FAQs for IBM Db2 Data Management Console

If you want to monitor just the primary database, the first method is that you can delete databases of the HADR group and then readd the primary database without clicking "Initialize HADR". The second method is that you can keep databases of the HADR group, then create a new monitor profile with closing all monitoring setting and move the standby databases into the new monitor profile. The last method is to set 'read-on' to off on standby databases, update connections or delete HADR databases and readd them.

It is not supported by far.

Refer to 'Enabling Event Monitoring for Responsiveness and Statement History'.

Refer to 'How to build your own custom webpage using components from the Db2 Data Management Console'?

If using an HTML macro for Confluence to embed the iframe, it doesn't allow Db2 Data Management Console sandbox settings of iframe.

Currently on Windows we do not support start and stop services for IBM Db2 Data Management Console.

Per document: IBM Data Server Manager Enterprise Edition 3.1.1 - Detailed System Requirements, we announced that Db2 Data Management Console supports Db2 LUW Version 11.1.0 and above.

User can refer to the instructions in KC: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS5Q8A_3.1.x/com.ibm.datatools.dsweb.ots.security.doc/topics/https_cert.html

Keystore password is managed by liberty, so it is not suggested to use crypt.sh/crypt.bat to encrypt.

A workaround is:

1. Find the value of property wlp.password.encryption.key in the bootstrap.properties file. If the value of wlp.password.encryption.key ends with one or two '=' characters, they sometimes may be escaped. Remove the backward slash before the equal mark. /wlp/usr/servers/dsweb/bootstrap.properties 
2. Encrypt the password with Liberty utility bat file. /wlp/bin/securityUtility.bat encode --encoding=aes --key=  

By far the Db2 Data Management Console v3.1.1.0 doesn't support SNMP v2 trap, and only v3 is supported. You can refer to  the Db2 Data Management Console document for more details: Receiving SNMP Traps from the Db2 Data Management Console.

Currently, you can install on Windows, Linux and MacOS.

AIX support was added in Version 3.1.1.0.

For Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows, Versions 11.1 and 11.5 are supported.

The differences go well beyond just a new look and feel for the console. The new console is built on a new microservices architecture that provides an open API access to every part of the user interface. This is more than just a pretty face, it is a new way to interact and build on the console. For more information, see the Db2 Data Management Console community page blog. 

There is no charge or up sell cost for any of the functions and features that are part of the Db2 Data Management Console. It is available as a free download from IBM developerWorks. Support is provided for anyone with a valid Db2 license entitlement.

The Performance Management Offering reached End of Marketing with Db2 Version 11.5. It used to be the path to upgrade your Db2 Enterprise or Workgroup editions to allow them to use the Enterprise features of Data Server Manager. With both the Db2 Version 11.5 Advanced and Standard editions you can use all the Data Server Manager 2.1.5 Enterprise features. 

Yes Data Server Manager is still in support.

No there is an upgrade path from Version 2.1.5 to Version 3.1. You can choose an in-place upgrade or you can make a copy of your current Db2 Data Management Console 2.1.5 installation and then upgrade it without disrupting your Data Server Manager production system. For more information, refer to the Db2 Data Management Console Knowledge Center.

We have designed the new console to stay as close as possible to the existing Data Server Manager requirements. However you may find that you use about 20-25% more storage using the same monitoring configuration you have today. We now collect history for storage usage as well as currently running statements by default. We also expect that due to code consolidation you can expect to require less memory for the same number of monitored databases than was required with Data Server Manager. Your individual results may vary depending on your configured monitoring options.

We plan to eventually support everything that Data Server Manager supports today. The initial GA will support Monitoring, Alerts, Object management and security, running and SQL and visualizing SQL access plans. For a full picture of the plan,  refer to the Db2 Data Management console roadmap.