Recorded April 3, 2015 • 53 minutes
Fred and Ian discuss April Fools’ pranks, the general availability of the SQL Database premium plan on Bluemix, follow up on the discussion about Data Server Manager, the upcoming IDUG North American conference in Philadelphia and other DB2 news.
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Show Notes & Links
- April Fools’ Day Pranks
- Fred’s Fresh Meat
- pureScale Express-C failed to draw any attention
- BlueMix SQL Database service is GA, including pricing for the Premium Plan service
- IBM’s Data Server Manager Tech Talk
- Forget $1 Billion investments, IBM invests $3 Billion in IoT
- The future of the Internet of Things
- DBA first world problem: “Mah bufferpool’s too damn big”
- Nice post from @data_henrik on writing db2audit logs to syslog
- The Which Distributed Edition of DB2 10.5 … developerWorks article was updated for new 10.5 features
IDUG NA
- IDUG’s first casinorific conference in over a decade: http://www.vfcasino.com/
- In actual Philadelphia, use http://www.vinylhub.com/ to find record stores
- Fred will host IDUG’s Whiskey SIG at http://www.philadelphia.villagewhiskey.com
- Fred is drinking https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/clynelish/clynelish-1997-bottled-2012-oloroso-sherry-cask-finish-distillers-edition-whisky/
- Ian’s Session Recommendations:
- C14: DB2 Security Tips and Best Practices – Walid Rjaibi @WalidRjaibi
- D05: Performance “Worst Practices” for DB2 – Steve Rees @db2steve
- E15: Configuration (Mis) Management – Deploying DDL changes – Ken Shaffer @aerodata
- E16: BLU Insert, Update and Delete – An Insider’s Perspective – Adam Storm @stormadamj
- Fred’s Likes:
- E06: Hidden Gems: The Top 10 Most Under-utilized Functions in DB2 – Matthias Nicola
- D07: Top Ten DB2 LUW Explain Tips – John Hornibrook @JHornibrookIBM
- F16: Migrating from IMS to DB2 with DL/2 – Bernie O’Connor
- C17: Using The Multi-Temperature Data Feature with Fully Automated Storage Tiering – Roger Sanders @Roger_E_Sanders