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IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide

By : Robert (Kent) Collins, Mohankumar Saraswatipura
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IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide

By: Robert (Kent) Collins, Mohankumar Saraswatipura

Overview of this book

IBM Db2 is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that helps you store, analyze, and retrieve data efficiently. This comprehensive book is designed to help you master all aspects of IBM Db2 database administration and prepare you to take and pass IBM's Certification Exams C2090-600. Building on years of extensive experience, the authors take you through all areas covered by the test. The book delves deep into each certification topic: Db2 server management, physical design, business rules implementation, activity monitoring, utilities, high availability, and security. IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide provides you with more than 150 practice questions and answers, simulating real certification examination questions. Each chapter includes an extensive set of practice questions along with carefully explained answers. This book will not just prepare you for the C2090-600 exam but also help you troubleshoot day-to-day database administration challenges.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Solutions

  • Question 1:

The correct answer is B. The database configuration parameter MON_OBJ_METRICS controls the collection of data object metrics of an entire database.

  • Question 2:

The correct answers are A and D. The column-organized monitor elements will have _COL_ in their name and the row-organized monitor elements will have _DATA_ in their name.

  • Question 3:

The correct answer is C. If you want to generate a detailed report consisting of all the explain data, you can execute the db2exfmt command in a sequence like the following:

Step 1: Enable the Explain facility by setting the current explain mode to EXPLAIN. This will change the CURRENT EXPLAIN MODE special register so that the EXPLAIN facility can capture the explain information without actually executing the SQL statement:

SET CURRENT EXPLAIN MODE EXPLAIN;

Step 2: Run the actual SQL statement in the same session...