The current generation of Db2 DBAs need to pass their knowledge of their companies Db2 environments and how to successfully make changes that meet company standards while avoiding performance pitfalls. In this session attendees will hear how leading companies are taking this knowledge and using it in DevOps automation to ensure fast and accurate Db2 schema changes. The presenters will also cover Db2 Database DevOps for application developers where SQL in applications can be passed through an automated QA process ensuring that the next generation of developers don’t have performance issues with their applications. This session is applicable to DBAs using BMC, Broadcom, and IBMs tools for managing changes to Db2.
Attendees will leave this session understanding:
A. How DBAs can reduce toil and errors by embracing Database DevOps
B. How Db2 Database DevOps can help keep Bad SQL from reaching production
C. Opportunities available to develop a custom solution by leveraging products from BMC, Broadcom, and IBM
D. If your application developers are pushing to be able to manage DDL in development what you will need as a DBA to manage that process

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Steve is a Lead Product Manager at BMC Software and is the BMC Software Liaison to the IDUG Board of Directors. Steve is leading an international software product team with mainframe solutions focused on improving Db2 System Performance, Agile Development, Change Automation, Reducing Cost, and Risk Management. Steve has been a mainframe software product leader for over 20 years and enjoys discussions on Database DevOps for IMS and Db2, DevOps, REST API Development, Enterprise Change Management, Agile Software Development, and Application Release Automation.

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Db2 has grown tremendously over the years and there have been bits and pieces added on that are either odd, strange or exotic which not many people use or have even heard about. This presentation will describe a few of my personal favourites in the area of esoteric functions. I wish to cover FTB/FIT (not so much esoteric as very interesting!), Spatial Index’s, XML (with regular expressions) , Clone Tables and Scrollable Cursors.

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Understanding and administering IMS is complex to say the least. Many IMS customers are already faced with, or will soon be faced with, the loss of experienced and trusted IMS skills that have kept applications running on IMS smoothly for years. Come see the new web browser interface that is shared with Db2 which will make the experience of understanding and administering your IMS environment much easier and allow you to become proficient more quickly. We will also cover automation for monitoring of IMS databases to understand reorg and recovery issues, allowing you to easily visualize the issue and proactively manage your IMS databases.

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A challenge facing mainframe Db2 shops is how to become more agile with modern tooling, yet leverage the existing resources and skills that power their z/OS systems. Zowe provides a way to do this through its Visual Studio Code plugins, its browser based web desktop, and its command line interface. This allows Db2 shops to leverage their existing JCL and REXX libraries, their existing stored procedures, their existing SQL scripts, and surface existing resources in new form factors for DevOps tool chains, for automation, for operations, and more. These can be used by experienced mainframers as well as folks new to the platform, providing a bridge between familiar open source tools and Db2 on z/OS. This talk will demonstrate using Zowe Explorer inside Visual Studio Code as well as free to use community extensions to create a powerful next generation Db2 z/OS platform covering development and debugging of stored procedures, working with static and dynamic SQL, coding and executing JES, JCL and REXX scripts, all with real world examples and customer success stories.

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Sowmya Kameswaran works at the IBM Silicon Valley Labs in San Jose California and leads the Application developer and Administrator experience transformation for Db2z platform and ecosystem. Understanding the way users interact with the system and building interfaces to provide the best user experience is what she enjoys to do. Being hands-on into software development helps her go end to end from understanding the kind of experience customers need to getting it built.

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With the rise of popularity of REST APIs in the z/OS world, IMS shouldn’t be left behind. In this presentation, we will go through different approaches on how to develop REST applications accessing IMS resources with a deep dive into transforming IVTNO transactions into REST API. We will also cover the possibility of onboarding such API into the Zowe ecosystem.

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This presentation will cover the basics on adopting each FL (what happens when you issue -ACTIVATE) through FL 510. Given that a lot of people have just recently migrated to Db2, this topic will be helpful to customers who are starting to think about activating FLs.

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Chris Crone has extensive experience working with Db2 and IBM z Systems. Prior to joining Broadcom, Chris worked with the Db2 for z/OS development team for more than 30 years. He has worked extensively with customers on new development projects, prioritizing requirements, and advising on how to best use Db2 to achieve their goals.

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