IBM released fix pack 3, mod pack 3 for Db2 11.1 earlier this year, and there was a high-severity problem in the initial version of that fix pack. IBM fixed the problem and re-released the fix pack within about a…
Once IBM made the Request For Enhancement (RFE) program workable last year, I blogged about it and tweeted about it, but now that we’ve seen more action on it, I thought I’d share some additional details. What is an RFE?…
This is the third time I have written this post. It keeps changing, so I keep sharing. I work from home, so downloading software to my laptop and then uploading it to a server is not very efficient. Download speeds…
Updated 6/26/2017 to include links on details for DSM 2.1.4 and a link to the DB2Night Show replay. June 22 and the week surrounding it brought a number of announcements from IBM about DB2. “Marketing Investment” IBM has recognized that…
Edited 2018-02-01. This page is now obsolete. The newest version of this is: Using FTPS to get a Fix Pack Directly to a Db2 Server This seems to change every few years, so I thought I’d document what’s working for…
I have recently had the chance to do several installs on DB2 10.1 and migrate a couple of 9.7 environments to 10.1. I may be late to the party – oddly, IBM takes longer to certify WebSphere Commerce on new…
I approach binding from a physical/system DBA point of view. I’m not an application developer, and don’t understand all the possible intricacies of binding. But there is some information and tips I can share on binding packages in DB2. There…
Wait, don’t avoid reading this because you didn’t go to the conference. There is still valuable stuff here. In fact, it is even more valuable for those who did not go. Last year, I posted my brain dump by basically…
I haven’t actually personally installed DB2 in about a year. We scripted it out, and I’ve been spoiled to just use the script. But now we have a custom server that varies enough from our standards that I’m installing it…
Part 3 in this series is a bit overdue. Parts 1 and 2 were back in April. This is a complicated topic. Please use any procedures here with extreme care, and keep in mind that if you have anything other…
So there are a few topics I wanted to cover relating to DB2 clients and how Commerce uses them. Type 2 vs. Type 4 drivers So strictly speaking, this is referring to the JDBC driver being used. Type 2 JDBC…
Ok, so this is an issue I ran into recently. The Commerce guys were trying to install a Feature Pack, and got this: SQL0569N Authorization ID "<authorization-name>" does not uniquely identify a user, a group or a role in the…