March 25, 2021

Virtual
Sponsored By: 
NEDB2UG
Theme: 
Db2 12 V12R1M500+ and concepts
Agenda: 
8:45
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9:00
Opening Remarks
9:15
Let Me Make This Clear: Explaining Often-Misunderstood Db2 for z/OS Concepts and Facilities - Robert Catterall
PDF icon Db2 zOS let me make this clear - NEDB2UG.pdf
10:30
Break
10:45
Are you compatible? Db2 12 for z/OS, Continuous Delivery, Function Levels and Application Compatibility (APPLCOMPAT) - Mark Rader
PDF icon Db2 12 for z OS Continuous Delivery Function Levels and Application Compatibility (APPLCOMPAT) NEDB2UG.pdf
Abstracts and Biographies: 

 

Highlights

Speaker Bios:
Robert Catterall, IBM
Robert Catterall is an IBM Senior Consulting Db2 for z/OS specialist. He started his IT career with IBM in 1982, and worked throughout the 1990s as a member of the Company's Db2 for z/OS National Technical Support team. From 2000 to 2007, Robert worked as a database technology strategist for CheckFree (now part of Fiserv). After working for three years as an independent Db2 consultant, he rejoined IBM in 2010. Robert is a past President of the International Db2 Users Group (IDUG), and a member of IDUG's Speakers Hall of Fame. He presents frequently at conferences and user group meetings, and blogs about Db2 for z/OS at http://robertsdb2blog.blogspot.com/. 
 
Mark Rader
Mark Rader is a Db2 for z/OS specialist in the IBM Washington Systems Center. He has over 35 years of technical experience with IBM, primarily with Db2 for z/OS. He has led many Db2 data sharing implementations and has presented a variety of topics at conferences, including IDUG and SHARE, and at regional Db2 user group meetings. He has worked closely with Db2 development in delivering the Early Support Programs for Db2 10, Db2 11, and Db2 12. He is an author of redbooks on Parallel Sysplex application considerations, Db2 data sharing, and Db2 for z/OS distributed function.

Sessions and Abstracts:
 
Let Me Make This Clear: Explaining Often-Misunderstood Db2 for z/OS Concepts and Facilities
Robert Catterall, IBM
 
Some aspects of Db2 for z/OS technology are plain as day; others, less so. Questions I get from Db2 users worldwide have highlighted for me things that a lot of folks - even very experienced Db2 people - tend to misunderstand. From APPLCOMPAT to contiguous buffer pools, from MAXDBAT to the IBM Data Server Driver package collection, in this session I'll try to take folks from "Uh" to "Oh!"
 
Are you compatible? Db2 12 for z/OS, Continuous Delivery, Function Levels and Application Compatibility (APPLCOMPAT)
Mark Rader, IBM
 
Abstract: Db2 12 for z/OS continuous delivery means new capabilities are added to your Db2 environment as you apply maintenance. There is a lot of flexibility in how you manage the introduction of some of those capabilities to your applications. "A lot of flexibility" also means a lot of choices.
This session will discuss approaches and recommendations to making those choices, especially setting APPLCOMPAT in DSNZPARM and in various packages.