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FEATURED Db2 LUW V11.1 REPLAYS: Part 1: What's New in Db2 LUW V11
Guests Matt Huras and Berni Schiefer, IBM Canada Lab

Part 2: Db2 LUW V11 Deep Dive on BLU and Analytics

Part 3: Db2 LUW V11 Deep Dive on OLTP and pureScale

Part 4: Db2 LUW V11 Upgrade Best Practices with Melanie Stopfer

Part 5: Db2 LUW V11 FREE Resources with George Baklarz

The Db2Night Show has the simple mission of building a fun, interactive community around IBM^® DB2^®. Each episode will include fun stuff, education, tips, and special guests. Guests will range from industry experts to "Joe the DBA".
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Show	OS	Date & Duration	Theme	Guest(s) @Twitter_ID	Photos- Click to see profiles!
#213	Db2 LUW	29 MAR 75 Mins	Db2 LUW Native Encryption Our special guest, Paul Bird, STSM IBM Canada, offers a great presentation to help you learn about Db2 Native Encryption and how to protect your databases from evil-doers! Paul's talk covers preparation, implementation, and operational considerations! Click register button below for details!	Paul Bird @IBM_Paul_Bird
#214	Db2 Family	12 APR 75 Mins	All About IDUG June 2-6 Charlotte NC Special guests Mike Inman and Dustin Ratliff from the IDUG Conference Planning Committee will give us the Inside Scoop on the upcoming IDUG conference including Tech Sessions, Ed Seminars, SIGs, Networking Events, and more! If you're attending IDUG or thinking about it, don't miss this show! Click register button below for details!	IDUG CPC @IDUGDb2 Have you participated in The State of The Db2 Universe Study yet? Winners announced during this show!
#Z96	Db2 z/OS	26 APR 75 Mins	Db2 for z/OS Latest News and Future Directions Db2 for z/OS is investing for leadership in the cloud, mobile, and analytics era, while extending our mainframe heritage of 24x7 availability, security, scalability, and performance, and keeping Db2 as the industry leader for mission-critical applications. This presentation reviews the latest Db2 for z/OS enhancements, and takes a look at Db2's strategic roadmap and what the Db2 Development lab is planning in the coming months. Click register for details...	Jeff Josten
#Z97	Db2 z/OS	17 MAY 75 Mins	Why does the Db2 for z/OS Optimizer need a Data Scientist? To sum up the past 30 years of Db2 access path optimization: good for many, great for few. Come find out what IBM is doing about this and how the solution will fit in your DevOps environment. Click register for details...	Sheryl Larsen
#215	Db2 LUW	24 May 75 Mins	BREAKING NEWS from the IBM Toronto Lab Our special guest, Kelly Rodger, Senior Development Manager, IBM Canada, will provide us with breaking news from IBM regarding Db2 LUW. Click register button below for details!	Pavel Sustr @kdrodger
#216	Db2 LUW	21 June 3 HOURS	Season #10 GRAND FINALE: Db2 LUW Problem Determination CLASS Pavel Sustr, Sr. Manager at IBM Canada Lab, will share with us his popular troubleshooting seminar, updated with the newest Db2 11.1 problem determination techniques and LIVE DEMOS! Learn how to identify and resolve database hangs, crashes, performance problems, and data corruption issues, and more! Click register button below for details!	Pavel Sustr @pavel_sustr

