Course objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the architecture and components of DB2 12 for z/OS
- Perform basic database administration tasks, including creating and dropping databases and tablespaces
- Use SQL to query and manipulate data
- Manage database security and authorization
- Monitor and tune DB2 12 for z/OS performance
- Troubleshoot common DB2 12 for z/OS problems
Course outlines
- 1. Introduction to DB2 12 for z/OS
- Overview of DB2 12 for z/OS
- Key features and benefits
- Architecture and components
- Relationship to other z/OS components
- 2. Database Administration Fundamentals
- Creating and dropping databases and tablespaces
- Managing storage groups and data sets
- Allocating and deallocating storage
- Backing up and recovering databases
- Implementing high availability and disaster recovery strategies
- 3. SQL Basics
- SQL syntax and data types
- Data Definition Language (DDL)
- Data Manipulation Language (DML)
- Data Control Language (DCL)
- Query optimization and performance tuning
- 4. Database Security
- User and authority management
- Role-based security
- Encryption and data privacy
- Auditing and logging
- 5. Monitoring and Tuning
- Monitoring database performance
- Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks
- Tuning SQL queries
- Using DB2 utilities for performance analysis
- 6. Troubleshooting
- Common DB2 12 for z/OS problems and solutions
- Error messages and logs
- Using DB2 utilities for troubleshooting
- 7. Exam Preparation
- Exam format and structure
- Practice exam questions
- Exam tips and strategies