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What'sNewwithCADB2ToolsAdministration,Utilities,Performance,andRecovery

DhananjayJoshi(DJ)SeniorDirector– ProductManagement,CATechnologies

MFX75E

MAINFRAMEANDWORKLOADAUTOMATION

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Abstract

AttendthissessiontogetacomprehensiveupdateonthelatestenhancementstomainframeDB2®ToolsinareasincludingzIIPenablement,IDAAsupport,real-timediagnostics,performance,100percentonlinereorg,usability,analytics,andversionsupport.LearnhowtotakeadvantageofnewenhancementsandfeaturestokeepyourDB2subsystemsrunningattheiroptimizedbest,pluslearntoptipsthatwillhelpyougetthemostoutofyourproducts.

DhananjayJoshi(DJ)CATechnologies

SeniorDirector,ProductManagement


Agenda

WHAT’SNEWINRELEASE19

CAADMINISTRATIONSUITEFORDB2FORZ/OS

CAREPORTFACILITYFORDB2FORZ/OS

CAPERFORMANCESUITEFORDB2FORZ/OS

CAUTILITIESSUITEFORDB2FORZ/OS

CARECOVERYSUITEFORDB2FORZ/OS

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MainframeEconomics

SkillsManagement

BusinessAgility/Automation

SecurityandCompliance

Examples:• Online/HighAvailabilityReorg• FullIBMUnloadIntegration• ReducedcycletimeforDBChangeMgmnt.• Fullyautomatedobjectrecovery

Examples:• AdditionalzIIP offloads(20%-90+%)• Perf.Monitoring– O/HOptimization• CPUreductionduringcloning:(Flashcopy)90+%CPU/elapsedtime

Examples:• RC/QUERY– HGRANTfunction;New

reportsforRowpermission,Columnmasks

Examples:• Simplification• Automation• DB2PerformanceAnalytics

(undervalidation)

CADB2Tools– What’snewinRelease19ValueDelivered


CAAdministrationSuiteforDB2forz/OS



§ Additionalchangemanagementautomation,acceleratedDB2VersionSupport– v10/v11exploitationincludingOnlineSchemasupport– DB2v12Toleration

§ Reducedrisks,higherflexibilitywithsupportforIBMUnload

§ Slashdowntime,CPUCosts,elapsedtimeforcloningdatasets

§ Improvedusabilityandcustomerexperience

HighlightsofRelease19



§ ContinuedstreamliningofprocessesthroughbatchAPIsinRC/Migrator

§ EnhancedUsabilitythroughnewreportdefinitionsandadditionallinecommandsinreports

§ ContinuedsupportforBigDatainitiativesincludingvastlysimplifiedDB2AcceleratorAdministration

HighlightsofRelease19(continued)


BENEFIT

• CADB2AdmincustomerswhoprefertouseIBMUtilitiescannotinvokeIBMunloadandhavetoperformmanualtasksthataretedious,errorproneandcarryhighrisksofapplicationoutage• Toavoidtheserisks,customersneedtobuyCAFastUnload(resultinginredundantUtilities)ORuselegacyCABPUnloadwhichishighlylimitedinfunctionality

• ProvideanoptionwithinRC/MigratorUtilityProfileServicesthatallowscustomerstoselectIBMUnloadastheirpreferredUnloadtoolthusautomatingtheirprocessesduringDB2schemachanges

• EliminateoutagerisksbyautomatingAdminprocessesduringDB2schemachanges• EnhanceusabilitybyprovidingcustomersflexibilityintheirselectionofUtilities• ImproveDBAproductivitybyeliminatingunnecessarymanualstepswhileprocessingschemachanges

PAIN

SOLUTION

IncreasedFlexibilityandImprovedDBAproductivity

ReducedriskofApplicationOutage

ValueDelivered

SupportforIBMUnloadSignificantlyreducesapplicationoutagerisksassociatedwithschemachanges


FlashcopySupportduringdatacloningReduceddowntimeandvirtuallyeliminateCPUelapsedtimeduringdatacloning

• CustomersoftenfeeltheneedtoclonedatasetsorDB2objectsforavarietyofreasonsincludingmergingofDB2subsystems• TraditionalcloningmethodsarehighlyCPUintensiveandimpactapplicationavailability

• Furtherimprovedatacloning(datasetorobjectlevel)performanceofRC/Mergerbyleveragingexistingflashcopytherebydrasticallyimprovingthecloningprocessandefficiency

