Michigan DB2 Users Group (MDUG)

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1 Michigan DB2 Users Group (MDUG) Quarterly Newsletter September 2012 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 Mark Rader 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 September 13 th at the Crowne Plaza in Novi, MI features two outstanding speakers. The morning sessions will be presented by Mark Rader of IBM. Mark will be covering two sessions. The first session is about choosing the correct table space. The second session will be about using statistics and traces to determine key subsystem indicators that you should be using. In the afternoon there will be a presentation from one of very own MDUG board members, Mike McCarthy of IBM. He will present a topic about Big Data and what it means to a Database Professional. The last discussion of the day will be presented from the various members of the MDUG board. They will to discuss the status of MDUG, etc. It looks like it will be another good event of interesting DB2 technology topics. TO REGISTER: Send an 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 September 7 th, but if there are still seats available reservations will be taken up until noon on Tuesday September 11 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. MOST REQUESTED TOPIC: DB2 Performance and Tuning was the most requested topic based on the June 2012 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; Remaining Seminar Dates and Locations for 2012: 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.

2 September 13, 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 10:15 am "Eenie Meenie Miney Mo, With Which Table (Space) Type and Page Size Shall I Choose for DB2 on z/os?" : Mark Rader (IBM) 10:15 am 10:30 am Break 10:30 am 11:45 am "DB2 Subsystem Health: Performance and Availability Based on Statistics and Stories : Mark Rader (IBM) 11:45 am 12:45 pm Lunch included as part of the seminar 12:45 pm 1:45 pm "Big Data; Big Deal? What does it mean to a Database Professional? : Mike McCarthy (IBM) 1:45 pm 2:00 pm Break 2:00 pm 3:00 pm "Status of MDUG" : MDUG Board Members Last Seminar: Feedback from the last MDUG seminar, held on Thursday, June 14 th is available in the News for Members section of this newsletter. Presentations are still available online at: under the Past Seminars section. Presentation Abstracts 2 September 2012

3 Presentation #1: Eenie Meenie Miney Mo, With Which Table (Space) Type and Page Size Shall I Choose for DB2 on z/os? Abstract: Choosing the correct DB2 table (Space) type is very confusing. Should I go with a segmented table space, a UTS (if so, a PBG or PBR), HASH, or maybe good old classic partitioned? How about the page size? I now have a choice of 4K, 8K, 16K, or 32K for my table space and/or index. Should I choose a multi or single table option? Should I compress the object? Choosing the data's correct type and size the first time is essential to avoid costly outages. Come learn about best practices in choosing the correct types and settings for your data. Presentation #2: DB2 Subsystem Health: Performance and Availability Based on Statistics and Stories Abstract: Statistics reports and statistics traces can be used to analyze DB2 subsystem behavior and identify problems or risks for future problems. This session uses the OMPE Statistics Long report as a point of departure to discuss key subsystem indicators that you should be tracking. The statistics discussion leads to stories of real customer experiences, problems and solutions. Presentation #3: Big Data; Big Deal? What does it mean to a Database Professional? Abstract: Consultants, vendors, and IT news media are all talking about Big Data. What is it and should you as a database professional care? What is the intersection of Big Data with big databases? This session will cover the basics of Big Data, some of the technologies being used, and a few examples of how Big Data is being deployed. Big Data is potentially a source for large volumes of new data entering existing warehouses and systems. 3 September 2012

4 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. Mike McCarthy (IBM) Mike McCarthy is a Senior Manager in IBM Information Management Channel Development organization. He leads worldwide technical sales enablement of business partners for the IBM Big Data and Netezza product group. Mike has worked with DB2 z/os and LUW, InfoSphere Warehouse, and IBM Smart Analytics System as well as several other IBM software technologies over the past two decades. Presentation Handouts: Seminar presentation copies will be made be available in Soft copy, as available, 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 attendance at the seminar, the continental breakfast and lunch. Maps and directions to the Crowne Plaza 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. Early registration for the seminar will be taken until the end of the day on September 7 th 4 September 2012

5 (Friday before the seminar). Late registration until noon on Tuesday, September 11 th, if seating is still available. Respond early to guarantee yourself a spot. News for Members: 1. Seminar Feedback (based on 18 evaluations turned in) from the June 2012 Evaluations (used for Planning purposes): # Responses by Potential Future 10 DB2 Performance & Tuning 8 DB2 Application Tuning 8 DB2 Performance Tools 8 DB2 Utilities 7 New DB2 Releases 7 DB2 Programming & Application Development 5 SQL 5 Using Stored Procedures 4 DB2 Disaster Recovery 4 DB2 Supporting Software 4 DB2 Web Connectivity/Usage 4 DB2 Warehousing 3 DB2 Using CICS/IMS 3 Supporting DB2 2 DB2 Experiences 2 DB2 Interconnectivity Other (i.e. TSMC Tools; Designing databases.3nf 2 esp.) 2. June 2012 Seminar s Feedback Rating based on a scale of 1 5 with 5 as the highest rating. Jim Brogan DB2 10 for z/os Planning and Experiences Sheryl Larsen Interesting SQL to the Rescue 5 September 2012

6 Sheryl Larsen Efficiently Finding and Fixing High Resource Consuming SQL Osama Alkatib IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator 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. Invoices were sent to members on record for 2011 in January If you or your company did not receive one or 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 6 September 2012

7 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 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 how you can volunteer or send an 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. 7 September 2012