Recent Popular Replays

Show	OS	Replay Link	Theme	Guest(s)	Photos
#212	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	Db2 LUW SQL Tuning: detect, fix, and prevent problems Our special guest, Klaas Brant, IBM Db2 GOLD Consultant, returns to share with us his SQL tuning methods! How to find bad SQL? Fix it? Prevent it? Join us!	Klaas Brant @klaas_brant
#211	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	Db2 LUW Favorite Problem Determination Tricks Pavel Sustr, Sr. Manager at IBM Canada Lab, will share with us his favorite problem determination methods and tricks, including insider secrets, advanced diagnostics, shortcuts, and interpreting Db2 diagnostic data.	Pavel Sustr @pavel_sustr
#210	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	EGGNOG and Db2 LUW Tuning! Jolly Holidays! Special Guest Martin Hubel, IBM Db2 GOLD Consultant, IBM Champion, and famous Db2 Performance Tuning Expert, presents his exceptional IDUG presentation on Db2 Indexes and Prefetching. You will learn about bufferpool tuning too, and more! Click register for details...	Martin Hubel @mhubel
#209	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	The PERFECT Db2 LUW Server! PLUS Db2 V11.1.4.4 What's New Our special guest, Klaas Brant, IBM Db2 GOLD Consultant, presents how to achieve an optimally configured Db2 server including memory, storage, instances, STMM, monitoring, and more! Breaking Non-Fake News: Kelly Rodger from the IBM Canada Lab will also share with us What's New in Db2 V11.1.4.4!	Klaas Brant @klaas_brant
#208	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	10 Minute Triage: Troubleshooting Db2 LUW Production Issues Our special guest, Michael Krafick, Lead Db2 Database Engineer and IBM Champion, will share with us his thoughts and methods on how to quickly triage production Db2 problems.	Michael Krafick @MKrafick
#207	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	Db2 News from IBM Canada Lab We're kicking off Season #10 of The Db2Night Show with the latest news from the IBM Lab. Be sure to join us for updates on Db2 announcements!	Les King @LesKing00
#204	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	Db2 LUW on AWS Cloud - SAP Experiences Arwel Owen, known as @SAP_AWS on Twitter, has achieved some pretty spectacular performance, compression, and cost savings results by moving his company's SAP Db2 environment to the AWS cloud. Join us and learn from his experiences.	Arwel Owen @sap_aws
#206	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	A Crash Course on Db2 pureScale and Advantages IBM Champions, and Db2 Certification Book Authors, Mohan Saraswatipura and Kent Collins return as our special guests to give us a crash course on Db2 pureScale and its advantages.	Mohan Saraswatipura @mohankumarsp Kent Collins @rcollins963
#205	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	Deep Dive into Db2 LUW Locks, Logs, and pureScale IBM Champions, and Db2 Certification Book Authors, Mohan Saraswatipura and Kent Collins return as our special guests to give us a deep dive on Db2 V11 locks, logs, and pureScale.	Mohan Saraswatipura @mohankumarsp Kent Collins @rcollins963
#202	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	Using Jupyter Notebook for Db2 Administration Our guest, Ember Crooks, had standing room only for this presentation at IDUG EMEA Lisbon 2017! Join us and learn how you can use Jupyter Notebooks to help you with DBA tasks and reporting! Make sure you attend to see the LIVE demonstration!	Ember Crooks @ember_crooks
#201	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	Favorite Tuning Tips and Tricks for Db2 LUW Joe Geller won Best User Speaker at IDUG EMEA Lisbon 2017 with this fantastic presentation about his favorite tips and tricks for tuning Db2 LUW. There's 100% chance you're going to learn something helpful!	Joe Geller
#198	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	The 5 W's of Db2 HADR Our special guest, Dale McInnis, is the father of Db2 backup, recovery, HADR, and all things related thereto. During this show, Dale will share with us a newer presentation on the 5 W's of HADR. If you're using HADR or thinking about it, make sure you join us!	Dale McInnis @dalemmcinnis
#197	Db2 LUW	Watch Replay	Db2 Science Projects, IoT, WLM, and other cool stuff! Roger Sanders has been tinkering with Db2 IoT technologies, and he's built something really cool that he's keen to share. Paul Bird has updated the Db2 WLM Graphical User Interface and you need to see it!	Roger Sanders @Roger_E_Sanders Paul Bird @IBM_Paul_Bird
#194	DB2 LUW	Watch Replay	Interviewing the DB2 LUW Optimizer Special guest Ember Crooks returns to share with us her advice on understanding Explains and the DB2 LUW optimizer!	Ember Crooks @ember_crooks
#189	DB2 LUW	Watch Replay	IBM DB2 LUW Optimized for SAP - The Rest of the Story Martin Hubel, an IBM DB2 GOLD Consultant and IBM Champion, and the leading independent DB2 LUW SAP Performance Expert, will share his insights about performance optimization for SAP databases.	Martin Hubel @mhubel
#188	DB2 LUW	Watch Replay	Sage Advice Part 3- Predictive Index Impact Analysis - Know before you Create! Based on his popular and highly rated IDUG presentations, Scott continues his Sage Advice series with Part 3 which reviews Part 1 (weight analysis) and Part 2 (advanced index benefit analysis), then introduces Predictive Index Impact Analysis - a method for forecasting the impacts of index(es) before they are created!	Scott Hayes @srhayes
#Z95	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Db2 Batch System Design for High Performance Mission critical high performing Db2 for z/OS batch systems bring challenges to a whole new level. Learn how to turn an I/O bound Db2 for z/OS application into one that is CPU bound and why that is a good thing.	Neal Lozins
#Z94	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Data Masking for Db2 on z/OS Kai will show how to design data masking algorithms that you can use in real-world scenarios. Key aspects are versatility, performance, repeatability, and generating usable test data that mimics real production data. Click register for details...	Kai Stroh