• VirtuallyeliminateCPUelapsedtimebyupto90%orover**• Reducedowntimebyupto90%**

PAIN

SOLUTION

**CustomerProvenresults

BENEFIT


AcceleratedDB2VersionSupportReduceDB2riskssuchasoutage,performancedegradationanddataloss

• DuetolackofDB2v10andv11exploitationwithinRC/Migrator,DBAsneedtoperformunload,drop,createandloadprocessesforeveryunsupportedDB2change,whichiscumbersome• Themanualchangesalsoincreasethechancesoferrorsthatincreasetheassociatedrisksi.e.applicationoutage,performancedegradationanddataloss

• AccelerateDB2VersionExploitation(mainlyOnlineSchemaChanges)withinRC/MigratorforDB2v10andv11alongwithtolerationforDB2vNext

• Eliminaterisksassociatedwithmanualerrorssuchasapplicationoutage,performancedegradationanddataloss• EnhanceDBAproductivityandusabilitybyfurtherautomatingdatabasechangemanagementtasksforadditionalDB2

functionality

IncreasedDBAProductivity

ReducedrisksofApplicationOutage,Performancedegradation

anddataloss

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


RCMigrator

§ ALTERDSSIZEsupport

§ ALTERTABLEDROPCOLUMN

§ ALTERINDEXBUFFERPOOLtreatedasPendingChange

§ CREATE/ALTERINLINELOBsupport

§ ALTERSEGSIZEDDLsupportw/SyntaxChecker&ImportDDL

§ Runningw/DB211leveloffunctionalityonDB212

DB2VersionSupport


RCQuery

§ Newreports&Commands§ ContinuedsupportforIDAA- RCQ-1433§ RITURNON/OFFINHDDLCOMMAND§ HGRANT(functionlikeHDDL)§ SmartlyexecutetheTablespaceutilitycommands

– 'COPY','RECOVER','REORG'and'RUNSTATS’fromStorageGroup,Database,TableandViewlevels

§ DB211ArchiveTablesupport§ DB2v12Toleration

LineCommandsandSupport


RC/Query:IBMDB2AnalyticsAcceleratorsupport

IDAATablelevelfunctions

TableleveladministrationofIDAA

LoadDB2TableintoIDAA

Start/Stop/DisplayandPINGAccelerator

FamiliarRC/Queryinterface


CAPerformanceSuiteforDB2forz/OS



§ OptimizedDetectorCollectionengineforreducedoverhead

§ LeveragingzIIPforDetectorCollection

§ ImprovedSubsystemAnalyzerPerformancethroughsampling

§ TighterSYSVIEWandSYSVIEWforDB2(Insight)integration

§ Quickeridentification,analysis&remediationofpoorDB2performance;includingVirtualIndexsupportandInstantREBINDpreview




§ EnhancedDB2versionexploitationandusability,includingonlineandbatchinterfaceusabilitywithinSysviewforDB2

§ ContinuedsupportforIDAA(IBMDB2AnalyticsAccelerator)

§ DB2v12Toleration&SelectiveExploitation

§ Improvecustomerexperiencewitheasierinstallationandconfiguration



DetectorCollectionEngine:Perf.OverheadreductionLoweroverheadonperformancemetricscurrentlycollected

• Currentdatacollectionishighlyimportantbutcanbecostlyforsomesystemsandapplications

• CustomersmayneedtoturnoffDetectorduringtimesofpeaksystemworkload,thuslosingvisibilityintoperformancemetricswhenitmaybeneededthemost

• NewasynchronouscollectionloweringoverheadinDB2applicationsandimprovingperformance

• HigherzIIPeligibilityasthemajorityofprocessingtooccurinaformatwhichisalwayseligible

• ImproveSystemPerformancemajorityofcollectioneffortshappeninspacewhichisalwayszIIPeligible• ImproveSystemStabilityupdatesfromthecollecteddatahappenoutsideoftheSQLthreadallowingforhigherreliability

Before

After

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


PlanProgramStatement

PlanProgramStatement

CADetectorDetector– SQLCollectionEngineRedesign

CURR

ENT

DB2SQL

SQL

Intercept

CalculateDB2Stats

UpdateStats

SQLExceptions

Xmanager

GatherDB2Info

FUTU

RE

DB2SQL

SQL

Intercept

CalculateDB2Stats

UpdateStats

SQLExceptions

Xmanager

GatherDB2Info

Queue


SubsystemAnalyzer:Perf.OverheadreductionLoweroverheadonsubsystemperformancemetricscollection

