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MRI for Db2 Tips & Tricks - Escaping the Mainframe

By Lukas Patera
In my previous post, we dove deep into the MRI Db2 for z/OS Solutions Report from a mainframe perspective - MRI for Db2 Tips & Tricks , focusing on the top five tips to overcome common struggles with the Toolkit part. Today, let's take a break ...
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MRI for Db2 Tips & Tricks

By Lukas Patera
It has been over three years since the introduction of the MRI Db2 for z/OS Solutions Report . This report helps you quickly assess the complexity and size of your Db2 environment, provides zPARM recommendations for performance enhancements, and ...
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Enabling Restart Support for IDMS Applications with Smart/RESTART

By Aysen Solak
Smart/RESTART, with its z/OS Resource Recovery Services (RRS) integration, now offers basic support for IDMS applications that run on an RRS-enabled IDMS Central Version (CV). This blog post aims to explain how to make IDMS applications restart-enabled ...
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NEW: CA Database Analyzer™ for Db2 for z/OS Enhanced with Support for LISTDEF for Multiple Action Procedures and Utility Codes

By Jakub Hofman
We are pleased to announce that CA Database Analyzer™ for DB2 for z/OS now supports the use of LISTDEF to generate JCL to execute multiple utilities in the order that you specify. Each utility uses one or more steps in the generated action JCL to process ...
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New version of Smart/RESTART

By Jan Marek
Our team is excited to announce that Smart/RESTART version 20.0 is now publicly available. Relational Architects International (RAI) joined Broadcom Mainframe Software Division on December 17, 2020. RAI’s premier technology, nowadays called Smart/RESTART, ...
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NEW: CA Database Analyzer™ for Db2 for z/OS Enhanced with Support for LISTDEF in Image Copy Action JCL

By Jakub Hofman
We are pleased to announce that CA Database Analyzer™ for DB2 for z/OS now supports the use of LISTDEF to execute Image Copy (IC) against a list of objects in one step. Previously, you could only execute RUNSTATS against the objects in a LISTDEF in one ...
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NEW: CA Log Analyzer Gains I/O Saving Option

By Jakub Hofman
We are pleased to announce that we released new Bypass Extract feature in CA Log Analyzer for Db2 for z/OS (PLA) that lets you avoid this unnecessary reading and writing. Thus, you save I/O operations, CPU, and Elapsed Time. PLA uses the extract file ...
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NEW: CA Database Analyzer™ for Db2 for z/OS Enhanced with Capture Threshold Values for Action Procedures

By Jakub Hofman
CA Database Analyzer now gives you the ability to capture the threshold (condition) values of database objects that are selected for actions based on the conditions in action procedures tied to an extract procedure with Real Time Object Selection (RTOS). ...
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NEW: CA Fast Unload® for DB2 for z/OS Supports zIIP for Unload Data from Versioned Tables

By Jakub Hofman
CA Fast Unload® for DB2 for z/OS now supports the use of the IBM System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) when you unload data from versioned tables. Previously, zIIP support was not available for unloads from rows in multiple tablespace versions. ...
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NEW: Support for LISTDEF in RUNSTATS Action JCL

By Jakub Hofman
Support for LISTDEF in RUNSTATS Action CA Database Analyzer™ for DB2 for z/OS now supports the use of LISTDEF to execute RUNSTATS against a list of objects in one step. The generated action JCL contains a LIST keyword followed by the LISTDEF statement ...
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NEW: CA Fast Unload® for DB2 for z/OS Supports zIIP for Unload from Image Copies

By Jakub Hofman
CA Fast Unload® for DB2 for z/OS now supports the use of the IBM System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) when you unload data from image copies. Previously, zIIP support was only available for INPUT-FORMAT TABLE. Now, zIIP support is provided ...
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NEW: CA Fast Load for DB2 for z/OS Supports zIIP for OUTPUT-CONTROL ALL and REORG

By Jakub Hofman
We are pleased to announce that we further enhanced CA Fast Load for DB2 for z/OS and it now supports the use of the IBM System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) when you specify OUTPUT-CONTROL ALL and OUTPUT-CONTROL REORG. Previously, zIIP support ...
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Release of CA Mainframe Resource Intelligence Db2 for z/OS Report

By Jakub Hofman
What is Solutions Assessments – Db2 for z/OS Report? Mainframe shops (database administrators, application developers, system programmers, storage administrators, and management) often struggle to understand the value of their investment in IBM® Db2 ...
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Explore Best Practices for Db2 for z/OS Database Migrations

By conjo17
Learn how to efficiently execute migrations, accommodate database alterations and automate repetitive tasks when using the Broadcom/CA RC/Merger feature. The attached brief explains the advantages of using the RC/Merger feature move analysis processing ...
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CA DBM 20 GA IR 8 is now Available

By Andrew Badgley
CA Database Management Solutions 20.0 for z/OS Incremental Release update DBM 20 GA IR 8 was made available March 29, 2019. PTF # SO07807 . With this announcement, note that DBM 20 GA IR 8 will be the last incremental update (bundled group of ...
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CA DBM 20 GA IR 7 is now Available

By Andrew Badgley
CA Database Management Solutions 20.0 for z/OS Incremental Release update DBM 20 GA IR 7 was made available January 11, 2019. PTF # SO06863 . Here is a list of some of the enhancements included in this update: CA Fast Unload® for DB2 for z/OS ...
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CA DBM 20 GA IR 6 is now Available

By Andrew Badgley
CA Database Management Solutions 20.0 for z/OS Incremental Release update DBM 20 GA IR 6 was made available November 7, 2018. PTF # SO06113. Here is a list of some of the enhancements included in this update: CA Fast Recover has been enhanced ...
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Db2 Tools Roadmap Session : Help Shape The Future

By Philippe Dubost
We are literally reinventing how we create our development plans by sharing our product roadmap . Hear from CA product experts about the latest innovation, strategy. and functionality. Register for the next Roadmap session (on Wednesday 12 ...
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Db2 Tools 20.0 IR 5 Availability

By Andrew Badgley
CA Database Management Solutions 20.0 for z/OS Incremental Release update DBM 20 GA IR 5 was made available July 24, 2018. PTF #SO04455. Here is a list of some of the enhancements included in this update: Post-install and common enhancements: ...
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Db2 Tools 20.0 IR 4 Availability

By Andrew Badgley
CA Database Management Solutions 20.0 for z/OS Incremental Release update DBM 20 GA IR 4 was made available April 23, 2018. PTF #SO01396. Here is a list of some of the enhancements included in this update: Common and post-install related enhancements: ...
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