Section 1 - Planning (15%)

Knowledge of DB2 UDB products (client, server, etc.)

Knowledge of the features and functions provided by DB2
Section -1) Planning tools such as the Control Center, the Configuration Advisor,
the Configuration Assistant and the Command Line
Processor

Knowledge of database workloads (OLAP versus data
warehousing)

Knowledge of non-
non-relational data concepts (extenders)

Knowledge of XML data implications (non-
(non-shredding)

DB2 9 Product Family

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 DB2 9 Product Family

DB2 Everyplace

DB2 Express

DB2 Express-C

DB2 Personal Edition

DB2 Workgroup Server Edition

DB2 Enterprise Server Edition

DB2 Data Warehouse Edition

DB2 Developer's Editions

DB2 for i5/OS

DB2 for z/OS

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About Family
DB2 Everyplace is a small-

The code on the Linux,
UNIX, and Windows (luw)
platforms is about 90%
common, with 10% of the
code on each operating
It manages synchronization of
system reserved for tight
integration into the
underlying OS.

It runs (with multithreaded

There are two other
members of the DB2
family that are - DB2 for
System i and DB2 for
System z with 95%
portable SQL.
footprint (200-350 KB) relational
database and a high-
performance data
synchronization solution.
data from back-end data sources
such as DB2 9, Informix, Oracle,
Sybase, and MS SQL Server.
support) on a wide variety of
handheld devices, such as: Palm
OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile
Edition, Symbian, J2ME devices
like RIM's Blackberry pager
Express Editions


DB2 Express Edition (or
DB2 Express) is an entry-
level data server that is
designed to be used on
microcomputers that have
up to two CPUs (a dual-

Where pureXML is available
core processor is treated as
a single CPU), have up to 4
GB of memory.

DB2 Express Edition
Supports Linux, Solaris, or
Windows.
DB2 Express-C is a no-charge
entry-level data server that is
designed to be used on
microcomputers that have up
to two CPUs, have up to 4 GB
of memory, and are running a
supported version of Linux or
Windows.
as an add-on feature for DB2
Express, it is included with
DB2 Express-C but missed
many other features of
Express Edition.

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DB2 Personal Edition is a
Why DB2 Express-C ? single-user, full-function
relational database
1. No Artificial Data Server Limitations
Production ready, same superior database features as DB2 Express management system that is
ideal for desktop or laptop-
based deployments.
2. Innovative Technology
Remote clients cannot
Viper--Industry first relational and XML data server access databases that are
under DB2 Personal Edition's
control, but PCs running DB2
3. Application Development Flexibility
Choice of programming languages and tools
Personal Edition can act as
remote clients and access
data stored on other DB2
4. Scalable on Demand: servers.
no application or database changes required for other DB2 Editions

Supports Linux & Windows.
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DB2 Workgroup Server
Edition is a multi-user, full-
function client/server
database management
system designed to be used
on microcomputers that have
up to four CPUs, have up to 16
GB of memory.

Its an ideal data server for
SMB environments that
comprise a small number of
internal users.

Supports Enterprise Linux &
Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris
and Novell.

DB2 Enterprise Server Edition DB2 Data Warehouse Edition

DB2 Enterprise Server Edition is the ideal foundation for building
multi-terabyte data warehouses, high-availability, high-volume
OLTP systems, or Web-based Business Intelligence (BI) solutions
It is designed for today's data center
and mission-critical applications on SAP. environments, where OLTP and decision

It is designed to be used on any size of server (from one to
support are merged into integrated information
hundreds of CPUs) that is running Enterprise Linux & Windows,
management systems.
AIX, HP-UX, Solaris or Novell operating systems.
The core engine for DB2 Data Warehouse Edition

This edition includes all of the functionality found in DB2
is DB2 Enterprise Server Edition and the DB2
Workgroup Edition, plus features that are needed to handle high
Data Partitioning Feature.
user loads and provide 24x7x365 availability.
In addition, it also comprised of Design Studio,

It comes packaged with DB2 Connect that allows it to participate
SQL Warehousing tool, Administration Console,
in heterogeneous networks using the Distributed Relational OLAP Acceleration, Data Mining and
Database Architecture (DRDA) protocol.
Visualization Features etc.

