Db2 Database Administration & Monitoring Services
EBTS has the personnel with the required expertise to keep your Db2 environment up to PAR: Performance, Administration, Recovery.
Db2 Database Monitoring, Tuning, and Optimization
Your Db2 investment is considerable and it must function at peak performance, with streamlined administrative schedules and efficient and effective recovery protocols. Maintaining and optimizing the DB2 software and applications with minimal interruptions takes specific skills and expertise which are becoming increasingly rare in the industry.
Whether on the mainframe or on a distributed platform, keeping the Db2 software, applications and databases optimized is critically important to your business performance.
If you fail to maintain your Db2 software, you open your business up to these risks:
Data breaches:
An unpatched Db2 system leaves the welcome door open for cyber attacks. Data breaches have serious financial impacts, especially if regulated data gets compromised in the process.
Poor compatibility with new technology:
As innovations launch in the business world, outdated Db2 versions will not be able to leverage these resources. You end up being forced to use inefficient infrastructure that harms your company’s bottom line.
Poor user experience:
Falling behind on Db2 maintenance can lead to unresponsive systems, unplanned downtime, and other frustrating impacts.
Lower productivity:
When users can’t access the data and systems they need to get their jobs done, their productivity goes down. If this situation occurs frequently, it could even lead to higher employee turnover.
Lack of agility:
Your DBAs have to put out fires and take a reactive approach to working with the Db2 systems. They can’t think strategically, and you end up with an ever-increasing opportunity cost.
Lack of skills in workforce:
Specifically regarding the mainframe. The talent shortage is influenced by mainframes moving away from mainstream technology solutions in the 1990s.
Cost of labor:
As service needs scale up for upgrades, migrations and/or otherwise the associated costs become expensive – this cost increases when a database emergency occurs.
Db2 Database Support Services Include:
- Monitoring and calibrating both static and dynamic SQL
- Managing and tuning Db2 specific software
- Addressing data migration and rebinding issues resulting from scheduled enhancements and version upgrades
- Supporting legacy Db2 applications as well as new development efforts
- Managing the Db2 utilities
- Maintaining data sharing and high availability features of Db2
- Managing and supporting Db2 Replication with both SQL and Queue Replication
- Setting up and supporting disaster recovery exercises
- Installing, managing, and supporting Db2 Purescale
- Running health checks of Db2 servers and subsystems
- Migrating Db2 utilities from one vendor to another, with support for BMC, CA, and IBM
- Automating Db2 maintenance and utilities
- Adhering and implementing security protocols
- High availability, disaster recovery, change insulation, performance monitoring and tuning
- Ensuring recoverability
- HIPAA compliance
The EBTS Db2 Difference
EBTS has the experience, diagnostic tools, proven processes, project plans, and expert resources needed to address the challenges your in-house DBA may face at any time. Our acuity with Db2 performance, administration, and recovery services enables you to free up your in-house resources to work on other important projects. Db2 DBAs are staffed 24×7 from four EBTS delivery centers located in the United States and India, so you’re covered no matter when you need help.