IDUG NA 2025

Db2 Z Redirected Recovery is a powerful V12 capability of IBM RECOVER utility.  It allows one to recover a Db2 object into another object without impacting the original.  This presentation will review the details of WHAT is redirected recovery, WHY it can be useful, and the scenarios where it might be used.  JCL steps will be detailed along with along with caveats, lessons learned, and some user experiences.

Thinking about your availability and recovery strategy shouldn't give you sleepless nights.  When issues do come up, you want to make sure you have the tools needed to solve problems and ensure you get the most out of your investment in Db2.  This presentation will give you some context and insight into the top questions we see from our customers the most in the areas of backup, restore, crash recovery, locking, logging, transaction management and high availability and disaster recovery.  The questions and answers discussed here could save you when an unexpected outage arises and/or better prepare you to avoid an outage in the future.

Db2 Distributed Data Facility (DDF) is the gateway to delivering business enterprise data in our modern world of cloud computing. DDF is widely exploited in the information technology space and this session aims to share best practices and success stories to optimize your business with DDF. Some of the topics includes, infrastructure, security, protecting data over the network, monitoring resources (threads/connections), sysplex workload balancing, and so forth. The objective of this session is provide you with practical, useful knowledge that you can take back to your work and manage DDF confidently.

This hands–on lab introduces participants to a new AI–powered console designed to simplify and enhance Db2 database management. Through guided exercises, participants will learn how to use the console's features to monitor database performance, troubleshoot common issues, and apply optimization recommendations.
Key tasks will include setting up and customizing dashboards, diagnosing performance bottlenecks using real–time monitoring tools, and leveraging AI–driven recommendations for query tuning and resource management. Participants will also explore natural language interactions for querying data and step–by–step troubleshooting.
This lab is designed for database administrators and IT professionals who want practical experience using an intelligent, streamlined tool for managing Db2 environments. By the end of the session, attendees will have a better understanding of how to integrate these capabilities into their day–to–day workflows to improve efficiency and system reliability.