CV844G - DB2 12 for z/OS Basic Database Administration - 3 Days

Course Description

Students who will be performing the role of Db2 for z/OS database administrators who need to acquire the basic skills required to administer a Db2 database.

Pre-requisites

You should have:

  • Familiarity with the z/OS operating system, including TSO, ISPF, and SDSF
  • Familiarity with SQL data manipulation statements (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE) to access and change the contents of Db2 tables

Objectives

This course will expose the beginning z/OS DBAs (Database Administrators) to fundamentals of Database Administration for Db2 12 for z/OS. This course will teach the students how to physically implement a logical database design using DDL, and teaches considerations of referentially related tables. This course discusses the use of basic utilities, program preparation, serialization, and basic database security. This course does not cover distributed data processing, nor does it cover data sharing.

Customisation

For on-site courses (i.e. at your premises), we are more than happy to tailor the course agenda to suit your exact requirements. In many cases, we are able to build your in-house standards and naming conventions into the delivered course.

Course Details

Preface
Course Overview
Intended Audience
Course Objectives
Prerequisites

Unit 1 - Db2 Relational database concepts
Relational Database design
Data access
Interacting with Db2
Catalog and directory

Unit 2 - SQL and SPUFI
SQL SELECT statement review
SQL INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE review
SQL COMMIT and ROLLBACK review
Joining tables
Executing SQL using SPUFI

Unit 3 - Db2 objects (Storage groups, databases, and table spaces)
Object concepts
Storage Groups
Databases
Table Spaces

Unit 4 - Db2 Objects (Tables, indexes, and views)
Tables
Aliases
Table constraints
Primary key
Foreign key
Check
Referential integrity
Indexes
Views
Qualified names
Implicit object creation

Unit 5 - Utilities
Utility Categories
Load Utility
Check Data Utility
Unload Utility
Runstats Utility
Reorg Utility

Unit 6 - Commands and program preparation
Db2 Command Structure
Display Command
Archiving Logs
Stop and Start Commands
Executing Commands
Program Preparation

Unit 7 - The Db2 system
System Parameters (zParms)
Address Spaces
System Databases
Buffer Pools
Logging
Integrity
Security

Unit 8 - Db2 Shutdown, startup, and recovery
Start and Stop Commands
Db2 Shutdown Process
Db2 Startup Phases
System Recovery
Object Recovery
Copy Utility
Recover Utility

Appendix A - Demonstration solutions

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