(Craig Mullins) As you probably know, online schema evolution (sometimes referred to as “online schema change”) was one of the key new features of DB2 V8. But, as its name implies, its capabilities continue to evolve. With V9, online schema evolution expands to simplify more types of database defini

(Bruce Armstrong, Patrick Brown, Tom Moore and Jerry Stevens) The objective of this document is to assist z/OS customers with capacity planning related to IPSec workloads executing on zIIP. This document does not provide installation and configuration information related to deploying IPSec on z/OS

(Kala Dutta) IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Advanced Copy Services Version 5.3.3 allows you to protect DB2 UDB multi partition databases distributed across one or more hosts, with the data configured on centralized storage systems in a storage area network. This article helps you configure your mult

(Kathryn Marquis) Migrating from VSAM to DB2 isn’t easy, but as SearchDataManagement.com experts and readers point out, it can help ease data access to diverse data sources. However, organizations must be careful when they approach the project, warns Craig Mullins, site expert on SearchDataManagemen

(Daniel Krook) IBM and MySQL have announced plans to port MySQL to IBM’s mid-range i5/OS servers.

(Carolyn Henry, Marcia Miskimen, Jayashree Ramachandran and Sailaja Bandlamoori) Have you ever wondered when the database was changed? With IBM DB2 Change Management Expert wonder no more! This tool can help you keep track of changes, work seamlessly with other team members, reverse or undo changes,

(Maria Sarikos) So what exactly is data skew? In the DB2 context, it happens when DB2 creates an access path based on certain assumptions, but those assumptions are wrong, so the access path created is just plain inefficient. For example lets say you were selecting all the names in your client table

DB2 information management is a core competency for IBM. Therefore, IBM has a large, multisite organization that is dedicated to helping you manage your data and leverage your business information. The IBM information management strategy has evolved over time as technological advancements and the ne

(Sandeep Ramesh Patil and Manish Katiyar) As the popularity of Internet increases with every passing hour, so does the need to store this huge volume of data and protect it as it floats around in this mesh. This large volume of data is stored in various available databases, which provide the appropr

(John Fontanna) IBM is offering a free portal component, which IBM calls a portlet, that lets business users link nearly 4,000 Google Gadgets to their WebSphere Portal environments.