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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 (2). Option (3) displays all of the supported registry variables. Option (4) is a Db2 copy validation command, and option (1) is invalid.
  • Question 2:
    The correct answers are (2) and (4). Option (3) needs an instance attachment before running the SHOW DETAIL clause of the GET DBM CFG command. Option (5) is a global registry display command. Option (1) is invalid.
  • Question 3:
    The correct answer is (3). Options (1), (2), and (4) are monitoring table functions, and will be discussed in the monitoring chapter.
  • Question 4:
    The correct answers are (1) and (5). The parameter database_memory specifies the amount of shared memory that is reserved for the database shared memory region. When you set this parameter to AUTOMATIC, the initial memory requirement is calculated based on the underlying configuration settings:
    • Buffer pools: This specifies...