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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11 prep, Part 2: System activity monitoring
Learn to monitor database server activity for Informix Dynamic Server (IDS).
Examine various tools to monitor, diagnose problems, and manipulate IDS data. The
second in a series of eight tutorials, use this tutorial to help prepare for the IDS 11 exam 918.
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16 May 2007 |
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DB2 V8.1 Database Administration certification prep: DB2 Utilities: DB2 V8.1 Database Administration certification prep, Part 5 of 6
This tutorial introduces utilities provided by DB2 servers for data movement and maintenance. This is the fifth tutorial in a series of six tutorials to help you prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 701).
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20 May 2003 |
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DB2 V8.1 Database Administration certification prep, Part 4: Monitoring DB2 activity
This tutorial will cover the different options a DBA has for tuning and configuring their DB2 environments. This is the fourth tutorial in a series of six that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 701).
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20 May 2003 |
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DB2 V8.1 Database Administration certification prep, Part 3: Database access
This tutorial will take you through the various steps required to manage some of the objects within DB2. This is the third tutorial in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 701).
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20 May 2003 |
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DB2 V8.1 Database Administration certification prep, Part 2 of 6: Data Placement:
This tutorial discusses the creation of DB2 databases as well as the various methods used for placing and storing objects within a database. This is the second tutorial in a series of six tutorials that help you prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 701).
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20 May 2003 |
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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic
Server 11 prep, Part 8: SQL features for administrators
IBM Informix Dynamic Server, Version 11 (IDS 11) has new SQL features. Learn
how to use SQL to perform administrative tasks, improve query performance, manage data
security, and manipulate data. The eighth in a series
of eight tutorials, use this tutorial to help prepare for the IDS 11 exam 918.
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01 Mar 2008 |
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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11 prep, Part 1: IDS installation and configuration
Install and configure IBM Informix Dynamic Server,
Version 11 (IDS 11), manage space and logs, and configure the different security options available in IDS. The first in a series of
eight tutorials, use this tutorial to help prepare for the IDS 11 exam 918.
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10 May 2007 |
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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic
Server 11 prep, Part 7: Informix Dynamic Server replication
Configure and manage all forms of replication options available with IBM Informix
Dynamic Server (IDS) 11. The seventh in a series
of eight tutorials, use this tutorial to help prepare for the IDS 11 exam 918.
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02 Aug 2007 |
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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic
Server 11 prep, Part 4: Performance tuning
Tune IBM Informix Dynamic Server
(IDS) and its different subsystems for optimum performance. After a brief overview,
follow along with examples on how to look at the database server and its
subsystems. The fourth in a series of eight tutorials, use this tutorial to help prepare for the
IDS 11 exam 918.
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19 Jul 2007 |
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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic
Server 11 prep, Part 5: Database server operations
Gain an understanding of the operating modes for IBM Informix Dynamic Server
11.10 (IDS 11). The fifth in a series
of eight tutorials, use this tutorial to help prepare for the IDS 11 exam 918.
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14 Jun 2007 |
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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic
Server 11 prep, Part 3: Troubleshooting
Explore the topic of troubleshooting for IBM Informix Dynamic Server. After a brief overview, learn about the various tools that are available for troubleshooting, and then look at examples of how to examine the database server to solve problems. The
third in a series
of eight tutorials, use this tutorial to help prepare for the IDS 11 exam 918.
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07 Jun 2007 |
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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11 prep, Part 6: Backup and restore
Part 6 of the System Administration Certification exam 918 series explores IBM IDS database backup and restore concepts and strategies, as well as utilities and commands for managing your database backup and restore processes.
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31 May 2007 |
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Choosing a Model for IBM Content Manager OnDemand System Administration
IBM Content Manager OnDemand allows companies to manage large quantities of printed output, such as reports, invoices, or statements. Debbie Wagner, a CM OnDemand software engineer, describes recent changes in OnDemand that give greater flexibility in managing and securing these important assets.
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25 Jan 2002 |
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IBM DB2 Universal Database V8.1 database administration certification study pack
This study pack is designed to help you to complete DB2 Universal Database v8.1 database administration certification. It contains the study materials and exercises to prepare you for passing both the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals exam (Test 700) and the DB2 UDB V8.1 Database Administration Certification exam (Test 701).
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17 Mar 2005 |
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Managing content in an employee workplace, Part 12: Integrate records administration in your employee workplace
Got content? And lots of it? This article, the twelth in the series, discusses managing content in an employee workplace. Find out how to efficiently administer records in IBM DB2 Records Manager using a custom portal interface. Get details about two portlets and their views. And find out how content managment does an organization good. The series is based on a scenario about employees collaborating to author, review, and publish research reports accessible to every employee in the company.
