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 […]

Table of Contents Page for db2top

Now that I have concluded my posts on the data screens of db2top, I am creating a new page on the site for easy access to a table of contents listing all of the articles […]

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 2)

The db2top Bottlenecks screen lets us see who the biggest consumers of each resource are and how much of the resource they are consuming. These top consumers can often cause such resources to become bottlenecked, […]