Benefits of DB2 Management Solution Pack

DB2® Management Solution Pack offers a key benefit of convenience by delivering a wide variety of high-value IBM DB2 Tools that are now included in one offering. For enterprises that already use some DB2 Tools but could benefit from others, ordering DB2 Management Solution Pack might be the best way to efficiently administer and optimize a DB2 for z/OS® environment.

In addition to the convenience of installing and using all of the DB2 Tools that are included with DB2 Management Solution Pack, enterprises can reap specific benefits of the three solution packs that are included. For example:
  • DB2 Administration Solution Pack for z/OS offers a variety of capabilities to help you manage DB2 objects and DB2 environments, including the capability to administer the IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator environment through an interactive 3270 interface or in batch.
  • With DB2 Performance Solution Pack for z/OS, organizations can monitor and tune system and SQL performance for their DB2 for z/OS, taking advantage of web-based interfaces if they so choose.
  • With DB2 Utilities Solution Pack for z/OS, enterprises can efficiently manage the IBM DB2 utilities that they use. Significant performance improvements and capabilities for monitoring utilities mean far greater efficiency.
  • With Autonomics Director for DB2 for z/OS, enterprises can automatically detect potential storage, organization, and performance problems, and proactively run maintenance utilities to ensure that your data remains tuned and accessible.

Finally, ordering DB2 Management Solution Pack is cost effective; many enterprises can take advantage of upgrade credits and additional savings.