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16 Feb 2005 |
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Administration made easier: New and improved tools in DB2 Universal Database
New and improved tools in DB2 Universal Database V8 enable huge strides in manageability by making the DBA's job much easier. Among the improvements are wizards to guide you through complex tasks, and advisers that use algorithms to recommend courses of action.
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11 Jul 2005 |
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Leveraging
MySQL skills to learn DB2
Express: DB2
versus MySQL administration and basic
tasks
Does your database environment require you to have cross-database skills? If you already know MySQL, you can use many of the skills you already have to learn DB2 Express. This article, the first in a series on leveraging your MySQL skills to learn DB2, starts you out with a comparison of administrative tasks, data types, SQL, locking, and more.
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23 Feb 2006 |
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OnDemand XML Batch Administration
Perform system administrative tasks using IBM DB2 Content Manager OnDemand XML Batch Administration. Learn from examples that show how to add, update, delete, and export OnDemand objects, such as users, groups, application groups, and folders.
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27 Oct 2005 |
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Recommended reading list: DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows database
administration
Learn about IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows with
this reading list, compiled especially for the database
administrator community. This popular article is updated to include the latest content that has been published for DB2 9
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20 Nov 2008 |
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DB2 Universal Database administration using Tivoli
Learn to use IBM Tivoli family of products to perform day-to-day DB2 UDB administration tasks, such as performing database backups and monitoring your database, as well as managing the rest of your distributed environment.
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29 Sep 2005 |
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DB2 for z/OS Tools for Database Administration and Change Management
This IBM Redbook describes how DB2 Administration V4.2 and Object Comparison V2.1 can be used together to execute several DBA tasks, such as creating objects, changing objects, migrating objects with or without data, analyzing differences between systems or versions of a database and rolling out these differences on other systems.
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Redbooks |
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06 Aug 2003 |
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Database Administration: Practices and Procedures
Database Administration explains and examines each of the components that comprise the discipline of database administration. The book provides an overview of virtually every task a DBA is likely to encounter. Highlights include installation and upgrading issues, data modeling and normalization, database and application design, and performance management. Mullins, a data management strategist for BMC Software, writes for DB2 Magazine and other data management publications. You'll find more information about this book at the DB2 Magazine online bookstore.
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03 Oct 2002 |
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TM1 Server Administration
This document is a compilation of recommended practices on the topic of TM1 server planning, sizing, and hardware performance.
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01 Jan 2009 |
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Tuning Administration Links
Administration link tuning
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Articles |
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01 Jan 2009 |
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DB2 UDB Data Replication Troubleshooting using DB2 Administration Client and Other Methods
This redbook tip provides troubleshooting for DB2 UDB Replication Version 8 using the DB2 Administration Client and other methods.
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Redbooks |
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09 Jan 2003 |
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Backup and Recovery: DB2 V8.1 Database Administration certification prep, Part 6 of 6
This tutorial discusses database backup and recovery topics. It explains the different methods of database recovery and logging, and how to use the backup, restore and rollforward commands. This is the last tutorial in a series of six tutorials to help you prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 701).
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20 May 2003 |
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Server Management: DB2 V8.1 Database Administration certification prep, Part 1 of 6
This tutorial introduces skills you must have to properly manage a DB2 server. This is the first tutorial in a series of six that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 701).
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20 May 2003 |
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DB2 9 Database administration 731 certification prep series
If you know DB2 9 and can perform intermediate to advanced level administrative tasks, you may benefit from becoming an IBM Certified Database Administrator. This series of seven tutorials is designed to help you prepare for the DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Database Administration (Exam 731) certification exam to attain the certification "IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX and Windows." These tutorials provide a solid base for each section of the exam. However, you should not rely on these tutorials as your only preparation for the exam.
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27 Jun 2006 |
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System Administration Certification exam 918 for IBM Informix Dynamic
Server 11 prep series
The IBM Certified System Administrator exam for IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11 (Exam 918) demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to configure, install, monitor, and troubleshoot Informix Dynamic Server 11.
Significant experience as an IDS 11 system/database administrator is required. Topics include installation and configuration, system activity monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, database server operations, backup and restore, replication, and SQL.
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06 Jun 2007 |
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Administration Solutions for DB2 UDB for z/OS
Understand the mapping of functions between the Candle DB2 DB/Tools products and DB2 Tools and facilitate the migration process to the relevant products and find the advantages available with the new suite of DB2 administration tools when accessing DB2 UDB for z/OS Version 8.
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Redbooks |
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29 Apr 2005 |
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Administration Made Easier: Scheduling and Automation in DB2 Universal Database
The size and numbers of databases continues to grow. With DB2 DB2 UDB V8.1, tools for automation and scheduling make the administrative job much easier. This article focuses on the Task Center, which enables you to create,edit, and debug tasks; the Task Journal; the ability to run tasks in parallel and in groupings; tips for managing tasks; and possible configurations.
