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Re: Adjusting to DB2

From: Mark A <nobody_at_nowhere.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:56:19 -0600
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"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message news:1130081851.810865_at_yasure...
> I think a week is unrealistic if anything requires tuning or an
> understanding of DB2 deeper than starting and stopping the server
> though since DB2 is not one product on all operating systems which
> o/s is a critical yet unanswered question.
>
> Most of your Oracle skills will be transportable but much of what you
> take for granted is not. You won't find MVCC, you won't find
> partitioning, you won't find RAC, you won't find RMAN, you won't find
> DataGuard, you won't find SQL*Loader, you won't find anything remotely
> approaching the richness of Oracle's instrumentation.
>
> I'd suggest you hire in, for 90 days, a DB2 contractor to hold your
> hands until you are ready to stand on your own.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan

I would suggest that you get advice from someone who actually knows something about DB2, rather than Daniel Morgan. Received on Sun Oct 23 2005 - 10:56:19 CDT

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