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DB2 11 for z/OS An IDUG User Technical Perspective

By Julian Stuhler posted Oct 07, 2013 09:28 AM

  

 

In March 2013 the IDUG DB2 11 Editorial Committee was formed, comprised of volunteers from IDUG’s worldwide community of DB2 users and consultants. Working alongside IBM's formal Early Support Program (ESP), the Editorial Committee gained valuable insight into exactly what makes the new release tick. This White Paper contains their findings, including practical experiences and independent evaluations of the new features.

DB2 11 contains a large number of enhancements, but some will be of more interest than others depending on your job role and background. We have organised this paper according to the features likely to be most applicable to each of the three major technical roles in a DB2 for z/OS environment: Systems Programmers, Database Administrators and Application Developers.

Download the paper from The IDUG Content File Library here: http://www.idug.org/p/do/sd/sid=5511&type=0

NEW! You can now also download the paper in the open EPUB format suitable for e-readers here: http://www.idug.org/p/do/sd/sid=5879&type=0

Please add comments, suggestions, tips about DB2 11, or any other feedback you may have in the comments secton below.

In early March, the IDUG Content Committee randomly selected one contributor to the comments below for a free IDUG Technical Conference admission at either IDUG NA, IDUG Australasia or IDUG EMEA in 2014. Congratulations to Henrick Krackowski, winner of the IDUG white paper drawing. Thank you to all who participated.

 

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Armando Jorge da Silva Arranja
Feb 28, 2014 06:20 AM

Great job!

Some suggestions to improve the paper:


- Include a sample of the input data in the OLAP examples


- Move the security features from the DBA topics into a new section Security topics


- Move the XML descriptions from the DBA topics to the Developer Topics


Congratulations to the Editorial Committee for the good job! The description of the new features and their limits save lots of reading and research times.


 

Raf Mathijs
Feb 28, 2014 03:53 AM

DB2 11

interesested in everything DB2...

Henrik Krakowski
Feb 13, 2014 12:57 AM

DB2 11 Whitepaper

I think Julian made a great job. I found many interesting facts for future usage


Henrik Krakowski Volvo IT 

William Miller
Feb 12, 2014 09:54 AM

A bigger & better DB2

I am constantly astounded by the growth in DB2.  As a long-time user & DBA, I have, in the past, thought that IBM had come to the end of new features.  As this white-paper shows, the developement lab hasn't slowed down. 


Kudos to the authors for summarizing some of the features at a level the experienced DBA are comfortable with.

Archive User
Feb 12, 2014 07:31 AM

DB2 11 finally paper

Great!


Thanks for the recap is amazing!


José

Georg Peter
Feb 12, 2014 07:21 AM

First class white paper

Escpecially the DBA topics are very interesting. And yes I am a DBA ;-)

Guray Meric
Feb 12, 2014 07:20 AM

DB2 11 for z/OS: An IDUG Technical User Perspective

DB2 11 for z/OS: An IDUG Technical User Perspective book is a very good example to get an idea about db2 v11

Paul Baguley
Feb 06, 2014 05:36 AM

DB2 11 Whitepaper

Thanks for taking the time to put these excellent White Papers together... They are extremely helpful in both moving to the new release, and once there being able to make full use of the new features. Another excellent document !

David Alban
Feb 05, 2014 03:39 PM

Kudos to the writers

This will be very helpful for when my company goes to v11, which will hopefully be soon. Thanks!

Nadir Doctor
Jan 11, 2014 04:14 AM

Suggestion comments - continued

Or, if more convenient, extend DB2 LUW Ingest utility support to also include DB2 for z/OS tables.


Thanks again.

Nadir Doctor
Jan 11, 2014 03:26 AM

Suggestion comments

Thanks a lot to you all for your contributions - this paper is extremely helpful and informative. 



I believe it will be helpful to have a "Continuos Data Ingest" feature natively for DB2 on z/OS as well like DB2 on LUW -


o It is often not practical to create a clone for large table as an extra similar amount of space is needed for such operations


o Bypass using DB2 Connect to load voluminous data from other platforms



For DB2 on z/OS data warehousing environments, it will assist in having Multi-Dimensional Cluster indexes for faster data retrieval - similar functionality available in DB2 LUW.

Martin Hubel
Oct 15, 2013 10:41 AM

Thanks for a great job.

IDUG has a long tradition of papers like this, and this is a great job. Well done!