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DB2 for i5/OS is an advanced,
DB2 Developer's Editions 64-bit relational database

DB2 for z/OS is a multi-user,
full-function database

Using these editions developers can design, build, or prototype
applications (using JDBC, PHP, .Net, Python, ODBC, SQLJ and management system that management system that has
Embedded SQL etc.) that interact with DB2 9 databases.DB2 provided leverages the On-Demand been designed specifically for
with this edition cannot be used for production systems. capabilities of System i, such z/OS, IBM's flagship

DB2 Personal Developer’s Edition (PDE) contains DB2 Personal as Dynamic Logical mainframe operating system.
Edition, DB2 Extenders, DB2 Connect Personal Edition, and a SDK that Partitioning to respond
can be used to develop applications. quickly to changing

DB2 9 for z/OS is designed to

DB2 Universal Developer's Edition (UDE) is designed for any of the workloads in order to ensure
cut IT infrastructure costs
DB2 client or server platforms available. Its Package contains PDE + DB2 business continuity in a
significantly, streamline
Everyplace, Express, Workgroup Server and Enterprise Server Edition for dynamic environment.
efforts to meet compliance
each operating system supported.
Unlike other DB2 editions, obligations, and simplify data

DB2 Enterprise Developer's Edition package contains UDE + Informix DB2 for i5/OS is built directly serving on the System z9
Dynamic Server (IDS), Cloudscape, and DB2 Connect Unlimited Edition into the operating system. operating system.
for zSeries for each OS supported.

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DB2 9 Clients Add-on features

Add-on features are available for an

DB2 9 Runtime The best
Client
Includes all option
the if your only
functions found in additional licensing fee. Some of them are –
This
New 2inMBDB2fully redistributable
9,are
this client
requirements
the DB2 Runtime to enable
Client pureXML
client provides
performs similarJDBC andplus
functions SQLJ

applications to access DB2 9to

DB2 9 Client applications
thefunctions
JCC access
for
client, but to DB2
client-server
instead
High Availability
data
data servers. They
serversJava-based
without
configuration, provide theof
installing
database
supporting access
Workload Management
APIs
and necessary to perform this

Java Commontask, amaintaining
administration,
to
ClientDB2
(JCC)data and DB2
server client
application
it's used
Performance Optimization
code. but this through
for CLI/ODBC
development client comes
a set with
applications. of rich
no management tools.
DB2 Homogenous Federation Feature
graphical tools.

DB2 9 Client Lite
Storage Optimization

Advanced Access Control

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 DB2 9 Connect

DB2 Connect provides a robust, highly scalable
communications infrastructure for connecting
Linux, UNIX, Windows, and mobile applications
to data stored in z/OS (mainframe) and i5/OS
(minicomputer) databases.

DB2 Connect is an add-on product that must be
purchased separately unless DB2 Enterprise
Server Edition, which provides a limited-use
version, is installed.
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DB2 9 Extenders

Extenders extend the basic functionality and
capabilities of a DB2 database by providing a rich set of
built-in data types, along with a set of functions that are
designed to work with each data type provided.

They are:

Audio, Video, and Image (AVI) Extender

Text Extender

Net Search Extender

XML Extender

Spatial Extender

Geodetic Extender
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Versions of DB2 Connect

DB2 Connect Personal Edition: Intended to be used by a
single user on a single workstation who needs connection to
any number of mainframe and/or minicomputer DB servers.

DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition: Intended to be used by
multiple users on multiple workstations who need connection
to any number of mainframe and/or minicomputer database
servers. User based licensing.

DB2 Connect Application Server Edition: same as Enterprise
Edition, however, license based on the number of processors
being used by Web or application servers

DB2 Connect Unlimited Edition: same as Enterprise Edition,
however, license charges are based on Millions of Service
Units (MSUs) per hour.
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AVI Extender - contains a set of user-defined data
types and functions that allow a DB2 database to
store and manipulate nontraditional data such as
audio clips, movies, and pictures.