• CurrentGetPage monitoringishighlyimportantbutcanbecostlyforsomesystems• CustomersmayneedtoturnoffSubsystemAnalyzerduringtimesofpeaksystemworkload,thuslosingvisibilityintoperformancemetricswhenitmaybeneededthemost

• ReadonlyNthGetPage activity• Accuratemetricsforobjectswithhighactivity• Goodenoughmetricsforobjectswithlowactivity

• DramaticreductioninCPUoverhead• LessimpactDB2Applications• Customerscannowrunfull-timecollectiontoobtainperformancedata

Highly AccurateSampling Rate Getpage Count------------- ----------------

3% 300,000 or more6% 150,000 or more12% 70,000 or more25% 30,000 or more50% 10,000 or more100% No minimum

Sampling:95%ConfidenceLevel;1%ConfidenceInterval

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


zIIPsupportOffloadeligibleprocessingtolowercosts

• Thecostsofrunningbusinesscriticalapplicationscontinuestogrowwithcomplexityanddatasize• Performancebasedcoderevisionscanonlygosofartolowertheoperatingcost

• LeveragespecialtyzIIPprocessorsasmuchaspossibletolimittheburdenonexpensivegeneralprocessors• OffloadingeligibleprocessingtozIIPenginescanlowerrunningcostsandfreeupgeneralprocessorsforothercriticalprocessing

• LowerCostsunburdengeneraluseprocessorswhenapplicable• MeetSLAsgeneralprocessorswillbeavailablesooneraseligibletasksaremovedontozIIPengines

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


CADB2Tools:zIIPEnablement

CADB2ToolsProductSuite zIIP EnabledProducts zIIPEnablement

Utilities CADatabaseAnalyzer™CAFastUnload®CARapidReorg®

Upto25%(new)Upto50%(new)Upto90% (new)

PerformanceSuite CADetector®CASYSVIEW®forDB2

Upto25%(new)Upto90% (new)IfthecollectedSQLrunsunderzIIP,thecapturedstatisticsalsorununderzIIP

AdministrationSuite CARC/Migrator™ Upto90% (new)TheCloningprocessleveragesflashcopy(featureoftheDASDsoftware)andhasprovidedacustomer98%CPUandelapsedtimesavings(thoughnotdirectlythroughzIIPprocessors)

RecoverySuite CAQuickCopy Upto50%(new)


IBMDB2AnalyticsAccelerator(IDAA)support

DB2featuresinr18/r19 ValuetoDB2AnalyticsAccelerator(IDAA)customers

ThreadTerminator (ValuePack) VisibilityintoDB2threadsrunningonIDAA

BatchProcessor (ValuePack) IDAAjobscanberuninbatchandautomatedwithouttheneed toalwaysruninteractive

Commandprocessor (ValuePack) ManageIDAAthroughsimpleline commands

Detector&Plan Analyzer (PPA)(Provide FUTUREEXPLAIN/AccesspathinformationforpackageswithoutissuingaREBIND)

HelpfocusonmostexpensivequeriesUnderstandthecost-benefitofQueryAccelerationIllustrate, ifQueryiseligible andboundforaccelerationProvideareasoncode,ifnoteligible i.e.boundforexecutioninDB2

Accell Profiles AbilitytotakeDetectormetrics/statementscapturedandparsethesetoPPA– thenPPAcancreateACCELLPROFILESsimulatinganIDAAappliancewithouthavingoneinstalledandfindstatementswhichwillbenefitfromacceleration


IBMIDAAsupportinCASYSVIEWforDB2

SYSVIEWforDB2featuresinr18/r19

ValuetoDB2AnalyticsAccelerator(IDAA)customers

Subsystemstatistics ClearvisibilityintoIDAAutilizationbythecurrentandallconnectedDB2subsystems

Accountingstatistics IdentifyworkloadexecutedoreligibleforexecutiononIDAA

Archivetables AnalyzelongertermIDAAutilization

EXPLAINenhancements IdentifySQLstatementsthatareeligibleorwillbeexecutedonDB2accelerator

IDB2ACCTSQLdetails IdentifySQLstatementswithinathreadthatwereexecutedontheDB2Accelerator

Supportfornewsubsystemandthreadlevelstatistics(IFCIDs2/1002and3/148)