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11 Jul 2005 |
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Informix Administration and Housekeeping for SAP R/3
Preventing potential problems in the R/3 Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) database environment is as important as fixing problems. Preventive administration is achieved by constantly managing and monitoring certain aspects of the database system for details such as optimal response times for database access and update activities, database growth, and database integrity.
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22 Nov 2002 |
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Easy application development and administration
Learn DB2 V8.2 the easy way and leverage the latest and greatest features. Read a sample chapter, download source code, and view updates.
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Articles |
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06 Oct 2004 |
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IBM Cloudscape: Understanding Java class path
IBM Cloudscape is a small-footprint Java database that doesn't require any installation or administration. However, since Cloudscape is implemented entirely in Java, understanding the Java class path is the key to a trouble free installation. This article explains what Java class path is, how to set it for different versions of Cloudscape, and how to troubleshoot any problems that might occur.
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15 Sep 2004 |
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IBM Cognos TM1 Web Tips and Techniques
This document describes various tips and techniques that will improve functionality, ease administration, and improve performance of IBM Cognos TM1 Web applications.
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Articles |
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01 Jan 2009 |
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An Introduction to DB2 UDB Scripting on Windows
This article is the first in a series of articles on DB2 UDB and Windows scripting. This article shows database administrators how to script administration tasks with DB2 UDB on the Windows operating systems.
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02 May 2003 |
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Advanced topics for DWE users Part 2: Best practices for choosing DB2 Data Warehouse Edition SQL Warehousing variable phases
Optimize your DB2 Data Warehouse Edition flow design with a good understanding
of variable usage in order to promote user satisfaction, support flow reuse, and help
reduce administration overhead. In this article, find recommendations and best practices on how to best utilize different variable phases to maximize the benefits of variable usage in SQL Warehousing Tool data flows and control flows during design time, and how each variable
phase can impact the runtime behavior when these flows are
executed.
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01 Feb 2007 |
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IBM Search and Index APIs (SIAPI) for WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition
WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition is a stand-alone, full text search product offered by IBM, designed to provide superior performance, scale, and result quality with a broad range of data source support. In addition to
providing easy-to-use GUIs for administration and search, OmniFind also provides a robust set of search and index APIs that allow customers to build their own search solutions based on OmniFind technology. In this article, you'll learn the concepts behind OmniFind's API set and explore how to use them in depth. Sample code included.
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12 Jan 2005 |
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Porting to DB2 from Sybase Adaptive Server or Microsoft SQL Server 2000
These porting guides contain information to help you understand the differences in architecture, APIs, terminology, data types, and administration to help you make the move to DB2 from either Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase Adaptive Server.
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11 Jul 2005 |
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Designing and deploying a security model using IBM InfoSphere Warehouse
Cubing Services
In IBM InfoSphere(TM) Warehouse V9.7, Cubing Services modify the way you
secure your cubes and provide a way for you to secure your dimensions. You
might need to limit access to your OLAP data at the level of the cube or at
the more granular level of the dimension, depending on your security
requirements. In this article, you will learn how to define security on cubes
and dimensions by creating roles, policies, and authorizations in the Design
Studio. This article describes how to export the security model to a file and
how to use the Administration Console to import the security model to the
InfoSphere Warehouse control database. After importing the security model, you
will learn how to instruct the Cube Server to enforce the rules in the
security model.
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03 Sep 2009 |
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Managing your private cloud, Part 1: Introducing the WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance
command line interface
The IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance enables you to construct, deploy,
and maintain WebSphere Application Server virtual systems in a private cloud. In order to manage
the entire lifecycle of these systems in a private cloud, WebSphere CloudBurst
offers multiple administration interfaces, including a rich Web 2.0 interface
for GUI-based administration activities, and a command line interface (CLI)
that enables a scripted, automated administration approach. This article
explains how you can leverage the WebSphere CloudBurst CLI with examples of
how this CLI can be put to work in your own WebSphere CloudBurst
environment.
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22 Jul 2009 |
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Building efficiencies into a DBA's day
Optim Database Administrator (ODA), previously known as Data Studio Administrator, helps improve Database
Administrator (DBA) productivity by providing advanced change management capabilities as well as support for common database
administration tasks. The SQL and XQuery Editor in ODA (also available as part of Data Studio and other Optim products) provides contextual
help that makes command editing quick and command execution less error-prone.
This article shows you how to
use templates and create customized templates to improve your productivity when using database commands.
It also shows you how to test your customized templates and export them to share with other members of your team.
