How to check the size of the buffer pool in db2?

1 year ago
Emily Johnson
1 minute

To view the size of the DB2 buffer pool, you can follow these steps:

  1. Access the command line terminal or graphical interface of the DB2 database instance.
  2. Execute the following command to view the buffer pool information of the current database instance:
  3. Retrieve the buffer pool name, index, number of pages, and size in megabytes from the SYSCAT.BUFFERPOOLS table by multiplying the number of pages by the page size and converting to megabytes.
  4. This will display the name, index, number of pages, and size (in MB) of the buffer pool.
  5. To view detailed information about a specific buffer pool, you can execute the following command:
  6. Retrieve all information from the SYSCAT.BUFFERPOOLS table where the BPNAME is equal to ‘‘.
  7. Replace “” with the actual name of the buffer pool you want to view.

You can view information about the size of the DB2 buffer pool by following the steps above.

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