IBM DB2 9

Section -1) Planning

Saurabh Halder
IT Specialist – IBM Academic Initiative
vmanoria@in.ibm.com

© 2008 IBM Corporation

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Section 1 - Planning (15%)

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

 Knowledge of the features and functions provided by
DB2 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-relational data concepts (extenders)
 Knowledge of XML data implications (non-shredding)

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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, footprint (200-350 KB) relational
UNIX, and Windows (luw) database and a high-performance
platforms is about 90% data synchronization solution.
common, with 10% of the  It manages synchronization of
code on each operating data from back-end data sources
system reserved for tight such as DB2 9, Informix, Oracle,
integration into the Sybase, and MS SQL Server.
underlying OS.  It runs (with multithreaded
 There are two other support) on a wide variety of
members of the DB2 family handheld devices, such as: Palm
that are - DB2 for System i OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile
and DB2 for System z with Edition, Symbian, J2ME devices
95% portable SQL. like RIM's Blackberry pager

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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-core
processor is treated as a
single CPU), have up to 4 GB
of memory.
 DB2 Express Edition
Supports Linux, Solaris, or
Windows.
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 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.
 Where pureXML is available
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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Why DB2 Express-C ?

1. No Artificial Data Server Limitations

Production ready, same superior database features as DB2 Express

2. Innovative Technology
Viper--Industry first relational and XML data server

3. Application Development Flexibility

Choice of programming languages and tools

4. Scalable on Demand:
no application or database changes required for other DB2 Editions

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 DB2 Personal Edition is a
single-user, full-function
relational database
management system that is
ideal for desktop or laptop-
based deployments.
 Remote clients cannot
access databases that are
under DB2 Personal Edition's
control, but PCs running DB2
Personal Edition can act as
remote clients and access
data stored on other DB2
servers.
 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.
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DB2 Enterprise Server 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 and mission-critical applications on SAP.
 It is designed to be used on any size of server (from one to
hundreds of CPUs) that is running Enterprise Linux & Windows,
AIX, HP-UX, Solaris or Novell operating systems.
 This edition includes all of the functionality found in DB2
Workgroup Edition, plus features that are needed to handle
high user loads and provide 24x7x365 availability.
 It comes packaged with DB2 Connect that allows it to
participate in heterogeneous networks using the Distributed
Relational Database Architecture (DRDA) protocol.
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DB2 Data Warehouse Edition

 It is designed for today's data center environments,
where OLTP and decision support are merged into
integrated information management systems.
 The core engine for DB2 Data Warehouse Edition is
DB2 Enterprise Server Edition and the DB2 Data
Partitioning Feature.
 In addition, it also comprised of Design Studio, SQL
Warehousing tool, Administration Console, OLAP
Acceleration, Data Mining and Visualization Features
etc.
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DB2 Developer's Editions

 Using these editions developers can design, build, or prototype
applications (using JDBC, PHP, .Net, Python, ODBC, SQLJ and
Embedded SQL etc.) that interact with DB2 9 databases.DB2
provided with this edition cannot be used for production systems.
 DB2 Personal Developer’s Edition (PDE) contains DB2 Personal
Edition, DB2 Extenders, DB2 Connect Personal Edition, and a SDK
that can be used to develop applications.
 DB2 Universal Developer's Edition (UDE) is designed for any of
the DB2 client or server platforms available. Its Package contains
PDE + DB2 Everyplace, Express, Workgroup Server and Enterprise
Server Edition for each operating system supported.
 DB2 Enterprise Developer's Edition package contains UDE +
Informix Dynamic Server (IDS), Cloudscape, and DB2 Connect
Unlimited Edition for zSeries for each OS supported.
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 DB2 for i5/OS is an
advanced, 64-bit relational
database management
system that leverages the On-
Demand capabilities of
System i, such as Dynamic
Logical Partitioning to
respond quickly to changing
workloads in order to ensure
business continuity in a
dynamic environment.
 Unlike other DB2 editions,
DB2 for i5/OS is built directly
into the operating system.
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 DB2 for z/OS is a multi-user,
full-function database
management system that has
been designed specifically for
z/OS, IBM's flagship
mainframe operating system.
 DB2 9 for z/OS is designed
to cut IT infrastructure costs
significantly, streamline efforts
to meet compliance
obligations, and simplify data
serving on the System z9
operating system.
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DB2 9 Clients

 DB2 9 Runtime Client

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Add-on features
 Add-on features are available for an additional
licensing fee. Some of them are –
- pureXML

- High Availability

- Workload Management

- Performance Optimization

- DB2 Homogenous Federation Feature

- 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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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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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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 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

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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Configuration Assistant

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First Steps

With First Steps, you

can create sample
databases, launch the
DB2 tools for
management and
connectivity, work with
the Business
Intelligence tutorials,
view the
product library, find
more DB2 resources
on the Web, and take
a quick tour of all the
new features in DB2
Version 8.