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01 Oct 2009 |
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Enhance business insight and scalability of XML data with new DB2
9.7 pureXML features
New database design, administration, and development features for
pureXML are available in IBM DB2(R) for Linux(R), UNIX(R), and Windows(R),
Version 9.7 (announced April 22, 2009). Find out more about how these
technologies can help companies
integrate XML data more effectively into business intelligence environments
and how companies can cope with growing XML data volumes. This article summarizes the new pureXML capabilities,
explains how they can be used, and discusses sample application scenarios.
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Articles |
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23 Apr 2009 |
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Trial: IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Download a free trial version of IBM DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows.
DB2 9.7 takes the cost savings, ease of use, and security of DB2 9.5 to the next level. For example, the industry-leading deep compression technology introduced in DB2 9.5 has been enhanced and extended in DB2 9.7. The result is even lower storage costs in DB2 9.7 compared with DB2 9.5.
Beyond the concrete storage cost savings deep compression offered, it also simplified administration of large databases and lead to welcome performance gains for many clients.
DB2 9.7 Express Edition or DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 9.7 is also available in the Amazon EC2 environment.
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Trial Downloads |
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05 Aug 2009 |
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Migrating from Oracle 10g to IBM Informix Dynamic Server on Linux, Unix, and Windows
We discuss considerations, and describe a methodology, for migrating from Oracle 10g to the Informix Dynamic Server (IDS). We focus primarily on the basic topic areas of data, applications, and administration, providing information about the differences in features and functionality in areas such as data types, DML, DDL, and Stored Procedures.
Understanding the features and functionality of the two products will better enable your decisions as you develop your migration plan. We provide a migration methodology and discuss the processes for installing and using the IBM Migration Toolkit (MTK) to migrate the database objects and data from Oracle to IDS. We also illustrate, with examples, how to convert stored procedures, functions, and triggers. Application programming and conversion considerations are also discussed. The laboratory examples are performed under Oracle 10g and IDS Version 11.5. However, the processes and examples can also be applied to Oracle 7, 8, and 9i.
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Redbooks |
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06 Jul 2009 |
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An Introduction to DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS System Structures for DB2 Distributed Users
If you know DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, you can leverage those skills to learn DB2 on OS/390 and z/OS. Using analogies to DB2 distributed concepts, author Raul Chong explains the basics of system administration on DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS, including subsystems, logging, configuration parameters, and more.
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Articles |
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18 Jul 2002 |
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An Introduction to Linux for DBAs (Red Hat and SuSE)
Do you want an introduction to using DB2 on Linux? This article shows DBAs how to configure X Windows and networking on Red Hat Linux 7.3 and SuSE Linux 7.3. The article discusses how to use the command line, GUI tools, and System Administration tools to install and configure DB2.
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Articles |
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08 Aug 2002 |
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IBM DB2 Development Add-Ins for Visual Studio .Net
Attention all you .NET developers! It's easier than ever to develop DB2 applications because you never have to leave your Visual Studio .NET environment to take advantage of all the great development and administration tools offered by DB2.
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01 Mar 2003 |
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DB2 9 for z/OS: Packages Revisited
We begin with an overview of packages and explain the advantages of using packages.
Because database request module (DBRM) based plans have been deprecated in DB2 9, you need to convert to packages if you did not use packages already. We provide guidance on using a DB2 provided function to convert from DBRM-based plans to packages.
We re-examine the application development frameworks for packages: program preparation, package setup, and execution. For distributed applications, we include a discussion of a utility to identify and remove deprecated private protocol and converting to DRDA® as well as an introduction to the new pureQuery function of Data Studio. We also discuss common problems and their resolutions.
We then explore administration and operational activities dealing with packages, including security, access path management (where we discuss the newly introduced package stability feature to allow for a seamless fallback), and management and performance aspects.
The appendixes include useful queries and mention tools for managing packages effectively.
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Redbooks |
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09 Mar 2009 |
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Unlimited scale-up of DB2 using server-assisted client redirect
Learn about server-assisted client redirect (SACR) and how it can be used to build applications that are highly scalable across DB2 servers and WebSphere Application Server clients. Learn, also, which applications will benefit most from SACR, how to partition data across nodes in order to use SACR, and how to enable SACR for an application using the WebSphere administration console.
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Articles |
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13 Oct 2005 |
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Isolated unit testing of persistence with Derby
Get help developing your database-driven unit-testing skills. Without isolation and automation, database-driven unit tests can become a maintenance nightmare of sporadic failures and bad test data. The open source Apache Derby database is ideal for completely automating and isolating unit tests, because it offers fast, in-process performance and zero administration. This tutorial gives you step-by-step examples on using Derby to write effective and maintainable unit tests that improve the quality of your application.
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Tutorials |
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11 Oct 2005 |
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DB2 OLAP Server V8.1: Using Advanced Functions
This redbook explores DB2 OLAP Server V8.1 enhancements and strengths in the areas of scalability, performance, high concurrency, high availability and administration and how to deploy them in a whole enterprise environment.
