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