Hello All,    DB2 v9.1 will be going out of support as of April 30, 2012. You can find out more by clicking on the below image:                 Or the following link:   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21575777   If the above link doesn't address your questions, then please feel free to comment below.      

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Do you have an IBM ID? If your answer is no, you will want to register for one today because you will now need to log-in to Fix Central using your IBM ID to download fixes.    It only takes a few minutes to register for an IBM ID by clicking here .  Not only will registering give you access to fixes on Fix Central, your IBM Registration ID is your single point of access to IBM web applications that use IBM Registration. The benefits of having an IBM Registration ID will increase over time as more and more IBM applications migrate to IBM... [More]

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Four new IBM Education Assistant videos have just been posted for InfoSphere Information Server! Today's tech tip for all you Information Server folks is to take the time to skill-up this January by viewing the videos and sharing them with your colleagues. Here are the videos and links: Administration and configuration Problem determination DataStage and QualityStage Information Analyzer Or you can click here to access the InfoSphere Information Server page on IBM Education Assistant to view all available resources.   More about IBM... [More]

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Happy new year to our readers! As we move into 2012, we're busy preparing and brainstorming technical support tips and information that will be useful to you in the year ahead.   For our first post, we've pulled a list of the most popular technical documents for DB2 for z/OS. Take a look at the list below and get informed. 09 Dec 2011: DB2 for z/OS - Technical Resources - Version 8 09 Dec 2011: DB2 for z/OS - Technical Resources - Version 10 16 Apr 2011: SQLCODE -803 error: An inserted or updated value is invalid when the IDENTITY column in the... [More]

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As you have likely noticed, our IM Support team has been hard at work publishing technical tips since the IBM Centennial Celebration on June 16 2011. We're going to bring you 100 tips before June 16, 2012 as our little way of saying "Happy 100th, IBM!" In this post, you can find links to all of our technical tips broken down by product/interest area. We hope that you find these tips useful and will keep watching for more in 2012! DB2 #7: DB2 License key #8: DB2 on LUW Problem Determination Guides #10: Common DB2 Security Issues... [More]

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To continue our review of the top technical documents for some of our most popular IM products, here is the list for InfoSphere Data Architect! System requirements for InfoSphere Data Architect (03 Jun 2011) InfoSphere Data Architect, Version 7.5: new features and enhancements (17 May 2011) System Requirements for InfoSphere Data Architect 7.5.2.x (17 May 2011) System requirements for InfoSphere Data Architect 7.5.3 (21 Jul 2011) InfoSphere Data Architect version 7.5.3 (19 Aug 2011) IBM InfoSphere Data Architect, Version 7.5.2.2 (05... [More]

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Hello All,    Looking for some help on how to resolve the error DBA7908E . Then you're in luck because we have put together the following tech doc to help you with that:    DBA7908E error upon connection to a new DB2 for z/OS system.   Still seeing the error or have questions about it, then please feel free to comment below.

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Hello All,   Looking for some help on how to resolve the error DB2JAVIT : RC = 9505. Then you're in luck because we have put together the following tech doc to help you with that:   Error DB2JAVIT : RC = 9505 upon opening a DB2 GUI tool   Still seeing the error or have questions about it, then please feel free to comment below.

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Do you have a few minutes to spare? If so, take the time to watch the new videos available on the IBM Electronic Support Channel on YouTube! The IBM Electronic Support Community blog has posted a series of blogs describing these videos in more details. Visit their blog to learn more or launch the videos from the links below.     Topic & Link Description IBM Support Portal Video View an overview of the IBM Support Portal, a unified, centralized view of all technical support tools and information for IBM systems, software, and... [More]

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To continue our series covering the most popular technical documents, today we're bringing you a list of the top 10 documents for IBM Optim ! 20 Sep 2011: Detailed System Requirements for components of IBM Optim 7.2 03 Nov 2011: Detailed System Requirements for components of IBM Optim 7.3 03 Jun 2011: Detailed system requirements for components of IBM Optim Data Privacy Solution v2.1 28 Jul 2011: Installing your Optim solution in Windows Vista and succeeding Windows platforms 15 Nov 2010: Detailed System Requirements for components of IBM... [More]