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Redbooks |
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03 Oct 2002 |
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IBM Cognos TM1 Useful UNIX Commands
This document provides some information on using basic UNIX commands to help with the administration of IBM Cognos TM1 when running in a UNIX environment.
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Articles |
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01 Jan 2009 |
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What's new in IBM Data Studio Administrator 2.1
IBM Data Studio Administrator 2.1 enhances DBA productivity by
simplifying day-to-day database administration tasks. Focusing on accuracy,
and thereby reducing risk, Data Studio Administrator streamlines database changes
and migrations by automatically generating change commands. This reduces disruption
caused by incorrect DDL, mis-coded system commands, or missing dependencies. Data
Studio Administrator also simplifies DB2 object management by giving
DBAs the ability to stop and start DB2 instances, run common commands
and utilities, and navigate quickly to database objects within a single tool.
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Articles |
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12 Feb 2009 |
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Large Objects with DB2 for z/OS and OS/390
This IBM Redbook provide useful information on how to design and implement LOBs, including examples of their use, programming considerations, and the new processes which are necessary for administration and maintenance.
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Redbooks |
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18 Jul 2002 |
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Informix Dynamic Server 11.50 Fundamentals Exam 555 certification
preparation series
This complimentary series of nine tutorials has been developed to help
you prepare for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.50 Fundamentals
certification exam (555). This certification exam will test your knowledge of
entry-level administration of IDS 11.50, including basic SQL (Structured Query
Language), how to install IDS 11.50, how to create databases and database
objects, security, transaction isolation, backup and recovery procedures, and
data replication technologies and purposes. These tutorials provide a solid
base for each section of the exam. However, you should not rely on these
tutorials as your only preparation for the exam.
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27 Jun 2006 |
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Customize the eClient, Part 7: Use Information Integrator Content Edition custom privileges
Use custom privilege definitions in the Information Integrator Content Edition
System Administration client and see how these privileges can be accessed by your custom eClient application.
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Articles |
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25 Sep 2008 |
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Customizing the Informix Dynamic Server for Your Environment
Get an overview of some of the capabilities of version 11 of the IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS), referred to as IDS 11, that enable it to be easily customized for your particular environment. Although many capabilities are available, the focus of this book is on the areas of ease of administration and application development. We describe and demonstrate these capabilities with examples to show how it can be done and provide a model as you begin your customization.
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Redbooks |
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01 Jul 2008 |
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What’s new and exciting in IBM Data Studio Developer 1.2
Data Studio Developer 1.2 speeds development and enhances control for a
wide variety of experiences. Whether you are a developer or an
application-centric DBA, Data Studio Developer has many new features that can
get your job done faster and easier, including unique problem isolation and
impact analysis capabilities, ability to leverage static SQL for existing JDBC
applications, enhancements to static SQL development and administration, Web
services, and much more. This article highlights the features in this release
that will help you simplify your complex tasks.
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Articles |
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07 Aug 2008 |
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IBM Cognos Series 7 to IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay and Upfront Migration
Considerations for preparing to upgrade Series 7 PowerPlay and Upfront content to Cognos 8. Supplements the Documentation supplied with the Series 7 Migration tools. Contains guidance on Series 7 Administration, and the workflow of the Upgrade process.
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Articles |
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01 Jan 2009 |
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Trial: Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Edition
Learn about IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) Workgroup
Edition, the data server of choice for deployment in a
departmental, workgroup, or medium-size business solution. It
is the leading data server for business partners with
integrating solutions for medium-size businesses, requiring
minimal or no database administration and continuous
reliability and high availability. Easy setup and maintenance offer complete flexibility as business needs change and applications grow. A boon to solution providers, Informix Dynamic Server can be administered from within an application, rendering it invisible to the end customer. Try it on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
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Trial Downloads |
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30 Apr 2009 |
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Manage your Informix database with the IDS OpenAdmin Tool, Part 1: Configuring and using the OpenAdmin Tool with IDS
IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) is well known for ease of administration. To make server administration more user friendly, a new open source, platform-independent tool called OpenAdmin Tool (OAT) is now available to IDS users The OpenAdmin Tool provides graphical
interface for administrative tasks and performance analysis tools. Introduced with IBM Informix Dynamic Server
version 11.10, it is a PHP-based, Web browser administration tool that gives you the ability to administer multiple
database server instances from a single location. This article highlights some of the most useful features of OAT and helps you get started.
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Articles |
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10 Jul 2008 |
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Transitioning from Informix XPS Data Warehouse Solutions to DB2 October 04, 2004
You will gain knowledge, skills, and expertise in helping customers transition from Informix XPS to DB2 UDB. This redbook focuses on considerations and methodology for transitioning from Informix XPS to DB2. It addresses the basic topic areas of data, applications, and administration. Information is provided about feature and functionality differences, in areas such as data types, DML, DDL, and Stored Procedures.
