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Michigan DB2 Users Group (MDUG) Quarterly Newsletter

March 2012

“Keeping members up to date on changes in the DB2 Environment”

MDUG seminars usually feature topics for DB2 for z/OS and DB2 for LUW. As many companies utilize DB2 on the Z/OS and Linux, UNIX, and Windows platforms, members are encouraged to attend presentations that focus on both or either platform to expand their knowledge of DB2 across the OS spectrum as well as many features are common across the DB2 family. The upcoming all day seminar on March 8

th at the Crowne Plaza in Novi, MI features

two outstanding speakers. The morning sessions will be presented by Mark Rader of IBM. He will be covering DB2 and WLM and Enhanced Monitoring in DB2 V10. In the afternoon there will be presentations from Ken McDonald of BMC Software who will cover the Online Schema Revolution and the new Catalog and Directory Structure in DB2. It looks like it will be another good day of interesting DB2 technology topics.

TO REGISTER: Send an email to reservations@mdug.org with your name, your membership type (Corp, Vendor or Ind.), and if appropriate the number and name of additional attendees. Reservation deadline is on Friday March 2nd, but if there are still seats available reservations will be taken up until noon on Tuesday March 6

th.

ATTENDANCE FEES: For MDUG members, the cost for attendance at the seminar is covered by the yearly membership fee, so make sure to renew before or at the seminar. For Non-members the cost is $55 at the seminar, payment in either cash or check. Credit cards are not accepted at the door. Please see the Membership section below in regard to paying via credit card for memberships. 2012 Membership Fees: MDUG has increased fees for 2012 as costs for operation of the user group continue to increase. More details are provided below. MOST REQUESTED TOPICS: “DB2 Performance Tuning” and “New DB2 Releases” were the most requested topics based on the December 2011 seminar meeting evaluations. GROUP SUPPORT: There is always a need for volunteers to support the ongoing activities of the Group. Each year MDUG need new volunteers as board members retire and move on. Without volunteers the group will be unable to continue operations. Please see News for Members on how you can volunteer.

Remember to keep current with DB2 via the IDUG web page; www.idug.org.

Upcoming Seminar Dates and Locations for 2012:

March 8 @ The Crowne Plaza Hotel (Novi)

June 14 @ The Crowne Plaza Hotel (Novi)

Sept 13 @ The Crowne Plaza Hotel (Novi) – Tentative

Dec 6 @ The Crowne Plaza Hotel (Novi)

MDUG is an affiliate of IDUG (the International DB2 User Group), and is chartered under the State of Michigan. It promotes the awareness of

DB2 in solving business problems by providing a non-profit forum for presenting new functionality, features, ideas, and usage of DB2. This

forum is used for communications among DB2 users in the Southeastern Michigan area, as well as bringing together others through out the

state.

Michigan DB2 Users Group P.O. Box 2977

Southfield, MI 48037-2977 Board of Directors: Carol Little Group Coordination Group & Membership Director GreenStar Solutions Stella Keesling Finance Director Comerica Chuck Hill Newsletter & Evaluations DirectorFord Motor Co. Nhon Do Director Web Site Support Ford Motor Co. Mike McCarthy Location Director & Advisory Support IBM Corporation Dave Mazza Advisory Support IBM Corporation Ron Flannery Advisory Support One Point Solutions Bill Robbins Advisory Support BMC Software Dave Proksch Advisory Support IBM Corporation Frank Schneemann Advisory Support IBM Corporation Founding Members: IBM Corporation Platinum Technology

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MarchMarchMarchMarch 8888,,,, 2012012012012222 ---- Seminar AgendaSeminar AgendaSeminar AgendaSeminar Agenda

8:15 am – 9:00 am Check In / Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:05 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:05 am – 10:30 am "DB2 and WLM" Speaker: Mark Rader (IBM)

10:30 am – 10:45 am Break

10:45 pm – 12:00 pm "Enhanced Monitoring Support in DB2 10 for z/OS”

Speaker: Mark Rader (IBM)

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch – included as part of the seminar

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm "The Online Schema (R)evolution”

Speaker: Ken McDonald (BMC)

2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm "A new Catalog and Directory Structure in DB2 for z/OS" Speaker: Ken McDonald (BMC)

Last Seminar: Feedback from the last MDUG seminar, held on Thursday, December 8th,

is available in the News for Members section of this newsletter. Presentations are still available online at: www.mdug.org under the “Past Seminars” section.

