DRDA and DDM administration

As an administrator for a distributed relational database, you are responsible for work that is done on several systems.

Work that originates on your local system as a client can be monitored in the same way as any other work is monitored on the IBM® i operating system.

When you are tracking units of work being done on the local system as a server, you use the same tools but look for different kinds of information.

This topic discusses ways that you can administer the distributed relational database work being done across a network. Most of the commands, processes, and other resources discussed here do not exist just for distributed relational database use. They are tools provided for any IBM i operations. All administration commands, processes, and resources discussed here are included with the IBM i licensed program, along with all of the Db2® for i functions. The IBM i work management functions provide effective ways to track work on several systems.