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Redbooks |
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10 Sep 2004 |
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Health, availability, and problem determination using IBM Data Studio
Learn how to use the IBM Data Studio Administration Console for health and
availability monitoring. Follow the generation of three simulated real-world server
problem situations, see how the health and availability capabilities surface these
situations, then use the problem determination capabilities to diagnose and fix the
situations.
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Tutorials |
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24 Apr 2008 |
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Replication live: Use the Q Replication Dashboard for real-time monitoring
The Q Replication Dashboard is a part of the IBM Data Studio Administration
Console that helps you monitor and manage the health of Q replication and event
publishing. In this tutorial, quickly set up a working replication environment, and
use the dashboard to view latency and throughput, spot problems, and analyze
performance.
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Tutorials |
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27 Mar 2008 |
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Implement new security capabilities in DB2 9.5, Part 2: Understanding trusted contexts
IBM DB2 9.5 provides new options for tighter security, and allows for more granularity and flexibility in administration of the database. This tutorial is the second of two tutorials that cover roles and trusted contexts. Follow the exercises in this tutorial, and learn how to take advantage of the new DB2 feature trusted contexts in combination with other essential e-business technologies such as Web services, Web application server, and DB2 database server.
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Tutorials |
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24 Jan 2008 |
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OmniFind Discovery Edition Version 8.4 information roadmap
This roadmap outlines the information resources available for installation and administration of IBM OmniFind Discovery Edition Version 8.4.
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Roadmaps |
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18 Jan 2007 |
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Using Server Studio JE with Informix Dynamic Server
IBM Informix Dynamic Server is well known for its ease of administration. When you combine it with Server Studio, administrative tasks become even easier. Learn how Server Studio's proven tools for DBAs and developers emulate natural workflow and improve your efficiency when performing common database tasks.
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03 Jan 2007 |
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Implement new security capabilities in DB2 9.5, Part 1: Understanding roles in DB2 9.5
IBM DB2 9.5 provides new options for tighter security, and allows for more
granularity and flexibility in administration of the database. This tutorial is the
first of two tutorials that cover roles and trusted contexts. Follow the exercises
in this tutorial, and learn how to take advantage of the new DB2 feature roles in
combination with other essential e-business technologies such as Web services, Web
application server, and DB2 database server.
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Tutorials |
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20 Dec 2007 |
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Configure WebSphere Application Server Community Edition with Informix Dynamic Server
Combine WebSphere Application Server Community Edition with IBM Informix
Dynamic Server for a stable, easy to install and use application server for developing
and testing J2EE applications with a robust, highly reliable, administration-free
database with outstanding performance.
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28 May 2009 |
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High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options for DB2 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows
This IBM Redbooks publication describes DB2's high availability functions and features, focusing on High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) in the OLTP environment. The book provides a detailed discussion of HADR, including setup, configuration. administration, monitoring, and best practices.
We explain how to configure cluster software HACMP, TSA, and MSCS with DB2 and show how to use these products to automate HADR takeover.
DB2 also provides unprecedented enterprise-class disaster recovery capability. This book covers single system view backup, backup and restore with snapshot backup, as well as the db2recovery command, in detail.
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Redbooks |
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09 Feb 2009 |
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Use the Informix Dynamic Server scheduler and SQL API
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11 (IDS 11) offers new features to assist
in automating administration and maintenance tasks. Learn how the new scheduler and
SQL API make a DBA's daily tasks easier.
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Articles |
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27 Sep 2007 |
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Day in the life of a DBA
This demo shows how Integrated Data Management solutions from IBM help one
database administrator (DBA) respond quickly to a wide variety of requirements. The
DBA uses DB2 Performance Expert and Extended Insight Feature to help diagnose complex
performance problems quickly. With Optim Database Administrator, daily database
administration tasks are simpler and less tedious, and database changes can be managed
with less risk and greater auditability. Creating a right-sized test database is easy
to do with Optim Test Data Management, even when private data needs to be
unidentified. Finally, the DBA demonstrates how a colleague can use Optim High
Performance Unload to meet a requirement to migrate large quantities of data up to 10 times faster.
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Demos |
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21 Oct 2009 |
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Advanced topics for DB2 Data Warehouse Edition users, Part 3: Command Line Interface for DB2 Data Warehouse Edition SQL Warehousing
This article introduces an early version of the IBM DB2 Data Warehouse Edition Administration Command
Line Interface. The DWE CLI extends the existing infrastructure to support execution of administrative and monitoring tasks in non-GUI environments, the automation of recurring tasks, and handling of large task batches.
