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DB2

DB2 is a RDBMS, stored as a separate subsystem on mainframe.

Multiple DB2 subsystems can be created for different envs like Development, Test, Production etc.

DB2 subsystems are named with 1-8 characters.

e.g. for Development env DB2 subsystem can be named as DSD1, DSD2,….

for Test env DB2 subsystem can be named as DST1, DST2,….

for Prod env DB2 subsystem can be named as DSP1, DSP2,….

DB2 subsystems consist of DB objects which are DB group, storage group, table space, index space,
tables, indexes, columns, rows etc.

All the objects can be accessed using SQL.

All the SQL commands are executed using application program/batch or tools like QMF (Query
Management Facility)/SPUFI (SQL Processor User File Input) or FILE AID.

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