Considerations for Migrating to DB2 9 for z/OS

Migration from DB2 V8 to DB2 9 does not have to be painful. One of the biggest advantages to migrating to DB2 9 is the ability to exploit new features. The presenter discusses what's new in DB2 9 and provides valuable education, regardless of whose DB2 tools one use. The attendee will learn about simple table space conversion and the new universal table spaces: partition-by-growth and range partitioned. The presenter shows how BMC Database Administration for DB2 supports online schema changes, Unicode, additional security types, and new objects.