2026 - Db2/DevOps
2026 Db2/DevOps Track
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This session provides an in-depth look at the latest enhancements delivered through Db2 for z/OS continuous delivery, along with insight into our roadmap and strategic direction as work begins on the next version of Db2. We will showcase selected key capabilities designed to improve operational efficiency, performance, and overall user experience. Additionally, we will share findings from recent subsystem parameter studies to help you better understand their impact and how customers across the community are leveraging them in their environments.
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Bringing Mainframe into the Future: OpenTelemetry for Db2 for z/OS
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The role of the DBA has evolved over the years. As businesses across the globe embrace digital transformation, and customer expectations increase, the traditional rules of engagement must be reconsidered, and the DBA remains a key lynch-pin in the Agile journey to DevOps. This presentation will review the old rules of engagement, and express the importance of communication, trust, embracing change, and automation tools in modern software development.
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Distributed applications, both read and update, accessing Db2 is by the fast growing area of new business application transaction processing.
High Performance DBATs (HP-DBATs) is a significant and valuable performance feature for distributed applications introduced in Db2 10.
Use of this feature can also be dangerous if not implemented in an intelligent way.
The main objective of this session is to help users implement HP-DBATs in a safe controlled way and to maximise the performance benefit.
This session will cover the following topics:
Overview of preexisting support for thread pooling and inactive connection support; What are HP-DBATs and operational characteristics
Where are the performance benefits coming from
Which application workloads are best suited to HP-DBATs and how to identify them
What are the risks
How to get into a safe starting position
WLM considerations and setup
War stories based on real world customer experiences
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* There Ain't No Such Thing As a Free Lunch, quote from "The Moon is a harsh Mistress". Choose whatever platform you like, but bad SQL is going to cost dearly.
* KELA "the Social Insurance Institution of Finland" - have some 1½ billion SQLs per day, both CICS/PL1 and Dynamic Java programs.
* A good SQL cost about 0,05 € per 1000 rows fecthed, but bad SQL can be like 1€ per a row read.
* How to manage this challenge? Even a modest effort using KAIZEN methodology have gained some 15 - 20 % reduction in CPU usage.
* Hear what we found out, what we have found in 1 year.
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Technology landscape driving requirements for profile tables
- Evolution of profile tables
- Sample customer use case: Large U.S. financial services firm
- Other use cases
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BoF
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Db2 13 customers are faced with the removal of Db2 Data Studio as their swiss army knife desktop tool, and need to get Db2 Admin Foundation up and running.
This talk will cover how to do installation and configuration of the stack, covering topics such as different security managers, AT-TLS rules, high availability, pre-reqs, and more ...
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This session presents the latest innovations in how Db2 for z/OS exploits AI to deliver deeper insights, smarter operations, and enhanced DBA productivity. We will highlight new AI-driven capabilities across the Db2 ecosystem, including the expansion of SQL Data Insights to support unstructured content, recent advancements in Db2 AI for z/OS, and emerging AI agent technologies that streamline and automate DBA tasks.
Attendees will gain a clear understanding of the technical foundations behind these capabilities, along with detailed use cases that demonstrate how AI is transforming data management, performance optimization, and system resiliency in modern Db2 environments.
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SysplexWLB is one of features allowing to achieve continues availability in data sharing for remote DDF clients. However to effectively use it there are some requirements to meet, often not understood correctly. Also new features in Db2 z/OS 13 give sysprogs and Db2 administrators more "power" to enable it globally for clients coming to Db2z.
This presentation will explain the concept of sysplexWLB ,how it works, what is required to implement it, sample ideal architectual setup, zparm settings, and recent enhancements in Db2 z/OS 13 for sysplexWLB
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This presentation explores the critical process of auditing IBM DB2 for z/OS database access, focusing on the tools and techniques essential for ensuring security, compliance, and operational integrity. We will examine the role of DB2 audit traces in capturing detailed access and activity data, the implementation of audit policies to enforce organizational standards, and the utilization of System Management Facility (SMF) records—such as SMF Type 102 —for comprehensive monitoring and analysis. Attendees will gain insights into configuring these components effectively, interpreting audit data, and addressing common challenges in mainframe database auditing. Practical examples and best practices will be shared to demonstrate how these mechanisms support regulatory compliance and safeguard sensitive data in a z/OS environment.