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The DB2Night Show Episode #283: Db2 HADR Deep Dive

Posted on 5/17/2026


Presented by: 

Dale McInnis, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) at the IBM Canada Lab.

Dale is one of IBM’s leading experts in Db2 High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR), clustering, and mission-critical database resiliency solutions. Dale has extensive experience working directly with enterprise customers worldwide, helping architect and optimize highly available Db2 environments across on-premises, hybrid cloud, and distributed infrastructures.

Over the years, Dale has played a significant role in advancing Db2 HADR technologies, automated failover solutions, and Pacemaker-based high availability integrations. He is widely recognized for his deep technical expertise, practical troubleshooting insights, and ability to simplify complex high availability and disaster recovery concepts for both technical and operational teams.

Dale is a frequent speaker at IBM technical conferences, customer events, and Db2 community sessions, where he shares real-world best practices and lessons learned from large-scale customer deployments.

Studio audience learnt lot about Db2 HADR Deep Dive. Thanks a ton to Dale  for an excellent deep-dive session.

"The DB2Night Show Episode #283: Db2 HADR Deep Dive". Replays available in MP4 formats! 

This was a highly practical and architecture-focused session—great insights that teams can apply right away. Watch the replay...


Show Hosts: Mohan's Commentary

We are excited to continue our Db2 12.1 webinar series with another highly anticipated session on The Db2Night Show!

Thank you everyone for joining Db2Night Show Episode #283: Db2 HADR Deep Dive with Dale McInnis, STSM, IBM Toronto Lab, Canada.

This was truly an outstanding and highly interactive session filled with deep technical insights, real-world customer experiences, and practical best practices directly from the IBM Db2 development lab.

Dale did an exceptional job explaining complex HADR concepts in a very practical and easy-to-understand manner, including:
HADR internals and replay mechanisms
Multiple standby architectures
Delayed replay for logical corruption protection
Capacity planning and performance considerations
Troubleshooting real-world HADR scenarios

The audience questions and discussions made this session even more valuable for the global Db2 community.

A huge thank you to Dale McInnis for sharing his expertise and taking the time to answer so many advanced HADR and Pacemaker questions from the community.

We also sincerely thank all attendees, speakers, IBM Champions, customers, and Db2 professionals who continue to support and grow the Db2Night Show community worldwide.

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