Db2 Experts on a Data Science Quest
DB2 has an “interesting” relationship with Windows OS, and one of the areas where that relationship comes to the surface is user authentication and authorization, particularly when one is trying to use Active Domain groups for authorization purposes.
Here are a few pointers:
Well, I knew it was going to be slow, and that is part of why my plan is a 20-year plan instead of just a short-term plan. The fall was particularly difficult due to a couple of issues at work and two conferences that I absolutely loved, but that took time away from the already 60-hour work weeks that I needed to be putting in.… Read the rest
Continue reading »For more than 5 years I’ve managed to average at least one blog entry a week through fluctuating workloads and even through changing employers. And then came this autumn. The combination of a couple of large clients and going into holiday peak period for a couple of retail clients, collided with the IDUG EMEA conference where I was presenting two new sessions nearly combined to do me in.… Read the rest
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Sometimes I think that Db2 is one of the most widely used but least known databases. Db2 has been adopted all over the world and that scope is evident when the International Db2 User Group (IDUG) holds a technical conference on at least three different continents each year.… Read the rest
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When I was in my early thirties, I was diagnosed with a learning disability. This really put my learning style into perspective. Teaching myself via a book was incredibly hard, and still is in some ways. Where I thrived was with hands on labs and engaging speakers.… Read the rest
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I have published several articles on PowerShell. But the “Hello, Db2 World!” series is designed to be a quick and fairly simple way of properly connecting to a Db2 database. Check out the GitHub repository folder for this blog entry.
Note that before starting, you should have a Db2 Client installed on the server you wish to connect from.… Read the rest
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One of the struggles for any well-employed person is to find time for further training and educating themselves. Thus I find that I make a lot of progress toward my data science learning goals on airplanes and from airports. … Read the rest
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Critical to recovering a database, but largely invisible, it is a good idea to understand the recovery history file, what it contains, and how to access it.
The recovery history file is one of the many files associated with a database, but it is one of the most important.… Read the rest
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