Remote DBA Services for IBM DB2 UDB

Ask yourself these questions regarding your DB2 databases:

• Are you using DB2 Version 7 and realize you're out of technical support from IBM?
• Do you know how to take advantage of all the new features in DB2 versions 8 and 9?
• Are you completely happy with your DB2 database performance?
• Is your DB2 database secure and audit-ready?
• Do you have a DB2 disaster recovery solution? 

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Xtivia's DB2 System Engineers are a phone call away from customers who need assistance with questions like these, urgent DB2 problems, up-coming projects, or DB2 DBA staff augmentation.

We are experts in DB2 versions 7, 8, and 9 running on Linux, UNIX, and Windows. We provide solutions for all aspects of DB2 database functionality including architecting, installing, backup, recovery, performance tuning, replication, disaster recovery, maintenance utilities, migrations, and upgrades.

The Virtual-DBA service can monitor your DB2 database health and proactively alarm us to potential database problems and performance slow-downs. We can monitor many different aspects of your DB2 system including availability, bufferpool, catalog cache and package cache hit ratios, tablespace utilization, sort overflows, lock memory usage and diagnostic log errors just to name a few. 

Services related to IBM DB2 UDB Functionality

Another very popular and valuable service we provide is called Health Check for IBM DB2 UDB. This service includes a deep and thorough analysis of your DB2 systems and delivers a management level report detailing the current database system health with a focus on whatever your concerns might be. This report will also list recommendations to achieve IBM's Best Practices for DB2.

Whatever your need, Xtivia's DB2 experts have the knowledge and experience to help you succeed and make your experience with DB2 a great one!

Database Consolidation

Database consolidation helps organization battle the ever increasing cost associated with not only hardware but also the personnel required for managing their complex database environments. By simplifying the environment through server virtualization both capital and operational costs can be reduced. Xtivia’s IBM DB2 UDB DBAs can assist your organization through all phases of the consolidation process starting with an assessment of the environment, planning, facilitating standardization, application decommissioning, testing (both before and after virtualization), implementation, and finally, the ongoing process of managing your new environment with Virtual-DBA Services for your Virtual Environments

Support for Virtual and Cloud Environments

If you are considering or already using a virtualized environment, you may also be considering virtualizing your DBA needs. Every organization is looking for ways to cut costs while maintaining productivity. The Xtivia team can help design, implement and provide ongoing support and coverage for IBM DB2 UDB database servers on your virtual machine or cloud environment. You can customize the service level to fit your specific business needs from a helping hand every now and then when you need it to complete 24x7 monitoring coverage and on call support.

DBA Consultants

IBM DB2 UDB Consulting and Staffing

At times your business needs require a short or long term consultant to get the job done. Xtivia has ample experience with staffing both long and short term DBA consulting projects or support work, providing resources to both small and large organizations for over 15 years. Our US based DBA team has the skill-sets needed to keep your business running. Alternately, if you have a unique set of requirements, Xtivia's recruiting team can work with you to fill your open requirements, since finding a IBM DB2 UDB DBA is simple, but technical interviews shouldn't be, and Xtivia can make sure of that. Xtivia can narrow down the field and provide you with the technically qualified candidates for your final interviews to meet your recruiting needs.