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Download demos, productivity tools, and updated versions of selected deliverables that are part of DB2 for z/OS releases. DB2 Optimization Service Center, for example, is an exciting new tool that can help you to make significant improvements to the performance of individual queries and SQL workloads and can provide valuable problem determination information. New downloads and updated versions will be made available on this site periodically, so check back regularly to see what's new.

Optimization Service Center for DB2 for z/OS.
IBM Optimization Service Center for DB2 for z/OS, part of the DB2 Accessories Suite for z/OS, provides autonomic tools to simplify the tasks of monitoring and tuning the performance of SQL statements and workloads that run on Version 8 and Version 9.1 DB2 for z/OS subsystems and data sharing groups. Optimization Service Center provides an expert-based statistics advisor and powerful query-analysis tools such as access plan graph, query annotation, and visual plan hint.

IBM Data Studio.
IBM Data Studio is an Integrated Data Management Environment that can increase productivity and reduce development cost throughout the data lifecycle.

OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2 for z/OS.
DB2 for z/OS uses the IBM OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2 for z/OS, part of DB2 Accessories Suite for z/OS, as an indexing and search engine for documents that are stored in a DB2 database.

DB2 Visual Explain.
Visual Explain provides graphical depictions of the access plans that DB2® for z/OS® chooses for your SQL statements, and eliminates the need for you to manually interpret PLAN_TABLE output. The relationships between database objects and operations are clearly illustrated in the graphs, and you can use this information to tune your queries. Use Visual Explain with DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8 and DB2 for z/OS & OS/390 Version 7.

DB2 Estimator for Windows®.
DB2 Estimator for Windows® is an easy-to-use, stand-alone tool for estimating the performance of DB2 for z/OS applications. Separate versions of DB2 Estimator are available for use when planning for DB2 for z/OS, Version 8, and DB2 for z/OS and OS/390, Version 7. DB2 Estimator is discontinued for DB2 Version 9.1 for z/OS.

DBRM Colon Finder.
DBRM Colon finder is a JCL and an associated REXX program that allows you to discover whether any format 1 DBRMs contain host variables that are missing colons. Format 1 DBRMs were created by DB2 up to and including Version 2.2, and Format 1 DBRMs that are missing colons do not rebind in DB2 Version 6 or later. (As of 01/2000)


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