DB2 Query Management Facility Information Road Map

Product overview

IBM Knowledge Center (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) Visit IBM Knowledge Center to find all the information that you need to install, configure, maintain, and use IBM® products for managing your information on z/OS.

Introducing DB2 QMF (Type: Manual)This book introduces you to DB2® QMF^™. It describes the features and capabilities of DB2 QMF Version 11.2.

DB2 QMF product home page (Type: Website)This website is the home page for the DB2 QMF family of products: DB2 QMF for TSO and CICS®, DB2 QMF for Workstation and WebSphere®, and DB2 QMF High Performance Option. Materials that describe these components are available from this home page.

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Planning

Release announcement for DB2 11 for z/OS, including QMF Version 11 Classic Edition and Enterprise Edition (Type: Product description) This announcement letter summarizes the key enhancements that are available in QMF Version 11 Classic Edition and Enterprise Edition.

Program directories for QMF Version 11.2 (Type: Website) This web page lists the program directories for QMF Version 11.2. Program directories provide helpful information that you need when you install or migrate to a new version of a product.

What's new in Version 11 Release 2 (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) This page provides a quick tour of all the new features and functions available in QMF Version 11.2.

QMF Version 11.2 system requirements (Type: Website)This topic provides information about system requirements for all QMF components.

Planning your configuration (QMF for TSO or CICS) (Type: IBM Knowledge Center)This topic explains considerations and steps to take in preparing to install or migrate to QMF Version 11.2 for TSO or CICS.

Planning for installation or upgrade of QMF High Performance Option (Type: IBM Knowledge Center)This topic covers system requirements and privileges required before you install or migrate QMF HPO.

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Installing or migrating

QMF installation overview and roadmaps (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) This topic provides an overview of the installation process and roadmaps that guide you step by step through new installations or migrations to QMF Version 11.2 for TSO and CICS.

Installing QMF for Workstation (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) This topic guides you through installing QMF for Workstation.

Deploying QMF for WebSphere to the application server (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) This set of topics guides you through installing QMF for WebSphere.

Installing or upgrading QMF High Performance Option (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) This set of topics guides you through installing or upgrading QMF HPO.

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Configuring and administering

Installing and Managing QMF for TSO and CICS (Type: Manual) This book covers how to configure, manage, and maintain QMF for TSO or CICS after installation or upgrade.

Installing and Managing QMF for Workstation and QMF for WebSphere (Type: Manual) This book covers how to configure, manage, and maintain QMF for Workstation and WebSphere after installation or upgrade.

QMF High Performance Option User's Guide for TSO and CICS (Type: Manual) This book covers how to configure, manage, and maintain QMF HPO after installation or upgrade.

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Developing

Developing QMF Applications (Type: Manual) This book explains design decisions that need to be made, shows different programming techniques, and provides examples of application programming using DB2 QMF's callable and command interfaces.

DB2 SQL (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) This information provides detailed reference information about DB2 language elements, functions, queries, SQL statements, SQL control statements, and catalog tables.

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Troubleshooting and support

Messages and codes

QMF for TSO/CICS messages and codes (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) You can search the information center for any QMF message or reason code or use the PDF link in this topic to access the QMF Messages and Codes manual.

QMF for Workstation/WebSphere messages and codes (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) You can search the information center for any QMF message or reason code.

QMF High Performance Option messages and codes (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) You can search the information center for any QMF message or reason code.

Technical information to help solve problems

Subscribing to Support updates (Type: Website) To stay informed of important information about the IBM products that you use, subscribe to updates. By subscribing to receive updates, you can receive important technical information and updates for specific support tools and resources.

Troubleshooting QMF for TSO and CICS problems (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) This set of topics helps you self-diagnose many QMF problems in the TSO and CICS environments.

General IBM Software Support information

DB2 QMF Support Portal (Type: Website) This website provides access to fix packs, tools, and many other resources to help you keep DB2 QMF running smoothly.

Software Support Handbook (Type: Manual) This manual provides guidelines and reference materials that you might need when you require help from IBM Software Support.

Acronyms, abbreviations, and terms (Type: Manual) This glossary in the Software Support Handbook lists acronyms and terms that are used frequently by IBM Software Support when solving customer problems.

Information Management software lifecycle dates (Type: Website) The Information Management software lifecycle web page shows the dates that marketing and support services are available for each version of QMF, along with the end-of-service (EOS) dates.

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Tuning

QMF High Performance Option User's Guide for TSO and CICS (Type: Manual)This book helps administrators get the highest level of efficiency from their QMF systems. Topics covered include how to control database privileges, query running time, and number of rows retrieved, as well as how to analyze queries for resource consumption and determine how and when to convert queries, reports, and procedures into high efficiency COBOL programs.

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Tutorials

Using QMF for TSO or CICS (Type: IBM Knowledge Center)These topics guide you step by step through basic functions in QMF such as querying data via QMF's three query interfaces, editing tables and views, formatting reports and charts, importing and exporting data, and accessing remote data sources.

Using QMF for Workstation or WebSphere (Type: IBM Knowledge Center)These topics guide you step by step through basic query, reporting, charting, and dashboarding functions available in QMF for Workstation and QMF for WebSphere.

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Reference

DB2 QMF Reference (Type: Manual) This manual provides information and syntax for QMF commands as well as descriptions of formatting specification panels that control the presentation of QMF reports and charts.

QMF glossary (Type: IBM Knowledge Center) This glossary contains QMF terms.

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