db2top Filters

On a busy system, sometimes the amount of data returned by our monitoring tools can be overwhelming. Fortunately, db2top was designed with this in mind and has a very flexible and powerful feature for extracting […]

db2top Watch

As we saw when we examined its background and collection modes, db2top is not just a tool for letting you observe a running system – it also lets you record activity for later analysis. Another […]

db2top Skew Screen

In a DB2 for LUW database that makes use of the data partitioning feature available in the Infosphere Warehouse product, one of the new concerns a database administrator is faced with is skew among the […]

db2top Bottlenecks Screen (Part 1)

A database workload performs at its best when resources are made available to it in all the right proportions. Having any one resource constrained too much and everything slows down. You can have more CPU […]