During this 30-minute session, the SHARE Board of Director Officers will review a business update for the SHARE organization, including highlights from SHARE 2023 events, a financial overview and an update on investments SHARE is making to enhance the community experience.

To some folks, the MVS System Trace probably looks like "Matrix" code but, like so many other things on our platform, it's actually intended to be human readable and the information it contains is priceless -- whether you've suffered an abend, are in a hard loop, have a performance issue, or just want to understand what's going on while a program is running. The presenter will discuss how to glean information from the MVS System Trace in various common scenarios and will provide useful advice for configuring both the system and your program to ensure the MVS System Trace has everything you and your software vendors need to debug even the most challenging issue.

The purpose of this presentation is to introduce the new migration process for the new Db2 13 for z/OS release. The Db2 13 release migration process is significantly different from any previous Db2 release migration. The changes are^ in fact^ revolutionary. We will detail the Db2 12 to Db2 13 migration process^ the Db2 13 Installation process^ and go into details regarding application compatibility and the Continuous Delivery process as it relates to Db2 13. Each release brings new migration processes and challenges we will detail the nuts and bolts of the significant Db2 13 process and procedure changes. Post GA changes will also be detailed in this new and updated presentation.