Manageability enhancements

The Db2® 11.5.8 release contains enhancements that improve management of buffer pool definition files and remote storage.

The following table lists manageability enhancements that have been added to Db2 11.5.8:
Table 1. Manageability enhancements in 11.5.8
Enhancement Description
Improved management of buffer pool definition files. The Db2 buffer pool definition management command, db2bpf, can be used to display, validate, and update the details of the SQLBP.1 and SQLBP.2 buffer pool definition files. For more information, see db2bpf.
Improved management of remote storage. The Db2 remote storage manager command, db2RemStgManager, can be used to manage remote storage objects. The following capabilities are supported:
  • Copying remote storage objects.
  • Listing remote storage objects.
  • Retrieving information about remote storage objects.
  • Deleting remote storage objects.
For more information, see db2RemStgManager.
New routine for shutting down fenced mode processes. A built-in routine for shutting down fenced mode processes is now available. The ADMIN_FMP_TERM routine can be used to shut down a db2fmp process on last usage by a routine or on next access, if db2fmp processes are pooled. Use it to terminate a db2fmp process without interrupting the routine that the db2fmp process is currently running.