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Articles |
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05 Apr 2007 |
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Informix back up with Tivoli Storage Manager: Using OnBar and ontape utility
OnBar and ontape utilities are features and effective tools for back-up and restore operations on Informix databases. TivoliStorage Manager (TSM) is also considered an effective storage management application. Proper combination of these facilities will lead to an optimal strategy and a trusted back-up andrestore framework for Informix database administration. The main motivation of this article is to educate and encourage Informix and TSM users to use the combination and enjoy the features. This document has been prepared in assumption that the readers have basic knowledge of Informix and its underlying operating system. Preferably this document can be used as a pocket handbook for Informix database administrators and system administrators.
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Articles |
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15 Mar 2007 |
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Getting started with DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 for DB2 Distributed Platform users
If you know DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, you can leverage those skills to learn DB2 on OS/390 and z/OS. Using analogies to DB2 distributed concepts, author Raul Chong explains the basics of system administration on DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS, including subsystems, logging, configuration parameters, and more.
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Articles |
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11 Jul 2005 |
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DB2 UDB for z/OS information roadmap
This roadmap outlines the information resources that are available for installation, administration, and programming for DB2 Universal Database for z/OS, Version 8.
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Roadmaps |
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20 May 2005 |
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Document Manager information roadmap
This roadmap outlines the information resources available for installation and administration of DB2 Document Manager Version 8.3.
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Roadmaps |
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08 Jun 2005 |
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Developing an On Demand Workplace: Build a simple report with the DB2 Alphablox reporting and analysis tool
Build a simple report using the IBM DB2 Alphablox reporting and analysis tool in this tutorial. You get a high-level approach on how to view these reports through IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM On Demand Workplace. If you're part of an IT team that needs to deploy a Web-based reporting solution, you'll benefit from this tutorial. Basic knowledge of SQL, IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) commands and WebSphere Application Server administration helps you complete the tasks.
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Tutorials |
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02 Jun 2005 |
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Setting up Tivoli Directory Server replication using the command line
The Web Administration tool that ships with the directory server is the easiest way to setup and manage your replication topology. In some situations administrators might need to set up replication using the command line Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) tools. This article is intended to help administrators to understand the basics of setting up Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) replication using the command line.
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Articles |
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04 Dec 2006 |
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Simplify performance management and tuning with DB2 Performance Expert: Usage scenarios to analyze and improve database performance
Part 2 of this series on the DB2 Performance Expert tool demontrates how this tool simplifies many key database administration tasks, particularly those which help you analyze and improve database performance.
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Articles |
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16 Sep 2004 |
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DB2 Information Center
The DB2 Information Center gives you on-line access to all of the information you need to use the DB2 Information Management family of products and features for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. It includes the administration guides, the SQL References, the Command Reference, the Messages References, application development guides, and more.
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Product documentation |
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24 Jan 2006 |
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DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 7: High availability: Split mirroring and HADR
This is the last in the series of seven tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration (Exam 731). This tutorial focuses on two advanced high availability topics: split mirroring and high availability disaster recovery (HADR). With split mirroring you can restore databases using disk copies. HADR provides failover support, similar to the failover capability provided by HACMP and Microsoft Cluster Server.
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Tutorials |
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19 Jul 2006 |
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DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 5: DB2 utilities
Learn skills that help you to properly manage your DB2 database servers. This is the fifth in a series of seven tutorials to help you prepare for the DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration (Exam 731).
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Tutorials |
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18 Jul 2006 |
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DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 6: High availability: Backup and recovery
This tutorial discusses database backup and recovery topics. It explains the different methods of database recovery and logging, and how to use the BACKUP, RESTORE, ROLLFORWARD, and RECOVER commands. It also covers the new DATABASE REBUILD operation. This is the first of a two-part high availability tutorial, and the sixth in a series of seven tutorials to help you prepare for the DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration (Exam 731).
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Tutorials |
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18 Jul 2006 |
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DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 3: Database access
This tutorial takes you through the various steps required to manage some of the objects within DB2. It includes overview information for indexes, constraints, referential integrity, and views. This is the third tutorial in a series of seven tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 731).
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Tutorials |
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18 Jul 2006 |
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Porting to DB2 from Sybase Adaptive Server or Microsoft SQL Server 2000
These porting guides contain information to help you understand the differences in architecture, APIs, terminology, data types, and administration to help you make the move to DB2 from either Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase Adaptive Server.
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Articles |
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11 Jul 2005 |
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DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 4: Monitoring DB2 activity
This tutorial introduces you to the set of monitoring tools that are available with DB2 9 and to show you how each are used to monitor how well (or how poorly) your database system is operating. This is the fourth tutorial in a series of seven that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification (Exam 731).