Allrelatedreal-time,historyandbatchreportsreviewedandupdatedtoincludeIBMIDAAmetrics


CADB2PerformanceAnalytics(pre-releaseundervalidation)Gaindeeperinsighttocurrentlycollectedperformancemetrics

• BaseliningandtrendanalysisonDB2isatediousmanualprocess• Trendanalysiscanprovideinsightstoslowdrainswhicharehardtoidentifyandcancauseissuestocriticaloperations

• GeneratebaselinesofyourDB2systemwithanewCAproductwhichwilltaketheperformancemetricsalreadycapturedbyCADB2performancemonitoringsolutions• Spottrendsonyoursystemperformanceoverlongperiodsoftime

• ImproveSystemAwarenessseeyourperformancedatainanewlight• ManagePerformanceseehowchangesinyourDB2systemimpactbaselinesandstandardoperationovertime

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


CAUtilitiesSuiteforDB2forz/OS


CAUtilitiesSuiteforDB2forz/OS

§ Highperformance,HighavailabilityOnlineReorg

§ CPUcostreductionthroughadditionalzIIPexploitation– FastUnload,OnlineReorg

§ Utilityoptimizationthroughreal-timeprioritizationofObjects

§ DB2v12Toleration

§ Improvedcustomerexperiencewitheasierinstallationandconfiguration



OnlineReorgHighPerformance,Highavailabilitybusinesscontinuityreorg

• CustomershaveincreasinglystrictSLArequirementsfor100%availability• CPUintensiveprocess,includingreorg,areexpensive• RapidReorgfunctionalitytookthedatabaseofflineduringreorg,causingapplicationoutagewhichisunacceptable

• EnhanceRapidReorgwith“OnlineReorg”functionalitywhichperformsdatabasereorganization“online”andleverageszIIPprocessors,thuseliminatingtheapplicationoutagei.e.objectbeingunavailabletoauserorapplicationaswellasreducinggeneralCPUusage

• MinimizeSLApenaltiesrelatedtodatabaseavailability /downtime

• Eliminateoutagerisks throughhighperformance,highavailabilityonlinereorg

• ReduceCPUusagecostsbyoffloadingprocessingtozIIPprocessors

HighAvailabilitythroughOnlineReorg

Reductioninelapsedtimeupto50%throughzIIPenablement**

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


OnlineReorgHighPerformance,Highavailabilitybusinesscontinuityreorg

Release19OnlineReorghighlights:• EliminateQuiesce/SQLtimeouts• FastSwitch/UpdateDBDtoeliminaterename/repair• 64-bitin-memorycachelogging• Also,RapidReorgiszIIP enabledwithover50%offloads*

EliminateQuiesceEliminateRepair

LogApplyMonitorandBufferlogrecordsinto64-bitcacheinmemoryLogRBA

*CustomerandInternalBenchmarkTestshaveshownreductioninCPUtimeofover50%duetozIIP exploitation


PrioritizedObjectMaintenanceMinimizewasteinexecutionofUtilitiesandimproveefficiencyofsystemusage

• Customershavelimitedmaintenancewindowswhicharedwindling.Itisnecessarytoperformhighestprioritymaintenanceoncriticalobjectsinthatlimitedtimewindow.Todayitisnotpossibleforcustomerstoestablishthosepriorities

• CA’sprioritizedobjectmaintenanceprovidesreal-timeprioritizationofjobswithinthemaintenancewindow.Thisensuresexecutionofthehighestprioritymaintenancejobsandoptimizestheuseofsystemresourceswithinthelimitedmaintenancewindow

• OptimizedCPUUsage:CriticalobjectstakepriorityandmakethemostoptimumuseofCPUcycles• Eliminateongoingmanualeffort: DBAscannowautomaticallyestablishhighprioritycriticalmaintenance• MinimizedRisksoferraticperformancebehaviorandSLApenalties• Efficientuseofmaintenancewindow

Efficientuseofsystemresources,IncreasedDBAproductivity

ReducedCPUCostsMinimizedunnecessaryutility

executioni.e.waste

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


DatabaseAnalyzer

§ ObjectSelectionProfiles– AllowsforaCommon#INCLUDEtobeusedacrossExtracts– CreateObjectlevelextracts