#Z93	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Best Design and Performance Practices for Analytics Designing application analytical systems requires comprehensive data management and usage analysis to design and build the best performance analytical application that produces meaningful insights. This presentation will discuss the application design patterns that provide sustainable performance for fast analytic answers.	Dave Beulke
#Z92	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Distributed access to Db2 for z/OS: top things to know With today's complex n-tier architectures and heterogeneous applications and platforms, optimization and availability can be a challenge. Fortunately, the ways in which DB2 communicates with its distributed clients is evolving and presents exciting new possibilities and opportunities. Cristian will discuss the top things that you must know about distributed access to Db2.	Cristian Molaro @cristianmolaro
#Z91	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Machine Learning and Db2 for z/OS Beginning with enhancing the access path decisions made by the optimizer tailored to your workloads, Db2 for z/OS is embarking on a journey to improve performance and manageability by exploiting machine learning. This session will outline where Db2 is in this journey, and hint at the roadmap for a self-tuning Db2	Terry Purcell
#Z90	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Total Recall: Exploiting In-Memory Features in Db2 12 for z/OS IBM has steadily expanded the in-memory capabilities of DB2 in recent releases, to the extent that Db2 12 for z/OS is now officially recognised by Gartner as a bona fide "In Memory" Database. This presentation provides an overview of the ways in which DB2 is evolving to exploit more real memory, reduce CPU and deliver improved price/performance.	Julian Stuhler @jstuhler
#z89	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Are you just gonna play in the pool...or own it...Bufferpool that is There have been many changes to buffer pool behavior, performance, and management across recent DB2 releases. This presentation will walk through several major enhancements as well as if they are right for you, and how to measure them. Understanding the impact of your tuning activities is just as important as undertaking them in the first place.	Adrian Burke @agb_DB2z
#Z88	Db2 z/OS and LUW	Watch Replay	DB2 Security Best Practices Volume II Implementing the best security techniques and strongest configuration is mandatory these days for safe guarding your data. This presentation discusses the latest DB2 security methods, procedures and techniques for fortifying DB2 systems, databases and applications. This presentation details DB2 z/OS and DB2 LUW security strategies such as the impacts of encryption, database design security techniques and how best implement a multi-layered DB2 security data perimeter.	Dave Beulke
#Z87	DB2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Db2 RESTful Service Support and z/OS Connect The Application Programming Interface (or short API) Economy has changed how developers build application and how organization deploy software as a service. Mobile devices have accelerated the shift of providing services via API. Maryela will show how SQL and stored procedures in Db2 on z/OS can be made available in the era of application assembly and integrate with z/OS Connect EE.	Maryela Weihrauch IBM Distinguished Engineer @zAnalyticsGURU
#Z86	DB2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Pre-IDUG Db2 for z/OS Update This presentation gives a summary of some of the latest news and deliveries from Db2 for z/OS development. Kind of a preview of what will be covered at the IDUG North American conference at the end of April, if you will.	Jeff Josten
#Z85	DB2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Db2 12 Continuous Delivery - New challenges for deployment Fundamental changes in the Db2 z world often lead to concerns. Let's face it - some changes force us to change! This will have a tremendous impact on migration strategies, because we have to find a reliable way to test these code deliveries in a fraction of the time we used to have. This presentation will describe the difference between Code, Catalog, Function and Application Levels, how you can control them and how you can fallback in case of anomalies.	Roy Boxwell, Software Engineering
#z84	DB2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Revival of the SQL Tuner The pool of DBAs with SME knowledge of SQL tuning has shrunk dramatically while the number of SQL statements needing attention has grown and will continue to grow. DB2 performance tooling can help identify what needs to be tuned. But what do you do then? This presentation will help fill the skills gap by reviving the role of an SQL Tuner.	Sheryl Larsen @smlsql
#Z83	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	Copy Smarter - Unload/Load, DSN1COPY and beyond When you get tasked with setting up a refresh process for thousands of DB2 z/OS tables you probably have a few thoughts running through your head. This presentation discusses advantages and disadvantages of different utilities that copy DB2 data, but the main focus is automating all the side tasks that DBAs usually need to do in addition to copying the data itself.	Kai Stroh
#Z82	Db2 z/OS	Watch Replay	The Db2 12 Catalog -- What happened since Db2 11 There are many ways to learn about a new Db2 version, but using the catalog is probably the fastest and most enlightening. Once you look at the revision track in the Db2 Catalog and Directory section of the SQL Reference Guide, study the column changes, additions as well as new catalog tables, you have a very good overview of everything worth to know about that specific Db2 version.	Steen Rasmussen @DB2rasmussen

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