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Tutorials |
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05 Jul 2006 |
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XML full-text search in DB2
With the support of natively storing XML documents, IBM DB2 9 takes an evolutionary step towards a hybrid database system. XQuery, a new primary language in DB2, allows for optimally working with XML. However, XML also often contains large portions of text that are not easily searchable with XQuery. To efficiently search these unstructured parts of the documents, DB2 provides a full-text search solution. This article focuses on the basics of DB2 text search, including text index creation and administration. This article also explores specific features of DB2 full-text search, such as searching for keywords or phrases in the XML document structure with fuzzy search, proximity search, and stemming.
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Articles |
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29 Jun 2006 |
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DB2 UDB Family On Common Ground
This article explores the common aspects of the DB2 Universal Database family, including SQL, administration, and query optimization.
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Articles |
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01 Apr 2002 |
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Basic IDS architecture and tuning
It is important for an Informix DBA to be familiar with basic IDS architecture; it gives broader and deeper insights into the database server and helps in daily database administration work such as troubleshooting, monitoring and fine tuning a database engine for better performance.
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Articles |
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17 Jun 2003 |
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DB2 9 DBA certification exam 731 prep, Part 1: Server management
Learn skills that help you to properly manage your DB2 database servers. This is the first in a series of seven DB2 9 DBA certification prep tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration (Exam 731).
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Tutorials |
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27 Jun 2006 |
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DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 2: Data placement
Learn how to create DB2 databases, and about the mechanisms available for storing your tables, indexes, and
data within the database. This tutorial focuses on partitioning, compression, and XML, which are all important
performance and application development concepts that you need to know to store and access data quickly and efficiently. This is the second in a series of seven DB2 DBA certification prep tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration (Exam 731).
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Tutorials |
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27 Jun 2006 |
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DB2 9.7: Using new Workload Manager features
This tutorial provides a series of exercises using IBM DB2 Workload
Manager (WLM).
By following these exercises, you should become familiar with the DB2 WLM feature and
start to see the immediate value you can obtain from its use.
For those new to WLM, the tutorial serves as an easy starting point for you to begin using
WLM right out of the box.
For experienced WLM users, the tutorial gives you a hands-on introduction to new WLM
functions introduced in DB2 9.7.
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Tutorial |
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13 Aug 2009 |
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Monitor and estimate logical log usage in Informix Dynamic Server
This article will discuss in detail how to configure and manage logical logs. The article will also demonstrate a real life example how to estimate and predict logical log usage.
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Articles |
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18 Nov 2003 |
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DB2 label-based access control: A practical guide, Part 2: A step-by-step guide to protect sensitive data using LBAC
LBAC is a security feature introduced in the DB2 Viper release. With LBAC, administrators can control read and write access of user to a table column and row level. This tutorial includes use-case scenarios that demostrate how users can apply LBAC to protect their data from illegal access, and yet has the flexibility of allowing user to access data restrictively. The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to create LBAC solutions based on use-case scenarios.
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Tutorials |
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11 May 2006 |
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Understand IBM Data Studio Version 2 software packaging
This article provides a brief overview of the functionality and packaging
of some of the key Data Studio products from the IBM integrated data management
portfolio. The portfolio includes
Data Studio Developer and Data Studio pureQuery Runtime, Data Studio Administrator, DB2 High Performance Unload, InfoSphere; Data Architect, DB2 Performance Expert and DB2 Performance Expert Extended Insight Feature, and
DB2 Optimization Expert for z/OS.
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Articles |
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05 Feb 2009 |
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Work with GPX XML in DB2 9.5 using JDBC
Many XML capabilities were introduced in IBM DB2 9 and 9.5 through the
pureXML feature. In this article, see how you can exercise administrative
functions, such as XML metadata management, and application development
functions, such as XML manipulation and storage, through JDBC.
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Articles |
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15 Jan 2009 |
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Data migration and change management using Data Studio Administrator V2.1
IBM Data Studio Administrator for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
provides DBAs with powerful ways to manage and control complex changes made to
their databases, while preserving the underlying data. In Version 2.1, it's
even easier to do this using new copy and paste capabilities for migration. In
this article, follow along with a DBA who uses Data Studio Administrator to
manage changes made to a production database table by copying the objects and
data to a test system, making the desired changes, then propagating the
changes back into the live database environment.
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Articles |
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16 Apr 2009 |
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Oops! Restoring your database with Data Studio Administrator
As a DBA, it is crucial that you perform regularly scheduled database system backups as part of your backup and recovery strategy.
In the event of an application or hardware failure, you can use these backups to restore your database.
This article follows a day in the life scenario for a DBA named Erik, who works at a
fictitious company.
On this particular day, problems arise when Erik discovers that bad
application logic has deleted rows from multiple tables of the company's GOSALES database.
However, because Erik used
Data Studio Administrator 2.1 to back up the database, he is able to restore the
database to its original state.
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02 Apr 2009 |
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