This manual is intended to help DB2 Server for VSE & VM users use the Database Services (DBS) utility; it contains descriptions of the tasks connected with the use of the Database Services Utility in a Virtual System Extended/Enterprise Systems Architecture (VSE/ESA(TM)) environment and in a Virtual Machine/Enterprise Systems Architecture (VM/ESA(R)) environment. It also contains a reference section for database users or application programmers who need more information about the Database Services Utility. This manual follows the convention that VM refers to the VM/ESA system unless otherwise specified and VSE refers to the VSE/ESA system unless otherwise specified.