Who should attend
This is an advanced course for DBAs and technical individuals who plan, implement, and maintain Db2 11.1 databases
Prerequisites
- Perform basic database administration tasks for a Db2 database server, including using Db2 commands like BACKUP and RESTORE
- Utilize Structured Query Language (SQL) and be able to construct DDL, DML, and authorization statements
- These skills can be developed by taking:
- CL207 Db2 11.1 Administration Workshop for Linux
Course Content
This course is designed to teach you how to: • Perform advanced monitoring using the Db2 administrative views and routines in SQL queries. • Manage the disk space assigned in Database Managed Storage (DMS) and Automatic Storage table spaces, including the activities of the rebalancer. • Use SQL queries and Db2 commands to check the high water mark on table spaces and to monitor the rebalance operation. • Utilize the REBUILD option of RESTORE, which can build a database copy with a subset of the tablespaces using database or tablespace backup images. • Plan and execute the TRANSPORT option of RESTORE to copy schemas of objects between two Db2 databases. • Create incremental database or tablespace level backups to reduce backup processing and backup image storage requirements. • Implement automatic storage management for table spaces and storage groups or enable automatic resize options for DMS managed table spaces to reduce administration requirements and complexity. • Describe the various types of database memory including buffer pools, sort memory, lock memory and utility processing memory. • Adjust database or Db2 instance configuration options to improve application performance or processing efficiency. • Implement Db2 Self Tuning Memory management for specific database memory areas.