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Control Center
 Central management tool for DB2 servers
 Used to:
- Add DB2 systems, local and remote instances and databases
to the object tree for management.
- Manage database objects (databases, tablespaces, tables,
views, indexes, triggers, and schemas)
- Manage data. You can load, import, or export data, reorganize
data, and collect statistics.
- Launch other DB2 centers.
- Perform preventive maintenance by backing up and 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

- 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

db2tc

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Health Center
 Used to monitor the state of the DB2 environment and
make any necessary changes to it.
 Management by exception
- 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

db2hc

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Journal
 Displays the status of the jobs and logs their
results
 Used to:
- View Job histories
- Monitor running and pending DB2 jobs
- Review Job results

 To start:
- Start  Programs  IBM DB2  General
Administration Tools  Journal
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Journal

db2journal

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DB2 Information Center

db2ic

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Visual Explain
 Visual Explain lets
you view the access
plan for an explained
SQL statement as a
graph.
 It lets you
dynamically explain
an SQL statement
and view the
resulting access
plan graph.
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SQL Assistance

It’s a
graphical tool
you can use
to build
SELECT,
INSERT,
UPDATE,
and
DELETE
statements.
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Command Line Processor

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Command Window

db2cw

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Developer Workbench

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Memory Visualizer

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Storage Management

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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.
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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

 There are two common categories of OLAP:
- Multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP)
- Relational OLAP (ROLAP).

 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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IBM Data Warehouse Edition

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

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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

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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?

A. To analyze workloads and make
recommendations for indexes and MQTs
B. To present a graphical representation of a
data access plan and recommend design
changes that will improve performance
C. To replicate data between a DB2 database
and another relational database
D. To configure clients so they can access
databases stored on remote servers
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5.  Which of the following DB2 tools

allows a user to set DB2 registry
parameters?

A. Task Center

B. Visual Explain
C. Configuration Assistant
D. Satellite Administration Center
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6.  What is the SQL Performance Monitor used for?

 A. To examine the health of a DB2 Database Manager
instance
 B. To visually construct complex DML statements and
examine the results of their execution
 C. To schedule tasks, run tasks, and send
notifications about completed task s to other users
 D. To analyze database operations performed against
a DB2 database

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7.  Which of the following tasks can NOT be

performed using the Developer Workbench?

A. Develop and debug an SQL stored

procedure
B. Develop and debug a user-defined data type
C. Develop and debug a user-defined function
D. Develop and run XML queries

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8.  Which of the following tools can be

used to automate table reorganization
operations?
A. Control Center
B. Command Center
C. Command Line Processor
D. Task Center

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9.  Which of the following can be viewed with the

Journal?

 A. Historical information about tasks, database

changes, messages, and notifications
 B. Information about licenses associated with each
DB2 9 product installed on a particular system
 C. Graphical representations of data access plans
chosen for SQL statements
 D. Warning and alarm thresholds for database
indicators
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10.  Which of the following is NOT a

characteristic of an OLTP database?

A. Granular transactions

B. Current data
C. Optimized for queries
D. Frequent updates

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11.  Which of the following is NOT a

characteristic of a data warehouse?

A. Summarized queries that perform

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 shred extensible markup language
documents?

A. DB2 AVI Extender

B. DB2 Text Extender
C. DB2 XML Extender
D. DB2 Spatial Extender

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13.  Which of the following best describes the difference between

the DB2 Spatial Extender and the DB2 Geodetic Extender?
A. The DB2 Spatial Extender uses a latitude-longitude coordinate
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,
endpoints, and intersects
C. The DB2 Spatial Extender treats the world as a flat map; the
DB2 Geodetic Extender treats the world as a round globe
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
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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