Michigan DB2 Users Group (MDUG)

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1 Michigan DB2 Users Group (MDUG) Quarterly Newsletter December 2011 Michigan DB2 Users Group P.O. Box 2977 Southfield, MI Board of Directors: Carol Little Group Coordination Group & Membership Director GreenStar Solutions Stella Keesling Finance Director Comerica Chuck Hill Newsletter & Evaluations Director Ford Motor Co. Nhon Do Director Web Site Support Ford Motor Co. Mike McCarthy Location Director & Dave Mazza Ron Flannery One Point Solutions Bill Robbins BMC Software Dave Proksch Lisa Smith Founding Members: Platinum Technology 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 December 8 th at the Crowne Plaza in Novi, MI features several outstanding speakers. At the first session in the morning John Iczkovits of IBM will be presenting on SMS is Now Mandatory for DB2 V10! SMS Best Practices for DB2. In the afternoon there will be two presentations from Donna DiCarlo of BMC Software on DSN1LOGP and DB2 10 Hash Access topics. It looks to be another great day of interesting DB2 technology topics. TO REGISTER: Send an to reservations@mdug.org with your name, your membership type, and if appropriate the number and name of additional attendees. Reservation deadline is on Monday December 5 th, but if there are still seats available reservations will still be taken on Tuesday December 6 th. ATTENDANCE FEES: For MDUG members, the cost for attendance at the seminar is covered by the yearly membership fee. 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 Membership Fees: MDUG is considering an increase in fees for 2012 as costs for operation of the seminar has increased. More details below. MOST REQUESTED TOPICS: DB2 Performance and Tuning and DB2 Application Tuning were the most requested topics from June s 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; Upcoming Tentative Seminar Dates and Locations for 2012: March The Crowne Plaza Hotel (Novi) June Location: TBD Sept Location: TBD Dec 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. 1

2 December 8, Seminar Agenda 8:15 am 9:00 am Check In / Continental Breakfast 9:00 am 9:05 am Welcome and Opening Remarks 9:05 am 10:25 am "SMS is Now Mandatory for DB2 V10! SMS Best Practices for DB2 Speaker: John Iczkovits (IBM) 10:25 am 10:45 am Break 10:45 pm 12:00 pm "SMS is Now Mandatory for DB2 V10! SMS Best Practices for DB2 Speaker: John Iczkovits (IBM) 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm 2:15 pm "DB2 10 Hash Access: Access Path or Collision Course? Speaker: Donna DiCarlo (BMC Software) 2:15 pm 2:30 pm Break 2:30 pm 3:45 pm "DSN1LOGP It could save your job one day" Speaker: Donna DiCarlo (BMC Software) Last Seminar: Feedback from the last MDUG seminar, held on Thursday, September 15 th, is available in the News for Members section of this newsletter. Presentations are still available online at: under the Past Seminars Section. MDUG December 2011

3 Presentation Abstracts Presentation #1: SMS is Now Mandatory for DB2 V10! SMS Best Practices for DB2 Abstract: Confused about SMS? Do your Storage Administrators intimidate you when discussing how to best use SMS for DB2? Not sure if your company is conforming to best practices for SMS and DB2? Come and understand what SMS means and how to relate your DB2 needs to the Storage Administrators. This topic will be delivered as a fullmorning session at MDUG and is derived from the presenter's full-day workshop on SMS Best Practices for DB2. Presentation #2: DSN1LOGP It could save your job one day Abstract: Every shop does not have the funds available to purchase a log processing tool. However, every shop does have the DSN1LOGP utility which is distributed with DB2. In an emergency, knowing how to use this tool to understand what has happened on your DB2 system to enable you to recover from whatever situation may just save your job. After a brief discussion concerning the contents and information held within the DB2 log, details of the syntax and usage of DSN1LOGP will be presented. This will be followed with examples of how to interpret DSN1LOGP output for auditing and recovery purposes. Presentation #3: DB2 10 Hash Access: Access Path or Collision Course? Abstract: Hash Access is a new DB2 10 access path which could reduce the number of GETPAGE requests for a random access. But not all table spaces are candidates for this new feature. This presentation will cover the internals of hash organization and compare it to the index and table structures we are all used to. Then, we will discuss tips on how to determine which table spaces are good candidates and provide some rules of thumb on how to best define your hashing structures. We will also look at some performance statistics. Speaker Biographies John Iczkovits (IBM) John Iczkovits is a Consulting IT Specialist with IBM Advanced Technical Skills. He provides DB2 for z/os technical support and consulting services. His areas of expertise include DB2 data sharing, performance, and availability. His work in IBM includes experience supporting DB2 as a Systems Engineer, Database Administrator, IT Specialist, Consultant, and project lead. He has an operations background and more than 28 years of IT experience, ranging from database products such as DB2 and IMS to MVS systems support, including storage management. He has also co-authored IBM Redbooks, red papers, white papers, and presented at SHARE, the DB2 Tech Conference, the Information on Demand Conference, zexpo Conference, IBM System z Technical Symposium, mini IDUG, and at local DB2 users groups. MDUG December 2011

4 Donna DiCarlo (BMC Software) Donna Di Carlo has been in the software business for over 30 years. Her early days were devoted to Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning for the automotive industry. The last 20 years have been with BMC Software as a Lead Software Developer specializing in DB2 Backup and Recovery 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 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 the continental breakfast and lunch. Maps and directions to the Baronette Renaissance Hotel are available at the MDUG web site: Registrations: You can register yourself and/or your site/company attendees by sending an 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 message and the type of membership; corporate, individual or vendor that you will be attending under. Confirmation is available upon request only. Reservations for the seminar will be taken until the end of the day on June 3rd (Friday before the seminar). Seating may be limited, so please respond early to guarantee you a spot. MDUG December 2011

5 News for Members: 1. Seminar Feedback (based on 21 evals turned in) from the September 2011 Evaluations (used for Planning purposes): # Responses by Potential Future Topic 9 DB2 Performance & Tuning 8 DB2 Application Tuning 7 Supporting DB2 7 Using Stored Procedures 6 New DB2 Releases 5 DB2 Experiences 5 DB2 Utilities 4 DB2 Disaster Recovery 4 DB2 Programming/Application Dvlp 4 DB2 Warehousing 3 DB2 Interconnectivity 3 DB2 Supporting Software 3 DB2 Using CICS/IMS 3 DB2 Web Connectivity/Usage 1 ITIL Related Topics 1 Other (i.e. Data Sharing) 2. September 2011 Seminar Speakers Feedback Rating based on a scale of 1 5 with 5 as the highest rating. Dave Mazza - DB2 Application Performance Management using OMEGAMON DB Topic Value Session Content Speaker Material Covered Handouts Visuals Carol Little - DB2 V10 User Experience Topic Value Session Content Speaker Material Covered Handouts Visuals MDUG December 2011

6 Beth Hamel - Current and Future Trends for Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence on IBM System z Topic Value Session Content Speaker Material Covered Handouts Visuals 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 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 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 box at admin@mdug.org box at admin@mdug.org. If you need an invoice for the year, MDUG at admin@mdug.org, and one will be ed 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 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 s, 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 MDUG December 2011

7 how you can volunteer or send an with your contact information to 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 Due to increased costs for the seminars, MDUG is looking into increasing membership fees by 10% in 2012 as well as looking into additional ways to lower expenses. At the December seminar, additional details on the income and expenses will be provided. MDUG December 2011