To provide expanded support in DB2® for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Version 9.7 for the existing administrative routines, some of the DB2 Version 9.5 routines have been replaced with new, more comprehensive routines or views.
Applications that use the DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Version 9.7 table functions should be modified to use the new functions or administrative views. The new table functions have the same base names as the original functions but are suffixed with '_Vxx' for the version of the product in which they were added (for example, _V97). In most cases, the new table functions and administrative views return additional information. The administrative views will always be based on the most current version of the table functions, and therefore allow for more application portability. As the columns may vary from one release to the next (that is, some are added and some are deleted), it is recommended that specific columns be selected from the administrative views, or that the result set be described if a SELECT * statement is used by an application.
The health monitor has been deprecated in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Version 9.7 . The deprecated health monitor interfaces are still supported in Version 9.7. A new suite of GUI tools for managing DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows data and data-centric applications is available and can be used instead of the Control Center tools. For more information, see Database management and application development tools.
In the previous release, DB2 Version 9.5, there were also new functions that replaced DB2 Version 9.1 functions.