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Presentation Abstracts Presentation #1: DB2 and WLM

Abstract: Confused about what exactly the IBM z/OS Workload Manager (WLM) is, how it manages work on your system, and how it relates to IBM DB2? In this session, we review the WLM features, including the types of goals you can set for each service class, importance levels and work classification. This information is the foundation for understanding how IBM DB2 for z/OS uses WLM, including advanced WLM functions such as enclaves and application environments. We also explain the relationship between the different types of DB2 work and WLM. Presentation #2: Enhanced Monitoring Support in DB2 10 for z/OS Abstract: How can you take advantage of the dramatic changes in monitoring delivered in DB2 10 for z/OS? This session introduces the changes that allow you to: track performance at the statement level for static and dynamic SQL, feed statement metrics to performance tools, identify the SQL statements involved in deadlocks, timeouts or lock escalations, and monitor connections, threads and idle thread timeouts with greater granularity than a single set of DSNZPARM values. This introductory session includes suggestions on how you might use these features in your DB2 for z/OS environment. Presentation #3: The Online Schema (R)evolution

Abstract: The latest improvements in Online Schema capabilities introduced in DB2 10 for z/OS represent something more like a Revolution rather than an enhancement to the OLS Evolution capabilities we've been used to seeing in successive releases of DB2. For the first time DBAs can register the changes they wish to make and then implement them at a time of their choosing using an Online Utility rather than having the object concerned move into an Advisory Status which may cause serious performance issues or worse. This session will describe the new OLS capabilities, how to use them and some pitfalls which may not be immediately obvious when you read the new features list. Come and listen to the way of the future as far as making changes to your DB2 database structures is concerned. Session objectives are as follows:

• Explain the limitations in OLS capabilities provided in previous releases of DB2 • Describe what has been delivered in DB2 10 for z/OS with the new Deferred Alter

capability • Discuss how to use the new feature in a real life environment including overcoming

any pitfalls or gotchas that may not be obvious from the release notes

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• Provide an Online Schema Change Checklist that delegates can use back at the ranch what’s still missing and what may be coming next (bearing in mind that I don't work for IBM!)

• Presentation #4: A new Catalog and Directory Structure in DB2 for z/OS

Abstract: For the second time in three releases of DB2 for z/OS we have a significant set of changes to the Catalog and Directory structure. At first the introduction of Unicode and Long Names in DB2 V8 look to be more critical as any application accessing the Catalog and Directory needed to change, but the changes in DB2 10 for z/OS are likely to equally important in other areas. Chief among the changes are the use of UTS objects and the removal of internal links, but that's not all that was changed. For the first time we can issue SQL against some Directory objects, and we also have Inline LOBs used in some tables, so this is a pretty significant set of changes in iot's own right and probably the second most significant (at least) since DB2 was first released back in the mid-1980's. This session describes the changes that have been made and how they may impact the way we treat and access the Catalog and Directory moving forwards. Objective 1: Which of the Catalog objects now use UTS Tablespaces and what does this

mean? Objective 2: Understand Links in the catalog and the implications of their removal Objective 3: How inline LOBS are being used in the Catalog Objective 4: What changes have been made the Directory? Objective 5: New Columns, Tables and other miscellaneous Catalog and Directory

changes in DB2 10 for z/OS

Speaker Biographies

Mark Rader (IBM) Mark Rader is a Consulting IT Specialist with IBM Advanced Technical Skills (ATS), located in Chicago. He has over 28 years of technical experience with IBM, and for the last 23 years has worked primarily with DB2 for MVS, OS/390 and z/OS. Among his specialties are DB2 data sharing, DB2 performance, and DB2 and WLM interaction. He has guided numerous customers in their implementation of DB2 data sharing, and has presented a variety of DB2 topics at IOD, regional user group meetings and customer workshops. He has contributed as an author to Redbooks on Parallel Sysplex application considerations, DB2 data sharing, and DB2 for z/OS distributed function. Ken McDonald (BMC) Ken joined BMC Software in 1994 as a developer on ‘RECOVER PLUS for DB2’. He then switched to development on Log Master for DB2 version 1 and ultimately became the Product Architect for Log Master and the High-speed Apply Engine. Other development work included the Log Apply feature of CONCURRENT REORG. He is currently the Solution Architect for DB2 Recovery Management Solution.

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Prior to BMC, he spent almost 11 years at EDS, first as an Application Programmer (health industry); became a Database Systems Programmer supporting DB2, IMS, and IDMS; and then transitioned to be an MVS Systems Programmer.

Presentation Handouts: Seminar presentation copies will be made be available in Soft copy prior of provided prior to the seminar and will be posted on the MDUG web site as they are made available. If posted, the presentations should be downloaded and printed from the MDUG web site www.mdug.org and brought to the seminar as these speakers will not be bringing hard copies to the seminar. Please check the web site for the presentations prior to the seminar.