Text Extender – Its powerful linguistic search and
text-mining capability allows users to construct
queries that will search through any kind of text
document (in DB or File system)

Net Search Extender - well suited for high-end e-
business applications where search performance on
large indexes can be critical and the ability to scale
the processing of concurrent queries is needed.
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XML Extender - contains a set of user-defined data types
and functions that can be used to store XML documents in a
database (as character data or in external files) and to
manipulate them, regardless of where they are stored.

Spatial Extender - With its capability, you can generate,
analyze, and exploit spatial information about geographic
features, such as the locations of office buildings or the size
of a flood zone, and present it in a 3D format.

Geodetic Extender - It treats the Earth like a globe rather
than a flat map thus making it easier to develop applications
for business intelligence and e-government that require
geographical location analysis, uses a latitude/longitude
coordinate system.

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Configuration Assistant Configuration Assistant

Used to establish
connectivity to remote
databases

CA lets you maintain

a list of databases to
which your applications
can connect, manage,
and administer.

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First Steps Control Center

Central management tool for DB2 servers
With First Steps, you
can create sample
Used to:
databases, launch the
DB2 tools for

Add DB2 systems, local and remote instances and
management and databases to the object tree for management.
connectivity, work with
Manage database objects (databases, tablespaces, tables,
the Business
Intelligence tutorials, views, indexes, triggers, and schemas)
view the
Manage data. You can load, import, or export data,
product library, find
more DB2 resources reorganize data, and collect statistics.
on the Web, and take
Launch other DB2 centers.
a quick tour of all the
new features in DB2
Perform preventive maintenance by backing up and
Version 8. restoring databases or tablespaces.

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Command Center

Used to:

Execute SQL Statements interactively

Execute SQL using SQL Assist Wizard

Scripts can be saved using the Save Script option
db2cc
View Query Access Plans

Delete, update, export and view the result set

Can be invoked by:

Start
Programs
IBM DB2
Command Line Tools

Command Center

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 Task Center

Used to create, schedule and run tasks either
immediately or according to a schedule, and to
notify people about the status of completed tasks,
like

DB2 scripts that contain DB2 commands

OS scripts containing OS commands

Grouping tasks, containing other tasks

E-mail notifications can be set

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Task Center Health Center

Used to monitor the state of the DB2

environment and make any necessary changes
to it.

Management by exception
db2tc
Limit the need of time-consuming, prosaic tasks

Alert the DBA for a possible health issue, and
allow time to react

Lower the skills requirement for monitoring,
troubleshooting and problem resolution

DB2 comes with a set of predefined threshold
values, which you can customize.
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Health Center Journal

Displays the status of the jobs and logs their
results

Used to:

View Job histories

Monitor running and pending DB2 jobs
db2hc
Review Job results

To start:

Start
Programs
IBM DB2
General
Administration Tools
Journal

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Journal DB2 Information Center

db2ic
db2journal

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 Visual Explain SQL Assistance

Visual Explain lets
you view the access It’s a
plan for an explained graphical tool
SQL statement as a you can use
graph. to build
SELECT,

It lets you
dynamically explain
INSERT,
an SQL statement
UPDATE,
and view the resulting and
access plan graph. DELETE
statements.

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Command Line Processor Command Window

db2cw

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Developer Workbench Memory Visualizer

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Storage Management Data Warehousing

Systems that contain operational data -- the data that runs the
daily transactions of a business -- contain information that business
analysts can use to better understand how the business is
operating.

In data warehousing, you create stores of informational data --
data that is extracted from operational data and then transformed
and cleansed for end-user decision making.

End users can query the separate database (the warehouse)
without affecting the operational databases.

DB2 is built for business intelligence. Not only is DB2 the world's
most scalable database, but it also has a robust set of business
intelligence functions.

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 On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)
"What is my profitability for the third quarter across
the southeast region of India for my focus products?”

The above question requires multiple

perspectives on data, such as time,
regions, Countries and products.

These perspectives are called dimensions.

OLAP server processes multidimensional

requests that calculate, consolidate, and
retrieve information from a multidimensional
database, a relational database, or both.
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DB2 as an OLAP Server IBM Data Warehouse Edition

There are two common categories of OLAP:

Multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP)

Relational OLAP (ROLAP).
An integrated data warehouse for greater business insight

Identify opportunities to pursue - before the competition does

Identify risks to be minimized or eliminated - before they become public

DB2 can work with both. MOLAP is handled

by the DB2 OLAP Server product and
ROLAP by the native data stores in DB2.