§ DSNACCOXREORGCLUSTERSENSNULLsSupportadded– DB2consistency

§ JOBNameflexibility– Customersneededfornamingconventions


CARecoverySuiteforDB2forz/OS



§ ReduceApplicationoutagesbyprovidingaQuietPointAnalysisreportinCALogAnalyzer

§ ConsistentPointinTimeService

§ AutonomicsthroughAutomatedDropRecoveryofObjects

§ LowerCostofOwnershipbyenhancedlogicandprovidingadditionalzIIPexploitationinCAQuickCopy




§ AcceleratedVersionSupportforDB2v10,DB2V11andDB2v12toleration

§ Simplify&automatethroughDateandTimeexpressionsandLogLabelfeature

§ SimplifySoftwareUsagebyprovidingasinglekeywordforCAQuickCopytocopytheDB2cataloganddirectory,andBackup&RecoverypredefinedObjectLists.



DateandTimeExpressionsandLogLabelSimplifysoftwareusageandprovideadvancedautonomics

[DeliveredFeature]• Optionstospecifyalog/timerangeforloganalysisreportingislimitedanddeficient• Difficultfortheusertoeasilysetthepointintimeforrecoveryfromtheerrantbatchjobstream

• DateandTimeExpressionsinCALogAnalyzerandLogLabelinCALogAnalyzer,CAFastRecoverandCAMerge/Modify• Providetheabilitytoname(label)apointinthelogandusethislabeledpointtosetalograngeforloganalysisreportingand/orpointintimeforrecovery• Allowusertospecifyanyvaliddateandtimeexpressioninlogprocessingrangedefinitionforloganalysisreporting

• Convenientandmuchmoreeasierwaytospecifylogpointsforprocessingofbackup/recoverytasksorloganalysisreports• Abilitytocreateautomatedloganalysisreportswhichreducestimetomaintainthem

LOG

START=CURRENTEND=CURRENT TIMESTAMP –

2 HOURSLOG_LABEL_DAILY_REPORT_START

(00CF53875583B4000000)

RECOVER TOLOGLABEL CLEANUP_START

(00CF538D059F31000000)

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


DroppedObjectRecoveryRecoverdroppedobjectinfeweasystepsandminimizeoutage

• Frustratingandhighlymanualprocesstodefine,set-upandrunallstepsnecessarytorecoverdroppedobject• Longtimeofoutageandhighlyerrorproneprocess• Businessdataunusable

• Single,easy-to-useinterfacedodefinedroppedobjectrecoveryscenario• Fullyautomatedprocessofrecoveringobjecttooriginalstate

• Significantcomplexityreductionofdroppedobjectrecoveryscenario• Minimizedoutageofbusinessdata• Removalofhumanerrorfactorfromthedroppedobjectrecoveryprocess

Whatwasdropped

Whenitwasdropped

Objectsrecoveredandfullyfunctional

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


QuietPointAnalysisFindaconsistentrecoverypointinthelogforapointintimerecoveries

• ManyshopsavoidtakingQUIESCEfortheircriticalobjectstosetupproperandconsistentpointofrecovery• DoingaQUIESCEstopsobjectsfromprocessing,delaysapplicationsaccessingthoseobjectsandcauseoutages

• Thereisusuallyashorttimeintervalwheretherewasnoactivityperformedonagroupof(critical)objects.ThistimeintervaliscalledaquietpointandisalogicalconsistentpointofrecoverywhichcansubstituteQUIESCE.• Thissolutionwillscanthelogtofindandreportonallquietpointssuitabletobeusedinarecoveryprocess.

• RemovesoutagesneededwhensettinguprecoverypointsusingQUIESCE• Helpstoidentifylong-runningapplicationsthatarenotcommittingproperlyandimpedeinfindingarecoverypoint

Interval with no activity – Quiet Point

Transactions activity (units of recovery)

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


ConsistentPointinTimeServiceCreateconsistentsnapshotimagecopies

• Createconsistentsnapshotimagecopy• MigrateconsistentdatabetweenDB2subsystems• Doobjectcheck• Allabovecauseunacceptableoutageofbusinesscriticaldata

• Createasnapshotimagecopyandmakeitconsistentbyremovingun-committedandapplyingunwrittenchanges• Databaseobjectisfullyavailableduringwholecopyprocess.

• Createconsistentsnapshotimagecopywithoutanyoutage• MigrateconsistentdatabetweenDB2subsystemswithoutanyoutage• Doobjectcheckwithoutanyoutage• SNAPSHOT/FLASHenabledhardwarewillmaximizespeedoftheprocess,butisnotstrictlyrequired.

PAIN

SOLUTION

BENEFIT


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