Seminar Logistics: Seminar onsite check in begins at 8:15 am and the seminar will begin at 9:00am. The cost of the seminar is covered by the yearly membership fee, if you are a member, and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. The cost for non-members is $55 and covers attendance at the seminar, the continental breakfast and lunch. Maps and directions to the Crowne Plaza Hotel are available at the MDUG web site: www.mdug.org Registrations:

You can register yourself and/or your site/Company attendees by sending an email with your full name, company name, and registration count (if making reservations from more then yourself) to reservations@mdug.org. Please include the name of all attendees in

the email message and the type of membership; corporate, individual or vendor that you will be attending under. Confirmation is available upon request only. Early registration for the seminar will be taken until the end of the day on March 2nd (Friday before the seminar). Late registration until noon on Tuesday, March 6

th, if seating

is still available. Respond early to guarantee yourself a spot.

News for Members:

1. Seminar Feedback (based on 22 evaluations turned in) from the December 2011

Evaluations (used for Planning purposes):

# Responses by Potential Future Topic

8 DB2 Performance & Tuning

8 New DB2 Releases

7 DB2 Application Tuning

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7 DB2 Utilities

6 DB2 Experiences

6 DB2 Interconnectivity

5 DB2 Programming/Application Dvlp

5 Supporting DB2

5 Using Stored Procedures

4 DB2 Web Connectivity/Usage

3 DB2 Disaster Recovery

3 DB2 Performance Tools

2 DB2 Using CICS/IMS

2 DB2 Warehousing

2 Other (i.e. Data Sharing; Complex Data Queries)

1 DB2 Supporting Software

2. December 2011 Seminar Speakers Feedback

Rating based on a scale of 1 – 5 with 5 as the highest rating.

John Iczkovits - SMS is Now Mandatory for DB2 V10! SMS Best Practices for DB2

Topic Value

Session Content Speaker

Material Covered Handouts Visuals

4.55 4.70 4.85 4.65 4.50 4.79

Donna DiCarlo - DB2 10 Hash Access: Access Path or Collision Course?

Topic Value

Session Content Speaker

Material Covered Handouts Visuals

4.10 4.29 4.48 4.24 4.25 4.42

Donna DiCarlo - DSN1LOGP - It could save your job one day

Topic Value

Session Content Speaker

Material Covered Handouts Visuals

4.40 4.60 4.60 4.40 4.43 4.36

3. MDUG Membership

There are four types of memberships; Individual, corporate, vendor and shared.

Memberships are annual and run from January through December and allow for attendance at all four seminars. MDUG accepts payment directly in cash or check and through the mail by check. Checks should be made payable to Michigan DB2 User Group (MDUG). Credit cards are accepted only through PayPal and must be coordinated with MDUG and cover the additional cost of processing. Contact a MDUG Director at a

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seminar or through admin@mdug.org for details. All memberships are contingent on payment of the annual membership fee Membership forms along with membership details can be downloaded from the MDUG web site www.mdug.org by clicking on the Membership and Fees, then clicking on the left side of the Home Page. Inquiries on the status of corporate/company memberships should be sent to the MDUG email box at admin@mdug.orgemail box at admin@mdug.org. Invoices were sent to members on record for 2011 in January 2012. If you or your company did not receive one or if you need an invoice for the year, email MDUG at admin@mdug.org, and one will be emailed to you. 4. Group Support

Volunteers are the heart of any non-profit group. This is especially true for MDUG. Without volunteers to handle the affairs of the group, the group wouldn’t exist. Group membership fees only provide enough income to cover the costs for holding the seminars, and others things such as the web site and the PO Box, which are required for the group’s operation. There isn’t enough income to pay someone to find speakers, pay bills, coordinate activities, etc.

As always MDUG needs more volunteers to keep operating. Volunteering is a good way to find out more about the group operations and expand your skills. If you can volunteer to support the group’s activities next year, please let us know. Many of the support activities can be done from your home or desk and many do not take more then a few hours a month. Even MDUG Board meetings can be done from your desk, as all meetings are held via telecom and usually not more than once a month. And supporting the group allows you to attend the seminars at no cost. A few of the areas where you could help out are: supporting the web site, taking reservations, suggesting topics/speakers, management of the group emails, group coordination, providing onsite support at the seminar, handling evaluations, and speaker introductions. We hope you will talk to one of the red ribbon wearers at the seminar about how you can volunteer or send an email with your contact information to admin@mdug.org asking where you can help out or just that you want to discuss volunteering with someone on the board. We will get back to you. 5. Increase in Membership Fees for 2012/Operational Costs

Due to increased costs for the operation of the seminars, MDUG has had to increase membership fees for 2012 by 10%. Membership fees are available online at www.mdug.org under the “Membership and Fees” section. This increase will assist in bringing income in line with costs. As noted at the December 2011 seminar, the group has been using reserve monies to support the operation of the group over the last few years. Due to this, reserve monies have been shrinking. Additionally the group has continued to look at ways to reduce costs. During 2012, all seminars are planned to be held at only one site which has allowed the group to obtain better terms with the hotel.

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