Dave Beulke

DB2 V9 Tablespace and Partitioning Choices
Some of the new tablespace partitioning choices and features in DB2 Version 8 and Version 9 for z/OS are making everyone realize there are a number of table design choices to fit any application access type.
In DB2 V8, the first of the tablespace definition partitioning options were enhanced with partitioning [...]

No Locking Issues within DB2
Some of the new performance features in DB2 Version 9 for z/OS are built into the software.  To leverage some of these functions and features, system maintenance DBAs and application DBAs need to coordinate their efforts to realize the benefits.
A couple of these enhancements that are related to new DB2 9 [...]

Hi Everyone,
Another great year of DB2 education and conferences are ahead of us.  To stay up with the latest news please feel free to connect with me through my Linked in account (LinkedIn-Dave_Beulke).
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CLONE Tables

As I have talked about in the previous weeks, DB2 Version 9 for z/OS has over 50+ great new performance features. Many of these features can really benefit your standard application performance; improve application response time and overall availability of your systems and data.
Another one of the great features for availability and flexibility with [...]

Lucky 13 -Making Buffer Pool Changes with WLM
With all those year-end jobs running and the system already at 100% utilization there are not too many options for getting things to run faster.
In DB2 Version 9, one of the new features that can be leveraged to make things run faster is increasing your buffer pool with [...]