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Last week we published popular blogs with the top technical documents for Informix and for DB2 for LUW . Today we bring you the top technical documents for InfoSphere Information Server. 25 Oct 2011: IBM InfoSphere Information Server product documentation 10 Aug 2011: IBM InfoSphere Information Server, Version 8.1, system requirements 13 Jul 2011: IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version 8.5 product documentation 19 Aug 2011: InfoSphere Information Server, Version 8.1 Fix Pack 1, Fix List 03 Aug 2011: System requirements for IBM InfoSphere... [More]

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Yesterday, we shared the top Informix technical docs and, of course, we don't want our DB2 LUW friends to feel left out! So, without further ado, here are the most popular technical documents for DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows: 27 Oct 2011: DB2 Fix Packs by version for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 16 Apr 2011: DB2 UDB Version 8 - End of Support date 30 Apr 2012: DB2 UDB Version 9 - End of Support date 15 Jun 2011: DB2 database product documentation 30 May 2011: DB2 UDB Version 8 Product Manuals 30 May 2011: DB2 Version 9.1 for Linux,... [More]

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To stay current with the latest technical information for IBM Informix, here is a summary of the most popular technical docs for Informix. Happy reading! Informix Servers 11 Oct 2011: Download Informix Products 07 Sep 2011: Informix Server System Requirements 26 Aug 2011: Publications for the IBM Informix family of products 28 Mar 2011: Recommended Fixes for Informix Server Products 11 Oct 2011: Knowledge Collection: Informix Upgrade and Migration 16 Apr 2011: Setting and unsetting environment variables 24 Oct 2011: Publications for the IBM... [More]

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Our friends over in the IBM Electronic Support Community posted an announcement on Friday about the recent updates to IBM Service Request . Today's tip is to make sure you are aware of these new updates so you can take advantage of the new functionality when you need to open your next Service Request. The IBM Service Request Tool is a worldwide, consolidated system for submitting technical support requests for all IBM software products. Since that description might be a bit lengthy for you, just remember it as the fastest way to get in touch... [More]

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  As organizations strive to do more with less, IBM® DB2® for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows® provides various built-in high availability features. DB2 further provides high availability solutions by leveraging enterprise system resources with broad support for clustering software such as HACMP™, TSA, and Microsoft® Windows Cluster Server.   Here is a collection of some useful links for High Availability:     RedBook : High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options for DB2 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows... [More]

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Our friends in IBM eSupport are buzzing about all the exciting eSupport announcements to come in November, and today they published a preview of the IBM Support Portal Enhancements on their blog ! Click here to read their full post. Here is a snapshot of the improvements: Select between single and multiple products more easily Simplified page navigation and layout will make it faster for you to find what you need on the Portal Easier to find fixes and downloads Russian language support Mobile notifications This list is only the tip of... [More]

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Hello All,   Looking for a in depth DB2 Connect and DB2 z/OS Security Presentation? Then you're in luck because we have put together the following YouTube video with the help from The Fillmore Group:   DB2 Connect Virtual Users Group 2011-10-18: Addressing DB2 Connect Security Issues          Still have questions about DB2 Connect or DB2 z/OS Security, then comment below.

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 100 Tech Tips, #32 - Search with a Dash!   There are any number of things to search for that would include a hyphen, or "dash": SQLCODEs, such as -930 Errors, like -25596 Commands, like db2set -all So, what's the problem?   Search engines don't handle "-" very well at all.   Google documents this under " Terms you want to exclude (-) " If you want to search for -25596, and you put that into a search engine which uses "-" to exclude, the engine will return everything EXCEPT things with 25596.  Dash it all... [More]

We'll keep this post short and sweet :)   Fix pack 5 for DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows 9.7 was released today! Click here to download the fix pack .  If you are looking for a Fix Pack for another version of DB2 for LUW, visit this page to view all available Fix Packs .

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