by Robert | Jun 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Db2 for z/OS got a built-in REST interface about four years ago. Have you put it to work? Perhaps you should. Some information about REST REST is short for representational state transfer, an architectural style that enables invocation of services through a...
by Robert | May 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Recently, I was out on the West Coast of the United States to celebrate my son's graduation from college. At a party with some students and their parents, I conversed for a while with one of my son's good friends. This young man was about to get his degree in computer...
by Robert | Apr 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
The notion of "application compatibility," in a Db2 for z/OS context, has been around for a while - it was introduced with Db2 11, which came out in 2013; still, in my experience it's been only recently that a number of Db2 for z/OS administrators have found...
by Robert | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have written a few entries for this blog in which I provided information about Db2 for z/OS buffer pools defined with PGSTEAL(NONE), including one from a few years ago in which I differentiated the PGSTEAL and PGFIX buffer pool specifications, and another from...
by Robert | Mar 1, 2021 | DB2, z/OS
From time to time I will receive a note from a Db2 for z/OS DBA, asking for help in understanding why there is a larger-than-expected amount of Db2 catalog access activity associated with package authorization checks, and what can be done to address that situation. In...
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