5/18/2016

How to Identify the version and service level of DB2 product?

To know the DB2 product version and service level we can use "db2level".
The output of the "db2level" command will be as below.


The combination of the four informational tokens uniquely identify the precise service level of your DB2 instance. This information is essential when contacting IBM Software Support for assistance.

For JDBC or SQLJ applications, if you are using the IBM DB2 Driver for SQLJ and JDBC, you can determine the level of the driver by running the db2jcc utility:

db2jcc -version
IBM DB2 JDBC Driver Architecture 2.3.63

5/01/2016

Troubleshooting tools for Performance Tuning: Analyzing db2diag log files using db2diag tool

Primary log files are for the use of database and administration notification log are for system administrators. The db2diag log files are for the use of IBM Software Support for troubleshooting.

Even administration notification log messages are also logged to the db2diag log files.

The db2diag tool serves to filter and format the volume of information available in the db2diag log files. Filtering db2diag log file records can reduce the time required to locate the records needed when troubleshooting problems.

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