IBM Db2 & Db2 on Cloud Technical (Lab) Advocate Newsletter November 2020 | |||
Announcement - IBM Db2 Version 11.5 Modification Pack 5 is Now Available! Mod Pack Summary of Changes: https://ibm.co/3nHLIn7 Db2 11.5.5.0 Download Page: https://www.ibm.com/support/ Db2 11.5.5.0 Full APAR Fix List: https://www.ibm.com/support/ Db2 11.5.5.0 Client Drivers Download Page: https://www.ibm.com/support/ Some Key Highlights: • Advanced Log Space Management - Improvements for mirrored logging support and monitoring. • Automated failover to HADR standby with Pacemaker (on Linux for on-premises and non-containerized cloud deployments) for production environments. • Support for Snowflake data sources through federation JDBC and ODBC connections. • Support for MySQL Community Edition data sources through Federation ODBC connection • Automatic Recompress feature enhancement for columnar tables. • pureScale - Automated periodic cluster topology verification, for daily cluster health checks. • purescale - Improved Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) connectivity validation, using Db2 Lightspeed RDMA ping • JDBC 4.3 specification API support; OpenJDK 13 runtime support; Odata enhancement. • pureScale - Concurrent online fix pack update • Enhanced query performance against column organized tables. • Db2 Historical Monitoring (db2histmon) - generate MON_REPORT style reports on historical monitor data. • New schema level access control of database objects. • UPDATE, DELETE statement SKIP LOCKED Data Support for CDE Tables • Machine Learning Optimizer technology preview refresh • and much more: https://ibm.co/3nHLIn7 Webinar Series - Db2 Offering Management Webinar Series (including Db2 v11.5.5 Deep Dive) The Db2 Offering Management team provides a series of informative webinars covering Db2 roadmaps, strategies, new feature and capability overviews, and much more: Register for access to recordings, as well as upcoming webinars: https://mailchi.mp/ Webinar - Db2 is Developer Inclusive In this session, the team will delve into topics such as: Integration with programming languages; Employing in-database machine learning; Leveraging REST APIs. The team will also provide a preview of Db2 11.5.5! When: 11th November, 11:00AM EST https://ibm.webcasts.com/ Webinar - Db2 is AI ready Please join Quentin Presley (Development Manager) and Roger Bitar (Offering Manager) details how enterprises can become smarter with a data management system that is AI-ready. During this session, learn about how Db2 augments, embeds, and infuses AI on a flexible and scalable architecture offering governance to facilitate innovative data estates and infrastructure. https://ibm.webcasts.com/ Problem Determination - Db2 Historical Monitoring (db2histmon) - New Report Generation To aid with problem determination and improve the availability of diagnostic and monitoring data at the first occurrence of a problematic event, the new Db2 Historical Monitoring (db2histmon) scripts and framework are now available. These scripts deploy a broad set of monitoring and diagnostic data collection, at varying intervals, and manage the archival and purging of historic data. Data collection sets can by customized as needed. A new report generation script can create MONREPORT style reports based on historical monitoring data. Download the db2histmon scripts: https://github.com/IBM/ Learn more about deploying and using the db2histmon scripts: https://bit.ly/31uc580 Learn more about the db2histmon report generation scripts: https://bit.ly/36RMc3f Conferences & Summits & User Groups Over the years, IDUG has become known for hosting dynamic conferences packed with the cutting-edge content you need. This year will be no exception. Be sure to make your plans to attend. With great sessions, keynote speakers, workshops, and more, you won't want to miss this event. Upcoming Events: https://www.idug.org/events/ IDUG EMEA Db2 Tech Conference - November 16-19, 2020 IDUG Latin America Virtual Db2 Tech Seminars - December 8-9, 2020 IDUG Australasia Conference - March 15-19, 2020 Upcoming Regional User Groups: Find Other Local Db2 User Groups in your area: https://www.idug.org/rug Webinar - New developments in Db2 pureScale Join Toby Haynes (Senior Manager, IBM Db2) as he provides an overview of recent enhancements to the Db2 pureScale, improving on the already impressive extreme availability architecture. https://www.dbisoftware.com/ New Offering - Db2 on Cloud Standard and Enterprise Plans Db2 on Cloud offers new Standard and Enterprise plans that includes the following features: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/ https://www.ibm.com/cloud/ Webinar - Intro to Db2 Managed Service for Enterprises Learn about managed Db2 service on cloud for OLTP workloads. With Managed Database as a Service, users can focus on applications, thus leaving the management to the service provider. IBM Db2 on Cloud Managed Service's robust features provide the depth to handle customer workload requirements such being highly available, scalable, on demand, and being secure. https://video.ibm.com/ Webinar - Intro to Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Db2 Warehouse on Cloud is the Elastic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering from IBM that runs on multiple cloud platforms. Get to know the offering and learn about the new and upcoming features that makes Db2 Warehouse on Cloud support larger warehouse environments with better Disaster Recovery (DR) capabilities. https://video.ibm.com/ Webinar - Db2 for SAP Learn why Db2 is best suited for SAP workloads, which offer tight integration, accelerated performance, and reliability—all on a wide choice of platforms. https://video.ibm.com/ Webinar - IBM Replication – Data Delivery in 2020 IBM Gold Consultant and replication expert Frank Fillmore delivered an information packed presentation covering an overview of IBM replication solutions that are available today. Whether you are a current IBM replication user, investigating replication for a new edge system, or working with a competitor’s solution, this webinar will help you understand what IBM replication solutions support today, and the latest sources, targets and deployment models to help your organization successfully deliver fast and accurate replicated data. https://bit.ly/31gqKDw Webinar - Data and AI pre-configured: IBM Cloud Pak for Data System vs. the competition IBM Cloud Pak® for Data System, a preconfigured “cloud in a box,” helps companies modernize their data and quickly get AI projects up and running. Join experts from IBM and analyst firm Cabot Partners to learn why IBM Cloud Pak for Data System is a leader in hyper-converged platforms for data and AI. This webinar will walk through a comprehensive competitive analysis of IBM Cloud Pak for Data System against AWS Outposts, Google Anthos, Microsoft Azure Stack/Hybrid Cloud and Oracle Cloud at Customer. https://bit.ly/3dnDTxa ______________________________ Support - Overview of IBM Support Framework, Guidelines, and Escalation methods Please review the IBM Support guidelines for a description of the IBM support framework; how to get setup for IBM support; methods to help yourself via watson search; and how to escalate a support case. https://www.ibm.com/support/ Roadmaps - Db2 Development Roadmaps are Accessible to Everyone Curious about the feature and function committed to upcoming versions of Db2? You can now explore live development roadmaps for Db2 and the IBM Analytics family of products. This content is live and subject to change. https://ibm-analytics- Db2 Community - Follow the Db2 Developer and Administrator Community Share. Solve. Do More. https://developer.ibm.com/ Follow-us! - Stay up to date on the latest news from the Db2 team IBM Support Community: (https://www.ibm.com/ IBM DB2 DeveloperWorks (http://bit.ly/sig_Blog) IBM DB2 Twitter page (https://twitter.com/db2_ IBM Youtube Channel (http://bit.ly/sig_YouTube) developerWorks Answers (forum): https://developer.ibm.com/ | |||
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