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What Version and Fixpack of DB2?

This document provides instructions for common DB2 administration tasks like checking the DB2 version and installed products, starting and stopping DB2, listing databases and tablespaces, connecting to databases, and backing up databases. It also includes commands for monitoring performance and troubleshooting issues like locks, top SQL statements, and processes remaining after stopping DB2.

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What Version and Fixpack of DB2?

This document provides instructions for common DB2 administration tasks like checking the DB2 version and installed products, starting and stopping DB2, listing databases and tablespaces, connecting to databases, and backing up databases. It also includes commands for monitoring performance and troubleshooting issues like locks, top SQL statements, and processes remaining after stopping DB2.

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What version and fixpack of DB2?

db2level

What DB2 products are installed?

Must issue from the install directory (i.e. /opt/IBM/db2/V(VERSIONNO)/install)

db2ls -q -b -a

For Example:

db2ls -q -b /opt/IBM/db2/V10.5 -a

Starting DB2:

db2start

Stopping DB2:

All connections off, DBs are deactivated:

db2stop

DB’s active, connections incoming, but want to force off and stop DB2:

db2stop force

What databases are available?

db2 "LIST DATABASE DIRECTORY"

What databases are available and LOCAL to this machine?

db2 "LIST DATABASE DIRECTORY" | grep -p Indirect | grep alias


*Note: -p command works in AIX only. Otherwise use previous command and
look for "Indirect"
How to catalog a database?

I am going to cheat and tell you to go here: How to Catalog a DB2 Database

What databases are active and online?

db2 "LIST ACTIVE DATABASES"

Activate a database:

db2 "ACTIVATE DATABASE dbname"

Deactivating a database:

(All connections must be removed first, see “force” command):

db2 "DEACTIVATE DATABASE dbname"

Force off all connections to a database:

db2 "FORCE APPLICATION ALL"

Force off specific connections to a database:

db2 "FORCE APPLICATION (pid)"


db2 "FORCE APPLICATION (pid, pid, pid)"

Where “pid” is the “Appl. Handle” in a “LIST APPLICATIONS” command.

How do I connect to a database?

If logged in as ID with CONNECT permission on the database, and local:

db2 "CONNECT TO (dbname)"

If not Instance ID or Remote:

db2 "CONNECT TO (dbname) USER (username)"

This will prompt for a password. If use use the “using” command with password it can be
pulled up in command line recall.

Disconnecting from a database:


db2 "TERMINATE"

Database uptime:

db2pd -

Who is connected to the database?

db2 "LIST APPLICATIONS"

How many connections are there to the database?

db2 "LIST ACTIVE DATABASES" | grep connected

List of tablespaces and their state (verbose output):

db2 "LIST TABLESPACES SHOW DETAIL"

List of tablespaces:

Are they in normal state (abbreviated, Normal State is: 0x0000)?

db2 "LIST TABLESPACES SHOW DETAIL" | grep State

Grant the ability to connect to the database:

An Individual:

db2 "GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE TO USER (username)"

An OS group:

db2 "GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE TO GROUP (groupname)"

Grant authorization to do something to a table

(Select from it, delete from it, etc):


db2 "GRANT <SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE> ON (SCHEMA).(TABLENAME) TO
(USER or GROUP) (username or groupname)"

SQL to see what is causing a lock wait:

db2 “SELECT AGENT_ID, LOCK_MODE, LOCK_OBJECT_TYPE, AGENT_ID_HOLDING_LK,


LOCK_MODE_REQUESTED FROM SYSIBMADM.SNAPLOCKWAIT”

SQL for top 20 SQL by Number of Executions:

db2 “SELECT NUM_EXECUTIONS as EXECUTIONS, AVERAGE_EXECUTION_TIME_S as


TIME_SECONDS, STMT_TEXT as TEXT FROM SYSIBMADM.TOP_DYNAMIC_SQL WHERE
(STMT_TEXT like ‘SELECT%’ or STMT_TEXT like ‘select%’) ORDER BY
NUM_EXECUTIONS DESC FETCH FIRST 20 ROWS ONLY”

SQL for top 20 SQL by Execution Time:

db2 “SELECT AVERAGE_EXECUTION_TIME_S as TIME_SECONDS, NUM_EXECUTIONS as


EXECUTIONS, STMT_TEXT as TEXT FROM SYSIBMADM.TOP_DYNAMIC_SQL WHERE
(STMT_TEXT like ‘SELECT%’ or STMT_TEXT like ‘select%’) ORDER BY
AVERAGE_EXECUTION_TIME_S DESC FETCH FIRST 20 ROWS ONLY”

Using DB2’s internal monitoring and troubleshooting tool:

db2top -d

Useful options at menu: B Bottleneck; b Bufferpools; D Dyn. SQL; U Locks;

Look at how optimizer runs SQL (Explain Plan):

db2expln -d -f -g -z \; -o ORIG_EXPLAIN.out

Where file.sql is a txt file containing the problem SQL for analysis. The SQL ends with a
semi-colon.

See if DB2 recommends any indexes (DB2 Advise):

db2advis -d -i | tee ORIG_ADVISE.out

Where file.sql is a txt file containing the problem SQL for analysis. The SQL ends with a
semi-colon.

Backing up a database (Offline):


No connections, Database Deactivated:

db2 "BACKUP DATABASE (dbname) TO (/directory) "

Backing up a database (Online):

DB up and active with connections:

db2 "BACKUP DATABASE (dbname) ONLINE TO (/directory)"

See details on a backup file:

(Online or offline, how granular, compressed, log path, etc)

db2ckbkp -h

Processes in memory after a DB2STOP (That may need to be killed):

AIX:

ipcs | grep db2

Linux (as Instance ID):

ipcs

Kill a process in memory after an IPCS:

ipcrm -<q, m, or s> PID

Where is the DB2 Error Log Held?

Default:
(instancehome)/sqllib/db2dump/db2diag.log

To discover where error log is, if custom:


db2 "GET DBM CFG" | grep DIAGPATH

How do I turn on Command Line Recall on AIX or LINUX:


set -o vi

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