DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP

 

 

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MEETING DATE:       Friday, October 23rd 2009

 

LOCATION:                 CIGNA, Downtown Philadelphia         ***NEW LOCATION***

STARTING TIME:      9:00 AM

REGISTRATION

and BREAKFAST:    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

COST:                          ADVANCE REGISTRATION:       MEMBERS $20, NON-MEMBERS $30

                                       WALK IN REGISTRATION:           MEMBERS $50, NON-MEMBERS $60

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AGENDA

 

09:00 - 09:15                           Opening Remarks

                                                Joe Carola, Chairperson DVDUG

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09:15 -10:30                            What do Clones do on Mother's Day? 

                                                Greg Parrish, CA

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10:30 - 10:45                           BREAK

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10:45 - 12:00                           Harnessing the Power of DB2 Logs

                                                Greg Parrish, CA

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12:00 - 01:00                           LUNCH: Sponsored by CA

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01:00 - 01:45                           Product Demo

                                                Mainframe 2.0, Greg Parrish, CA

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01:45 - 02:00                           BREAK

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02:00 - 03:15                           DB2 Version 9 Highlights

Howie Hirsch, IBM

 

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The DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP reserves the right to change the agenda without notice.

 

Visit our Web Site for the latest information @ www.dvdug.org

Mark your calendars for the next meeting:  December 11th, 2009

 

Casual Dress


Message from the chair:

 

First of all, please make an important note that our Fall meeting will be held at a convenient Center City location, 2 Liberty Place, compliments of our DVDUG members at CIGNA. Thanks Mark Weichman!!

 

Our sponsor this meeting will be Computer Associates, and they will be sending one of their Senior Consultants, Greg Parrish, who is no stranger to the User Groups around the country.   Greg will be presenting an interesting exploitation of a new Version 9 feature, “clone tables”, and another topic that is always of interest, exploiting the DB2 Logs.  IBM will also help us in rounding out the agenda.  One of our IBM liaisons and IBM Senior IT specialist, Howie Hirsch will provide us with a Version 9 highlights/features presentation to keep us up to date on the topic as we start/continue moving toward V9

 

Please join us for a very informative day and get a great start on the weekend with an early Friday dismissal to enjoy the cool Fall weather!  REMINDER:  PRE-REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!!  In an effort to better plan for handouts and food, we are urging the membership to please try and pre-register for our sessions.  See you at 2 Liberty Place!

 

Joe Carola

 

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Chairperson       Joe Carola                     (610) 219-8328               joseph.carola@siemens.com

 

Vice-Chair         Rachel Murawski            (570) 200-1558               rachel.murawski@bcnepa.com

 

Program            Anne Stout                    (609) 520-5240               anne.stout@dowjones.com

                               

Newsletter         Tom Orner                     (215) 238-6872               orner-tom@aramark.com

                        Joseph Mako                      (610) 359-6766                   joseph.mako@siemens.com

 

Membership      Stan Katinsky                                                    skatinsky@comcast.net

 

Arrangements    Mark Weichman (856)346-5752               mcweichman@comcast.net

 

Secretary          Mike Piontkowski           (610) 326-9529               michael_piontkowksi@compuserve.com

                       

Treasurer          Denise Walters              (610) 219-6556               denise.walters@siemens.com

                        Bill Saunders                 (215) 625-5892               bill.saunders@attglobal.net

 

Website            Joseph Mako                      (610) 359-6766                   joseph.mako@siemens.com

 

IBM Liaison:      Linda Snow                    (610) 578-2367               lindasnow@us.ibm.com

                        Howie Hirsch                 (732)-926-2362               hshirsch@us.ibm.com

 

 

 

The Delaware Valley DB2 Users Group wants you!  To join the Board of Directors.

 

We’re looking for new blood.  All positions are in need of your assistance.  Please let us know if you would like help out by contacting any of the Board members. 



First Morning Presentation

 

What do Clones do on Mother's Day? 

Greg Parrish, CA Inc., Sr. Consultant, Technical Sales

 

An Overview of the Strange New World of the Clone Table

In previous releases of DB2, users expressed the need for a functionality that is similar to an online LOAD REPLACE utility.  Introduced in DB2 9, clone table support provides users with the ability to generate a table with the exact same attributes as a table that already exists in the current DB2 subsystem.  The clone is created within the same universal table space as the base table, and is structurally identical to the base table in every way.  Once created, a clone table can be manipulated independently of the base table, and you can exchange data between the base table and the clone table. Clone tables thus provide the functional equivalent of an online LOAD REPLACE utility, allowing users to, for example, reload table data multiple times a day while still being able to access the existing data with read-only operations.  This presentation will examine the new clone table feature, discussing concepts, advantages, commands and restrictions (including the new UTS table space type).

 

Speaker:

Greg is a Senior Consultant with CA, where he presents and demonstrates CA DB2 technology, installs and implements CA DB2 products at customer sites, provides technical consulting and training on DB2 for z/OS,  and develops & presents technical overviews on various DB2 topics.  Greg has presented at IDUG and several DB2 RUGs.  Greg started out in data processing in 1981 as a mainframe computer operator in the US Army.  Over the years he has worked in several areas of IT, including operations analysis, production control, systems storage & analysis, and database design & analysis.  Greg earned a BS from CSU Sacramento in 1989.  He lives in Santa Cruz, California, with his wife and two sons.

 

 

 

Second Morning Presentation

 

Harnessing the Power of DB2 Logs

Greg Parrish, CA Inc., Sr. Consultant, Technical Sales

 

The log is a vital part of DB2 and DB2 recovery.  However, once you start to exploit the content and what the log holds, many day to day tasks can be changed for the better for everyone.  This presentation will look into real life scenarios how DB2 sites are squeezing the most out of the log to manage audit control, application recovery, change propagation, application QA and assisting in disaster scenarios.

 

 

Afternoon Presentation

 

DB2 Version 9 Highlights

Howie Hirsch, IBM

 

This presentation will center on many of the exciting new features of DB2 version 9. There are many features that will improve the lives of our DBAs and application developers, new SQL, native SQL stored procedures, index improvements, utility improvements, clone table and many more.

Speaker:

Howie Hirsch is a Senior IT specialist for IBM for the last 2 and a half years. His job is to assist customers with all aspects of DB2 for z/OS, focusing on release level migrations.  Last year he was part of the team that wrote the redbook, Packages:Revisted.  Previously, he was an applications area DB2 DBA for 20 years at Horizon Blue Cross in Newark NJ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


MEETING REGISTRATION

 

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                                                Delaware Valley DB2 Users' Group

                                                PO Box 53894

                                                Philadelphia PA 19105-3894

 

 

 

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IBM West Chester

Constitution Room, on the Lower Level

 

Address:

 

1601 Chestnut Street (2 Liberty Place)

Philadelphia, PA 19192

Multipurpose Room #1 

Take elevator to 3rd floor, turn left from elevator bank and walk to the end of the hall.

 

PA Regional Trains:

Take train to Suburban Station. Walk south on 16th street and use last entrance before Chestnut Street

 

PATCO:                

Take train to 16th Street, walk north on 16th street

Use first entrance after crossing Chestnut street  (not the entrance at corner to the shops)

 

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                                    DELAWARE VALLEY DB2 USERS GROUP

                                    PO Box 53894

                                    Philadelphia PA 19105-3894