September Meeting of St. Louis Db2 Users Group

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Date: September 10th


Time: 08:00am



Location: Edward Jones


130 Edward Jones Blvd

Maryland Heights, MO 63043



Db2 (LUW) Sessions: 

Ember Crooks from Xtivia will be discussing Db2 administration and evaluating the health of Db2.

Pavel Sustr from IBM Toronto Labs will present tricks and hidden gems that might help troubleshoot Db2 issues.

Db2 on z/OS Sessions: 

Robert Catterall is back by popular demand to talk about DDF, the fastest-growing segment of Db2 workload. How can DDF activity be monitored and tuned?

Robert will also be discussing  misunderstood areas of Db2 for z/OS technology, including SQL statement zIIP eligibility, table space partitioning, hard and soft data set open and close, etc.

Neal Lozins, the creator and chief architect of TestBase,  SoftBase test data management suite, and manager of SoftBase development, will discuss batch design for high performance. After this presentation, Neal will discuss one of their tools. 




AGENDA
 
8:00AM - 8:15AM Doors open

8:15AM - 8:30AM Opening, STLDUG Business


z/OS TRACK
8:30AM - 9:45AM Managing & Monitoring Db2 for z/OS DDF Workload, Robert Catterall, IBM 

9:45AM - 9:55AM Break

9:55AM - 11:10AM Explaining Often-Misunderstood Db2 for z/OS Concepts and Facilities, Robert Catterall, IBM

11:10AM - 11:20AM Break 

11:20AM - 1:00PM z/OS Db2 Batch System Design for High Performance, Neal N Lozins, SoftBase


LUW TRACK

8:30AM - 9:45AM Using Jupyter Notebook for Db2 Administration, Ember Crooks, XTIVIA 

9:45AM - 9:55AM Break

9:55AM - 11:10AM How to Evaluate the Health of a Db2 Database using Jupyter Notebook, Ember Crooks, XTIVIA

11:10AM - 11:20AM Break 

11:20AM - 12:20PM My Favorite Db2 Problem Determination Tricks, Pavel Sustr, IBM
Location: Edward Jones

130 Edward Jones Blvd

Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-louis-db2-users-group-stldug-201909-tickets-69243781013
Contact Name: Tom Glaser
Contact Phone: 636-722-3087
Contact Email: tom.glaser@mastercard.com

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When:  Sep 10, 2019 from 08:00 AM to 01:00 PM (CT)

Where

Edward Jones
130 Edward Jones Blvd
Maryland Heights, MO 63043

Contact

Tom Glaser
636-722-3087
Tom.glaser@mastercard.com