I am excited to share that IBM released the much awaited Db2 release. In this release, IBM is delivering multiple new features that will help us build new use-cases and exciting new enhancements that could help us bring down the cost of our data management. In this blog we will go through new enhancement in DB2 V11.5.7.0.
Download link : https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6524304
I am excited to share that IBM will be releasing the much awaited Db2 release in the end of June 2021. In this release, IBM is delivering multiple new features that will help us build new use-cases and exciting new enhancements that could help us bring down the cost of our data management. To ensure that we have all the information and get an opportunity to ask IBM questions, IBM is organizing a 5-session webinar series open to all, free of cost. Register using below link to learn about DB2 11.5.6 from IBM experts.
While working with count function with huge data set you will get error SQL0802N Arithmetic overflow or other arithmetic exception occurred. SQLSTATE=22003. You might also receive sqlcode -802, sqlstate 22003 error in your application log. You might get confused by seeing error Arithmetic overflow or other arithmetic exception occurred. for count function.
User Data security is one of the critical aspects of database administration. Its DBAs responsibility to ensure data must only be accessed by authorized users and DBAs can control that by restricting access at various level. In some cases you want to completely or partially conceal data depending on who is accessing it, e.g. In Payroll application, manager can view only last 4 digit of employees SSN while a team member cannot see SSN of other employees but can see his/her SSN. If we try to achieve this at application level it will increase application complexity as well as might impact application performance but still your database is vulnerable. If a user gets access to database they can see any employee SSN. Best way to achieve it by Data Masking at database level.
Data breaches might lead to financial loss, reputational damage, operational downtime, legal action, loss of sensitive data. With changing data privacy law and regulations its even critical now to ensure data is adequately protected.
In DB2 LUW database Data Masking can be achieved with the help of Column Mask which was introduced in DB2 10.1 as part of Row and Column Access Control (RCAC) . In this blog we will go through steps to enable data masking in DB2 LUW and few scenarios of data masking.
How to Create Column Mask in DB2 LUW?
Column Mask can be created using CREATE MASK command. To create mask user must have SECADM authority, no other privilege is require like select on table or execute on function.
CREATE MASK <mask name> ON <table name> FOR COLUMN <column name> RETURN <case expression> ENABLE
While working with PuTTY to SSH to Unix/Linux servers you might get error Putty Fatal Error : Couldn't agree a key exchange algorithm. Sometime this error can be specific to some servers while for other servers ssh works perfectly fine. In this blog we will see how to fix this issue.
As a DB2 DBA or as a matter of fact if you are using any IBM product irrespective of hardware or software you might be in a situation where you might need support from IBM experts. To get IBM expert support you need to create SR (Service Request) with IBM , formerly known as PMR (Problem Management Report). In this blog we will go through steps to create IBM ID, add customer ID to your IBM id and finally create/view and update SR.
URLs to create IBM SR:
There is separate portal to create/view/update Hardware and Software SRs. You can use below URL to navigate to IBM SR portal.
Hardware SRs: https://www-946.ibm.com/support/servicerequest/Home.action
Software SRs : https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/?language=en_US
These URLs are valid as on date of publication of this blog, I will try my best to keep it updated with latest URL but in case it doesn't work, feel free to reach out to me to inform about it or put a comment below.
Standby Node : db2test2, Instance : db2i1
In blog DB2 Native Encryption, How to Encrypt DB2 Database, How to Encrypt DB2 Database using Centralized KeyStore we went through DB2 Native Encryption and understood step by step process to encrypt DB2 standalone database using both Local KeyStore and Centralized KeyStore. Encrypting DB2 standalone database involve downtime. In this blog we will go through step by step process to encrypt DB2 database in HADR setup without Downtime, before we proceed I would suggest to check above blogs to understand DB2 Native encryption and steps to configure it.
In this blog we will use 2 Local KeyStore, one for Primary and other for Standby. You can use shared Local KeyStore as well, by creating KeyStore on shared File System.
We will consider a 2 node HADR setup with below configuration:
Standby Node : db2test2, Instance : db2i1
You might be in a situation in which you need a shared file system between multiple VM or between your VM and host OS on which you can perform both read and write operation simultaneously. Oracle Virtual Box has a answer to this in form of Shared Folder feature but to use Shared Folder feature in your VM, you must install Virtual Box Guest Additions. This simple looking Virtual Box Guest additions is quiet complicated to setup in Linux VM, it becomes even more complicated if you are not a Linux admin. In this blog we will go through step by step process to setup Virtual Box Guest Additions and Add a Shared Folder in VM and access it.
Step1: Prerequisite
To configure Virtual Box Guest Addition, you need to have kernel-devel, gcc, make and elfutils-libelf-devel package installed. Run below command to check if packages are already present.
yum list gcc make kernel-devel elfutils-libelf-devel
While initializing DB2 HADR you might receive error SQL1768N Unable to start HADR. Reason code = "5". There are multiple scenario in which you might receive SQL1768N Reason Code 5. In this blog we will go through scenarios in which you might get this error and solution to fix it. IBM documentation list below explanation for this error:
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As part of your day to day activity as DB2 DBA, you might have come across requirement to install specify version of DB2, apply DB2 fix pack, install DB2 client on application servers or provide DB2 drivers to application team. In this blog we will go through step by step process to download DB2 LUW engine, db2 fix pack, db2 clients and drivers.
To download IBM DB2 LUW visit below URL
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/download-db2-fix-packs-version-db2-linux-unix-and-windows
From this URL, you can check End of Support date for DB2 version and also download DB2 LUW products.