Db2 Experts on a Data Science Quest
Database servers these days sometimes have a profusion of IP Addresses. IP V4, V6, management networks, and Virtual IP addresses all add to the ways applications connect in to a database server. I ran into an issue recently where I really needed to know what IP address was being used by an application, and thought I would share what I learned.… Read the rest
Continue reading »While this post is specific to WebSphere Commerce, it covers concepts that may apply to tuning other delete statements as well.
The CLEANCONF table stores the delete statements that are used by DBCLEAN. Most of them use syntax like this for the date component:
(days(CURRENT TIMESTAMP) - days(prevlastsession)) = ?… Read the rest Continue reading »
One of the awesome things about running scripts locally on a DB2 server is that if they’re run as a privileged user, you do not have to specify the password. This makes for easier scripting without storing or encrypting passwords. When I first connected to a database with PowerShell, it took me a bit to figure out how to do the password-less local connection, so I thought I would share.… Read the rest
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This is part two of a three part series. The full series includes:
DB2 Workload Manager (WLM) as a Monitoring Solution – Understanding WLM (Part1 of 3)
DB2 Workload Manager (WLM) as a Monitoring Solution– How to Set up WLM (Part 2 of 3)
DB2 Workload Manager (WLM) as a Monitoring Solution– Analyzing WLM Information (Part 3 of 3)
The previous article, DB2 Workload Manager (WLM) as a Monitoring Solution – Understanding WLM (Part1 of 3), defined what the DB2 Workload Manager is and described the various database objects that make up the DB2 Workload Management ecosystem.… Read the rest
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I have worked with DB2 on Windows on and off over the years and have largely not enjoyed it all that much. Most likely because the vast majority of my time is spent on UNIX and Linux systems, so when I end up at a windows command line, my fingers type things like “ls” and “grep” before I can even stop them.… Read the rest
Continue reading »Updated March 2019 with the command to get the first output
Most of what you’ll need to set up and test TSA using db2haicu is in my first few posts on the topic:
Using TSA/db2haicu to automate failover – Part 1: The Preparation
Using TSA/db2haicu to automate failover – Part 2: How it looks if it goes smoothly
Using TSA/db2haicu to Automate Failover Part 3: Testing, Ways Setup can go Wrong and What to do.… Read the rest
Edited on 7/18/2012 to reflect lesson learned from a commenter.
First, a disclaimer. This process is only going to work for tables in AST tablespaces. It also will only work for tables that are not MDC, and do not have a clustering index.… Read the rest
Continue reading »Edit 2019-04-02: corrected typo in the explanation of the -tbspname option. Also, a colleague notes that a 16K page size table space also works for this.
db2caem is a tool in 9.7 that reports actual row counts in your explain plan alongside your estimated row counts.… Read the rest
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