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DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8 Performance Topics - IBM Redbooks

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Michael Parbs is a <strong>DB2</strong> Specialist with <strong>IBM</strong> Global Services A/NZ, from Canberra, Australia.<br />

He has over 15 years experience with <strong>DB2</strong>, primarily on the <strong>OS</strong>/390® plat<strong>for</strong>m. Be<strong>for</strong>e joining<br />

<strong>IBM</strong> Global Services A/NZ he worked in the public sector in Australia, as a DBA and a <strong>DB2</strong><br />

Systems Programmer. Michael’s main areas of expertise are data sharing and distributed<br />

processing, but his skills include database administration and <strong>DB2</strong> per<strong>for</strong>mance and tuning.<br />

Michael has co-authored the redbooks: <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>for</strong> MVS/ESA <strong>Version</strong> 4 Data Sharing<br />

Implementation, SG24-4791, <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>UDB</strong> Server <strong>for</strong> <strong>OS</strong>/390 and z/<strong>OS</strong> <strong>Version</strong> 7 Presentation<br />

Guide, SG24-6121, and <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>UDB</strong> <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong> <strong>Version</strong> 8: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know,<br />

... and More, SG24-6079.<br />

Mary Petras is a Senior Software Engineer at the Silicon Valley Lab, where she is currently a<br />

<strong>DB2</strong> Tools Technical Support Specialist working with <strong>DB2</strong> Tool customers. She studied<br />

Mathematics at Pratt Institute, School of Engineering and Science, in Brooklyn, New York,<br />

and the University of Connecticut in Storrs. Her areas of expertise include <strong>DB2</strong> data sharing<br />

and per<strong>for</strong>mance and tuning. Mary has previously co-authored the redbooks: <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>UDB</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>OS</strong>/390 <strong>Version</strong> 6 Per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>Topics</strong>, SG24-5351, and <strong>DB2</strong> Per<strong>for</strong>mance Expert <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong><br />

<strong>Version</strong> 2, SG24-6867-01.<br />

Tsumugi Taira is a Project Leader with NIWS Co, Ltd. in Japan, a company specialized in<br />

advanced services in the Web/Server Business System Field, joint venture between <strong>IBM</strong><br />

Japan and Nomura Research Institute. Tsumugi has six years of experience in <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>for</strong> AIX®<br />

administration, and is currently on a one year assignment to the <strong>IBM</strong> Silicon Valley Lab, <strong>DB2</strong><br />

<strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong> Per<strong>for</strong>mance Department, where she has worked on system set up, tuning and<br />

recovery utilities. Her areas of expertise include ESS operations, Tivoli Storage Manager,<br />

fault tolerant systems, and backup and recovery solutions. Tsumugi has co-authored the<br />

recent book Disaster Recovery with <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>UDB</strong> <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong>, SG24-6370.<br />

Jan Vandensande is an IT consultant and teacher at Jeeves Consulting Belgium, an <strong>IBM</strong><br />

business partner. He has over 20 years of experience in the database management field.<br />

Be<strong>for</strong>e joining Jeeves Consulting in 1995, Jan worked as an IMS and <strong>DB2</strong> system<br />

administrator in the financial sector. His areas of expertise include backup and recovery, data<br />

sharing, and per<strong>for</strong>mance. Jan has previously co-authored the book <strong>DB2</strong> <strong>for</strong> z/<strong>OS</strong> and<br />

<strong>OS</strong>/390 <strong>Version</strong> 7 Per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>Topics</strong>, SG24-6129.<br />

A photo of the team is in Figure 1.<br />

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