Intelligent automation of Db2 management with iDBA

As IT environments grow more complex and experienced DBAs become increasingly rare, manually managing Db2 for z/OS repositories has become a significant challenge.

Organizations must handle maintenance, optimise performance, and meet business requirements—all while operating with limited resources

This tedious management leads to several major issues:

• Work overload for DBAs

• Risk of unnecessary tasks (REORG, BACKUP, etc.)

• Direct impact on system performance

• Increase in costs related to CPU consumption

As a result, organizations require a strategic solution, automated, intelligent, and forward-looking, capable of reducing operational workload while sustaining high performance and regulatory compliance.

Our solution: iDBA

iDBA is an advanced automation solution designed to intelligently manage all critical operations on Db2 for z/OS repositories.

Intelligent task automation

• Dynamic scheduling of operations (REORG, BACKUP, statistics collection) based on the actual activity of the repository, rather than on fixed intervals.

• Conditional execution: the solution analyses in advance the real usefulness of each task before launching it.

• Drastic reduction of unnecessary operations.

Optimisation of performance and costs

• Reduction of CPU consumption, thanks to targeted and efficient execution.

• Better allocation of system resources without overloading the z/OS repositories. (rester constant)

• Integration of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and business constraints to guide operational priorities.

Integrated business intelligence

• Automated decision-making to compensate for the lack of experienced DBAs.

• Continuous analysis of performance and the application environment.

• Implementation of only high-value-added operations.

Observed results

Before using iDBA:

• Burdensome and time-consuming manual management.

• Risk of human error and redundant executions.

• High pressure on DBA teams and CPU costs.

With the implementation of iDBA:

• Reduction of CPU loads thanks to optimised and filtered execution.

• Significant reduction in the workload of DBAs, who can focus on strategic tasks.

• Continuous improvement in performance without constant human intervention.

• Full scalability with the growth of the Db2 database without the need for additional DBAs.

Why choose iDBA?

• Intelligent automation of critical operations

• Selective task execution to reduce CPU costs

• A smart response to the shortage of experienced DBAs

• Taking into account business constraints and SLAs

• A scalable solution that keeps pace with the growth of the system

By adopting iDBA, the company modernizes the management of its Db2 environment, increases operational performance, and achieves a measurable return on investment—all without compromising the reliability of its IT services.