Effective immediately IBM DB2 10.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is available for SAP Systems based on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 or higher (see SAP note 1700631). Let me share some details regarding this new DB2 release with you.How To Get ThereInstallation m...

The idea behind table partitioning is that a large table is split into several smaller physical storage objects, the so called (data) partitions or ranges. This concept is transparent to an application, a partitioned table is presented to the applica...

In case you are new to DB2 pureScale, let me start with some recommended reading here: For DB2 pureScale in general, I think DB2 pureScale Overview from Matt Huras and DB2 pureScale Overview and Deep Dive from Brian Olynyk are very good overview pres...

A very unpleasant situation in the daily operation of a database appears if someone unintentionally dropped a table. If this table belongs to the SAP database schema, the table and its data must be recreated so that SAP can work properly, and this me...

Recently IBM published various best practices papers about DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Some of them are also of interest for everyone running SAP on DB2. One of the papers is outstanding as it answers a question which arises very often when ins...