real storage sizes have grown, Db2 for z/OS has expanded the opportunities available for exploiting this resource for enhanced system and application performance and CPU efficiency. Continue reading “Db2 for z/OS: Exploiting Large Real Storage Resources on IBM Z”

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Session title: Db2 for z/OS Stored Procedures: the System Perspective

Session abstract: This session provides information on Db2 for z/OS stored procedures that can be particularly relevant to Db2 “systems” people – systems programmers and DBAs. Continue reading “Db2 for z/OS Stored Procedures: the System Perspective”

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Session title: Managing, Monitoring, Tuning and Architecting a Db2 for z/OS DDF Workload

Session abstract: At a great many Db2 for z/OS sites, applications that utilize the distributed data facility (DDF) comprise the fastest-growing segment of the overall Db2 workload, and such applications are increasingly found to be the very largest workload component – bigger than CICS-Db2, bigger than IMS-Db2, bigger than batch-Db2. Continue reading “Managing, Monitoring, Tuning and Architecting a Db2 for z/OS DDF Workload”