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IBM Analytics HDM Db2 for z OS Course

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Overview

This course will introduce the student to advanced database administration skills, including program preparation and the use of packages, online schema changes, partition management, and stored procedures; as well as performance and availability features of utilities (including LOAD, REBUILD INDEX, REORG, and UNLOAD). This course does not cover distributed data processing, nor does it cover data sharing.

Audience

Students needing to augment their skill set in administering a Db2 12 for z/OS database environment.

Skills Gained

Program preparation and the use of packages part 1

  • Program preparation overview
  • Execution time errors
  • BIND actions
  • Package status and REBIND
  • Deleting a package

Determining the table/view qualifier

  • Online schema changes part 1
  • Changing data type
  • Adding columns to a table
  • Renaming columns in a table
  • Renaming indexes
  • Adding columns to indexes

Versioning

  • Online schema changes part 2
  • Pending online schema changes
  • Dropping columns from a table
  • Converting to UTS
  • Other pending changes
  • Impact of pending changes on immediate options

Restrictions and considerations

  • Partition management part 1
  • Adding partitions

Rotating partitions

  • Partition management part 2
  • Modifying limit keys

Rebalancing partitions

  • Stored procedures part 1
  • External stored procedures
  • WLM-established application environments
  • Altering and dropping a stored procedure
  • Commands for stored procedures
  • Execution privileges

Catalog information

  • LOAD and REBUILD INDEX
  • LOAD with parallel index build
  • LOAD partitions in parallel
  • REBUILD INDEX
  • Inline image copies and statistics
  • LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE

LOAD REPLACE SHRLEVEL REFERENCE

  • REORG
  • Performance features of REORG
  • Online REORG
  • Consideratons for PBG table spaces

Online REORG with LOBs (optional)

  • UNLOAD
  • Overview
  • Image copy specification
  • Table-only input specification
  • SHRLEVEL option

Modes of operation

  • Program preparation and the use of packages part 2 (optional)
  • Table mirroring
  • Package versioning
  • Plan management
  • Other REBIND PACKAGE options

Application compatibility

  • Stored procedures part 2 (optional)
  • Native stored procedures

Native procedure deployment

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with the z/OS operating system, including TSO, ISPF, and SDSF.
  • Familiarity with SQL DML (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE) and DDL (CREATE, ALTER, DROP) statements
  • Basic skills administering a Db2 12 for z/OS database environment, including the use of basic utilities, serialization, and basic database security.

Outline

Program preparation and the use of packages part 1

  • Program preparation overview
  • Execution time errors
  • BIND actions
  • Package status and REBIND
  • Deleting a package

Determining the table/view qualifier

  • Online schema changes part 1
  • Changing data type
  • Adding columns to a table
  • Renaming columns in a table
  • Renaming indexes
  • Adding columns to indexes

Versioning

  • Online schema changes part 2
  • Pending online schema changes
  • Dropping columns from a table
  • Converting to UTS
  • Other pending changes
  • Impact of pending changes on immediate options

Restrictions and considerations

  • Partition management part 1
  • Adding partitions

Rotating partitions

  • Partition management part 2
  • Modifying limit keys

Rebalancing partitions

  • Stored procedures part 1
  • External stored procedures
  • WLM-established application environments
  • Altering and dropping a stored procedure
  • Commands for stored procedures
  • Execution privileges

Catalog information

  • LOAD and REBUILD INDEX
  • LOAD with parallel index build
  • LOAD partitions in parallel
  • REBUILD INDEX
  • Inline image copies and statistics
  • LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE

LOAD REPLACE SHRLEVEL REFERENCE

  • REORG
  • Performance features of REORG
  • Online REORG
  • Consideratons for PBG table spaces

Online REORG with LOBs (optional)

  • UNLOAD
  • Overview
  • Image copy specification
  • Table-only input specification
  • SHRLEVEL option

Modes of operation

  • Program preparation and the use of packages part 2 (optional)
  • Table mirroring
  • Package versioning
  • Plan management
  • Other REBIND PACKAGE options

Application compatibility

  • Stored procedures part 2 (optional)
  • Native stored procedures

Native procedure deployment

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