Over the past year or so, I've seen more and more situations in which a too-small Db2 for z/OS log output buffer is negatively impacting system and application performance. The Db2 development team took aggressive action to remedy that situation via a change to the...
In the Db2 for z/OS module called DSNZPARM (ZPARM, for short), which provides the configuration settings for a Db2 subsystem, there is a parameter named SEPARATE_SECURITY. This ZPARM was introduced with Db2 10, and its purpose is to enable a Db2 for z/OS-using...
"Data fabric" is an increasingly hot topic in IT circles, and with good reason—an effectively implemented data fabric can deliver significant dividends by enabling an organization to get more value from its data assets. Db2 for z/OS people should have some familiarity...