Amazon RDS now offers a fully managed Db2 database engine, making it easy to migrate Db2 workloads from on-premises to AWS while leveraging the scalability, reliability, and security of Amazon RDS.

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<p>This blog post introduces Amazon RDS for Db2, a new Amazon RDS database engine that allows you to run IBM's Db2 database on AWS infrastructure as a fully managed service.</p>
<p>Specifically, the article covers:</p>
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<li>What is Db2 and its features like strong data processing capabilities, robust security, and scalability</li>
<li>Benefits of using Amazon RDS for Db2 like a fully managed infrastructure, automatic scaling, high availability, encryption, and compliance</li>
<li>How to create a new Db2 database instance on Amazon RDS via AWS Management Console, configuring settings like instance type, storage, networking, and initial database name</li>
<li>Connecting to the Db2 database instance using standard Db2 client tools and running SQL queries</li>
<li>Licensing requirements to provide your own IBM Customer ID and site number</li>
<li>Pricing details being on-demand hourly pricing based on instance type, storage, and I/O</li>
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Getting started with new Amazon RDS for Db2

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