Name: B11 | Let Me Make This as Clear as Robert: Explaining Often-Misunderstood Db2 for z/OS Buffer Pool & Group Buffer Pool Concepts
Start: 2026-10-28T11:30:00-0400
End: 2026-10-28T12:30:00-0400

B11 | Let Me Make This as Clear as Robert: Explaining Often-Misunderstood Db2 for z/OS Buffer Pool & Group Buffer Pool Concepts

Wednesday October 28, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

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Some aspects of Db2 for z/OS BP & GBP technology are plain as day; others, less so. Questions we get from Db2 users worldwide have highlighted for us things that a lot of folks - even very experienced Db2 people - get wrong. In this session we'll try to bring clarity to oft-misunderstood areas of Db2 for z/OS BP & GBP technology.

Speakers

Anna McKee

Technical Enablement Specialist, IBM

Anna McKee is a Technical Enablement Specialist in the IBM Z Ecosystem Infrastructure, where she manages and supports all Db2 for z/OS subsystems. She works with hundreds of independent software vendors to deliver the latest SMPE maintenance, perform Db2 installations and configurations... Read More →

Mark Rader

Db2 for z/OS Specialist, IBM

Mark Rader is a Db2 for z/OS specialist in the IBM Z Worldwide Systems Center (WSC, and formerly Washington Systems Center). Mark has applied his Db2 for z/OS experience with clients across a wide variety of projects, with emphasis on availability, performance and Db2 for z/OS data... Read More →

Wednesday October 28, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
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Track B, Technical Session

Audience All
Subject z/OS
Area Best Practices, Latest and Features z/OS

IDUG NA 2026

Anna McKee

Mark Rader

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IDUG NA 2026

Anna McKee

Mark Rader

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