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 1. Which of the following is the lowest cost DB2
product that can be legally installed on a
Windows server that has 2 CPUs?

A. DB2 Everyplace

B. DB2 Express Edition

C. DB2 Workgroup Server Edition

D. DB2 Enterprise Server Edition

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2. Which of the following is the lowest cost
DB2 product that can be legally installed on
an HP-UX server?

A. DB2 Express-C

B. DB2 Express

C. DB2 Personal Edition

D. DB2 Enterprise Server Edition
3. Which of the following DB2 products can
only be installed on a System i server?

A. DB2 for z/OS

B. DB2 for i5/OS

C. DB2 Data Warehouse Edition

D. DB2 Enterprise Server Edition

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4. What is the purpose of the Design Advisor? 5. Which of the following DB2 tools

A. To analyze workloads and make allows a user to set DB2 registry
recommendations for indexes and MQTs parameters?

B. To present a graphical representation of a data
access plan and recommend design changes that
will improve performance
A. Task Center

C. To replicate data between a DB2 database and
B. Visual Explain
another relational database

C. Configuration Assistant

D. To configure clients so they can access
databases stored on remote servers
D. Satellite Administration Center

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6. What is the SQL Performance Monitor used for? 7. Which of the following tasks can NOT be
performed using the Developer Workbench?

A. To examine the health of a DB2 Database
Manager instance

A. Develop and debug an SQL stored procedure

B. To visually construct complex DML statements
and examine the results of their execution

B. Develop and debug a user-defined data type

C. To schedule tasks, run tasks, and send
C. Develop and debug a user-defined function
notifications about completed task s to other users
D. Develop and run XML queries

D. To analyze database operations performed
against a DB2 database

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8. Which of the following tools can be 9. Which of the following can be viewed with the
Journal?
used to automate table reorganization
operations?
A. Historical information about tasks, database
changes, messages, and notifications

A. Control Center
B. Information about licenses associated with each

B. Command Center DB2 9 product installed on a particular system

C. Graphical representations of data access plans

C. Command Line Processor
chosen for SQL statements

D. Task Center
D. Warning and alarm thresholds for database
indicators

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10. Which of the following is NOT a 11. Which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of an OLTP database? characteristic of a data warehouse?

A. Summarized queries that perform

A. Granular transactions

B. Current data

C. Optimized for queries

D. Frequent updates
aggregations and joins

B. Heterogeneous data sources

C. Voluminous historical data

D. Sub-second response time

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12. Which of the following products is used to 13. Which of the following best describes the difference between the
DB2 Spatial Extender and the DB2 Geodetic Extender?
shred extensible markup language A. The DB2 Spatial Extender uses a latitude-longitude coordinate
documents? system; the DB2 Geodetic Extender uses a planar, x- and y-
coordinate system
B. The DB2 Geodetic Extender is used to describe points, lines, and
polygons; the DB2 Spatial Extender is used to find area,

A. DB2 AVI Extender endpoints, and intersects
C. The DB2 Spatial Extender treats the world as a flat map; the DB2

B. DB2 Text Extender Geodetic Extender treats the world as a round globe

C. DB2 XML Extender D. The DB2 Geodetic Extender can be used to manage information
like the locations of office buildings or the size of a flood zone; the

D. DB2 Spatial Extender DB2 Spatial Extender can be used for calculations and
visualizations in disciplines like military control and asset
management, meteorology and oceanography

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14. Which of the following is true about XML columns?

A. XML columns are used to store XML documents as
a hierarchical set of entities

B. Only XQuery can be used to retrieve an XML
document from an XML column

C. XML columns must be altered to accommodate
additional parent/child relationships if they are used
in referential constraints

D. In order to access any portion of an XML
document stored in an XML column, the entire
document must be retrieved
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15. Which of the following is the major difference
between relational data and XML data?

A. Relational data is self-describing; XML data is not

B. Relational data has inherent ordering; XML data
does not

C. Relational data must be tabular; XML data does
not have to be tabular

D. Relational data is comprised of entities; XML data
is comprised of numbers, characters, and dates
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