(Gautam K. Bhat and Gadapa Srinivas) An abrupt server restart may corrupt the WebSphere MQ object catalog and the WebSphere Message Broker install image. This article shows you how to recover from such restarts involving WebSphere MQ V7 and WebSphere Message Broker V7/V8 on Windows and Unix.

(Mark Grover) Apache ZooKeeper is a high-performance coordination server for distributed applications. It exposes common services — such as naming and configuration management, synchronization, and group services — in a simple interface, relieving the user from the need to program from scratch.

(Troy Coleman) Over the last 10 years, the velocity of change in applications and databases has increased while IT staff has become leaner. This challenges Database Administrators (DBAs) to keep databases optimized and in step with supported applications. Fortunately, there are also tools that provi

(Scott Hayes) Season #5 of The DB2Night Show™ starts Friday 6 September 10am CDT with Episode #114 on “Performance Experiences and Best Practices with DB2 BLU” with IBM guests Berni Schiefer, Jessica Rockwood, and Michael Kwok!

(Mike Cain) I’m excited to have Rob and Susan Bestgen share some wonderful news, and more importantly from my perspective, a genuine proof point that illuminates the powerful capabilities of using DB2 for i for data centric processing.

(Lester Knutsen) My previous column, “Putting Database Administrator Skills to the Test,” introduced the sixth-annual Advanced DataTools Fastest Informix DBA Contest and discussed its details.

(Willie Favero) Today we’re going to take a look at the resolution to a few issues with some stored procedures that are shipped as part of DB2 for z/OS; GET_CONFIG and ADMIN_INFO_SQL.

(Arup R. Pal) The new global cache feature in WebSphere Message Broker V8.0.0.1 enables you to store and reference data in an embedded memory cache or an external WebSphere eXtreme Scale grid. This article shows you how to implement a global cache to store and access reference data for use by messag

(Henrik Loeser) Have you ever fed a banana to a young child? It would have been banana puree, i.e., mashed bananas (there are even instructions for that!). When you think about it, after feeding the banana puree you have a happy child – and a fork, a spoon, a plate and maybe more to wash. As a grown

(Bill Cole) I’m from farm country. Much of my family are in agriculture (sounds better than riding around on tractors). There’s a saying that no farmer wants to own all the land just the land next to his. There’s some truth in that. My cousins feel that way. I’ve ridden with them while they poi