IBM DB2 9: for Experienced Relational DBAs

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Course Overview

This course is designed to teach you how to perform database administration tasks using DB2 9. These tasks include creating DB2 instances, creating and populating databases, and using logical design to support concurrency and recovery requirements. New features, such as range partitioning, data row compression, and pureXML (native XML storage) will be introduced.

This training may be available onsite; please contact us if you are interested.

Audience

System administrators, database administrators, and technical personnel involved in planning, implementing, and maintaining DB2 databases.

Skills Gained

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Administer a DB2 database system using commands and GUI tools
• Manage System Managed Storage (SMS) and Database Managed
• Storage (DMS) databases and apply data placement principles
• Implement a given logical database design using DB2 to support integrity and concurrency requirements
• List and describe the components of DB2
• Define a DB2 recovery strategy and perform the tasks necessary to support the strategy
• Describe the application development process with respect to DB2 considerations
• Use autonomic features of DB2
• Implement DB2 security

Prerequisites

Before taking this course you should be able to:

• Use basic OS functions such as utilities, file permissions, hierarchical file system, commands, and editor
• State the functions of the Structured Query Language (SQL), and be able to construct DDL, DML, and authorization statements
• Discuss basic relational database concepts and objects such as tables, indexes, views, and joins

These skills can be developed by taking:

• OS Training
• AIX 5L Basics
• Linux Basics and Administration
• Windows Systems Administration

Or by having equivalent HP-UX or Solaris administration experience

• DB2 SQL Workshop
• DB2 Fundamentals

Course Outline

• Overview of DB2 on UNIX
• Command Line Processor (CLP) and GUI usage
• The DB2 environment
• Creating databases and data placement
• Creating database objects
• Moving data
• Backup and recovery
• Locking and concurrency
• Monitoring and problem determination
• Application performance
• Process Model and Parallelism
• Security

IBM DB2 9: for Experienced Relational DBAs / CL281GB (CL281GBGB)