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CUSTOMER CASE STUDY Global Telecom Optimizes Databases with Syncsort Elevate DB2 and Elevate IDMS British Telecom Finds Value with Versatile Tools

Problem • A “synchro” module that allows BT to Results Any down time can be too much down split operations of the CSS application Using Elevate IDMS and Elevate time in a world accustomed to instant across multiple CA IDMS central DB2 together with an ongoing connectivity. That’s especially true versions with full buffer coherency. jointdevelopment relationship with if you’re running one of the world’s Syncsort, BT’s database operations and A “megabuffer sequential” module largest OLTP operations, as it depends • the demanding services they support used to accelerate batch processing so crucially on the health and efficiency have achieved industry leadership including many CA IDMS utilities. of its database management systems status for reliability and 24x7 up time. (DBMS). • A database image module used for development/testing and training. Such was the case for British Telecom For more information about when it went in search of bigger leaps These and several related tools have Syncsort Elevate DB2, visit: in DBMS performance improvements since been made generally available for both its DB2 and CA IDMS operations. www.syncsort.com/en to the CA IDMS community at large. But the priority focus was on CA IDMS products/elevate-db2 improvement because it was, and is, the BT is also a major user of Syncsort’s foundation of BT’s flagship Customer Elevate DB2, which includes the For more information about Services System (CSS). industry’s most powerful DB2 automated Syncsort Elevate IDMS, visit: index-design tool. Another component www.syncsort.com/en/ Solution is a highly prized SQL tracer tool that products/Elevate-IDMS provides detailed analyses of SQLs Fortunately, BT had a longstanding and entire workloads in DB2. “I’ve not relationship with Cogito Ltd., a UK- seen any other tool,” said Mike Holmans, based database consultancy. The a senior DB2 database administrator Cogito team has since become part of at BT, “which gives such a detailed report Syncsort’s family of Big Iron to Big Data of the actual cost to your system of each solutions for organizations with IBM z SQL statement in the application.” Systems in their infrastructure mix. At BT’s behest, the Cogito team developed a number of innovative point solutions, all geared to the primary goal of non- stop (24x7) processing. Now dubbed Syncsort Elevate IDMS, those solutions Elevate DB2/IDMS include: • An online database reorganization 01010010010101101000 10101000101000101101 module that allows databases 00100000010101000101 to be reorganized with minimal 10000100110101100001 interruption to update processing. 00111000101010000110 10100010101001000101 • A “soft quiesce” module that allows 01000101101010000100 database backups to be taken with CPU Elevate Elevate no interruption to online processing. DB2 IDMS