Integrating Mainframe Db2 into Your DevOps Journey

Broadcom leads the market with an open-first approach to mainframe DevOps that includes the automation and monitoring of mainframe Db2 database changes alongside application changes. We provide the freedom to combine mainframe native tools, including those designed for database management, with powerful off-platform ones.

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Did you know many DBA tools offer automation

The DevOps opportunity to transform mainframe application development is compelling – but must include the Db2 DBA to be most effective.

Databases are not the same as applications – they are diverse configuration environments consisting of multiple, interrelated objects, and database changes cannot be treated exactly like application changes. Databases carry a much higher risk to change, and the DBA remains the best person to manage multi-system dependencies. But many of the tools that DBAs use manually now offer automation capabilities that can be baked into the application DevOps process.

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DevOps is Transforming Elite Organizations

Enterprises that have fully adopted DevOps are achieving orders of magnitude improvements in throughput and stability as measured against their peers.

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But There is Much Room for Improvement

A more focused strategy on integrating database change automation into DevOps tools and practices can turn ordinary results into elite results.

20% DBA performers have 208x more frequent code deployments

More Productive

20% of the highest performers have 208x more frequent code deployments, fueled by tools of choice.

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49% only trust DBAs to make automate task changes

DBA Skills Highly Valued

But many tasks can be automated without oversight.

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More competitive and faster lead times with db2

More Competitive

20% of the highest performers are more competitive, with 106x faster lead times. Pipelines are the new normal.

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56% of DBAs work outside of DevOps Teams

DBA Work Often Isolated

But DBAs can be valuable contributors to the DevOps teams

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High performers have 7x lower change failure rates

More Stable

20% of the highest performers have 7x lower change failure rate, resulting in a more stable environment. 'Always On' service is a strategic imperativeLower change failure rate.

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DBAs spend 30% of their time on change delivery

DBA Time Shifting to Changes

But this comes at the expense of time spent managing security and database optimizationof DBA time spent on change delivery

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Modern Tooling for Mainframe Db2 Management

DevOps Automation for Db2
Zowe CLI-enabled DevOps Automation for Db2 The Zowe CLI is a foundation for script-based automation, enabling mainframe Db2 DDL to be reproduced from production environments and pushed back to production. Accelerate Automation
Db2, the modern developer experience
Modern Developer Experience Popular IDEs, combined with tools such as GIT and Jenkins, enable next generation developers to seamlessly incorporate Db2 DDL updates into their automated workflows. See Tools In Action
Db2 Open-source monitoring solutions
Open-Source Monitoring Solutions RESTful APIs enable open-source tools, such as Prometheus and Grafana, to collect, visualize, and monitor Db2 performance metrics in real time. Visualize Operations
Modernize mainframe development tools and processes
Mainframe Development Processes and Tooling Achieve higher developer productivity, accelerate software delivery, boost recruiting, and drive overall greater value from your existing IT investments. Modern Mainframe DevOps

Db2 DevOps Blogs

Mainframe Databases are a first-class citizen of DevOps Posted: January 20, 2022
Databases such as Db2 for z/OS, IMS and Broadcom’s Datacom and IDMS are the foundation of how application data is stored and processed on the mainframe supporting both online and batch processing. These databases participate in greater than 30 billion transactions being run on the mainframes across the world every day…
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Shift-left DevOps Database Operations With Db2 Schema Provisioning Posted February 17, 2022
In this blog, we focus on Db2 for z/OS database administration, which needs to be a part of the shift-left effort to enable developers to quickly access the Db2 resources they need.
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Versioning, Managing, and Automating Db2 DDL Changes with Endevor Posted: March 16, 2022
Endevor, Broadcom’s mainframe DevOps and lifecycle automation product, enables organizations to not only store code but perform custom builds, drive changes through the application lifecycle, and deploy application code from development, to test, all the way through to production.
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How to Empower Application Teams With Automated Db2 Testing Posted: April 19, 2022
We are now going to discuss data and schema provisioning in test and automated testing tools. The importance of automation cannot be overstated.
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Elevating Db2 Monitoring to SRE Tooling in DevOps Posted: May 13, 2022
Another critical phase of the DevOps pipeline is “Monitor”. There are many tools available that enable us to automate testing — and there are also some awesome ways you can monitor your Db2 for z/OS test and production environments
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Accelerate Adoption

We help customers embrace open tools and technologies by integrating mainframe Db2 databases into DevOps workflows, creating new opportunities to drive business forward. Are you ready to accelerate the adoption of Db2 in DevOps? Our team of experts are here to help.

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