(Jeff Berger and Paolo Bruni) The tight integration that IBM DB2 for z/OS has with the IBM System z architecture and the z/OS environment creates a synergy that allows DB2 to use advanced z/OS platform functions. This synergy includes the enterprise storage systems.

(Sharad Chandra and Sateesh Balakrishnan) This article walks you through the steps required to integrate WebSphere MQ with IBM Business Process Manager V7.5. The integration is illustrated using a process invoked by a message sent through MQ. This kind of integration may be useful in situations in w

(Willie Favero) Yes, you’re right, DB2 V8 is out of service and has been out of service since April 30, 2012 (EoS Lifecycle ). However, it appears that the DB2 writers out at IBM’s Silicon Valley Lab decided to do a very nice thing for anyone still using DB2 Version 8 for z/OS; they refreshed alm

(Mohankumar Saraswatipura) This article focuses on three database tuning steps developed using real-time performance tuning experiences on IBM DB2 9.7 for the Siebel 8.1 global sales application. Most of the time, the performance of a Siebel application depends largely on the performance of the unde

(Ron Liu, Sam Moussaoui and Chun Hua Sun) IBM InfoSphere DataStage Operations Console is a web-based monitoring tool. It gives InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage customers a wide view into the operational environment of the IBM InfoSphere Information Server engines, monitoring current and past jo

(cleung@svl) In October 2011, we released a new product: InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. As with InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner for DB2 for z/OS, you can capture and save a set of queries into a workload, and then launch advisors to get expert advi

(dangerousDBA) Where I work we ETL our data into our DB2 data pile via the the use of bash scripts that I wrote that wrap a reasonably handy Java based data tool, that look at an DB2 Express C database that records the jobs running and meta data about the jobs.

(Sermsak Sukjirawat, Garrett Fitzsimons, James Cho, Austin Clifford and Rob Causley) This paper recommends best practices for the process of expanding the database and redistributing data following the hardware build, install, and cluster expansion. The options available for hardware expansion and p

(Wolfgang Hengstler) This month, IBM Data Management magazine is taking an in-depth look into IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator and its origins. We recently spoke with DB2 Analytics Accelerator chief inventor Namik Hrle and lead DB2 innovator Guogen (Gene) Zhang.

(Sharad Chandra and Sateesh Balakrishnan) In this article, you’ll learn how to implement a Java Message Service (JMS) initiated Undercover Agent (UCA) with IBM Business Process Manager V7.5 to enable sending of JMS messages directly to the Business Process Manager Event Manager without any custom co