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Chapter 1. Introduction to DB2 UDB

Section 1.1. A Brief History of DB2

Section 1.2. DB2 software and the IBM E-Business On-Demand Model

Section 1.3. DB2 UDB Editions

Section 1.4. DB2 UDB Clients

Section 1.5. "Try and Buy" Versions

Section 1.6. Host Connectivity

Section 1.7. Federated Support

Section 1.8. Replication Support

Section 1.9. IBM DB2 Information Integrator

Section 1.10. Special Package Offerings for Developers

Section 1.11. DB2 Syntax Diagram Conventions

Section 1.12. Case Study

Section 1.13. Summary

Section 1.14. Review Questions

Chapter 2. DB2 at a Glance: The Big Picture

Section 2.1. SQL Statements and DB2 Commands

Section 2.2. DB2 Tools Overview

Section 2.3. The DB2 Environment

Section 2.4. Federation

Section 2.5. Case Study: The DB2 Environment

Section 2.6. Database Partitioning Feature

Section 2.7. Case Study: DB2 with DPF Environment

Section 2.8. Summary

Section 2.9. Review Questions

Chapter 3. Installing DB2

Section 3.1. DB2 Installation: The Big Picture

Section 3.2. Required User IDs and Groups

Section 3.3. Installing DB2 Using the DB2 Setup Wizard

Section 3.4. Silent Install Using a Response File

Section 3.5. Installing DB2 Manually (Linux/UNIX Only)

Section 3.6. Installing a DB2 License

Section 3.7. Installing DB2 in a DPF Environment

Section 3.8. Installing DB2 FixPaks

Section 3.9. Case Study

Section 3.10. Summary

Section 3.11. Review Questions

Chapter 4. Using the DB2 Tools

Section 4.1. DB2 Tools: The Big Picture

Section 4.2. The Command Line Tools

Section 4.3. Development Tools

Section 4.4. General Administration Tools

Section 4.5. Information Tools

Section 4.6. Monitoring Tools

Section 4.7. Setup Tools

Section 4.8. Other Tools

Section 4.9. Tool Settings

Section 4.10. Case Study

Section 4.11. Summary

Section 4.12. Review Questions

Chapter 5. Understanding the DB2 Environment, DB2 Instances, and Databases

Section 5.1. The DB2 Environment, DB2 Instances, and Databases: The Big Picture

Section 5.2. The DB2 Environment

Section 5.3. The DB2 Instance

Section 5.4. The Database Administration Server

Section 5.5. Configuring a Database

Section 5.6. Instance and Database Design Considerations

Section 5.7. Case Study

Section 5.8. Summary

Section 5.9. Review Questions

Chapter 6. Configuring Client and Server Connectivity

Section 6.1. Client and Server Connectivity: The Big Picture

Section 6.2. The DB2 Directories

Section 6.3. Supported Connectivity Scenarios

Section 6.4. Configuring Database Connections Using the Configuration Assistant

Section 6.5. Case Study

Section 6.6. Summary

Section 6.7. Review Questions

Chapter 7. Working with Database Objects

Section 7.1. DB2 Database Objects: The Big Picture

Section 7.2. Databases

Section 7.3. Partition Groups

Section 7.4. Table Spaces

Section 7.5. Buffer Pools

Section 7.6. Schemas

Section 7.7. Data Types

Section 7.8. Tables

Section 7.9. Indexes

Section 7.10. Multidimensional Clustering Tables and Block Indexes

Section 7.11. Views

Section 7.12. Packages

Section 7.13. Triggers

Section 7.14. Stored Procedures

Section 7.15. User-Defined Functions

Section 7.16. Sequences

Section 7.17. Case Study

Section 7.18. Summary

Section 7.19. Review Questions

Chapter 8. The DB2 Storage Model

Section 8.1. The DB2 Storage Model: The Big Picture

Section 8.2. Databases: Logical and Physical Storage of Your Data

Section 8.3. Database Partition Groups

Section 8.4. Table Spaces

Section 8.5. Buffer Pools

Section 8.6. Case Study

Section 8.7. Summary

Section 8.8. Review Questions

Chapter 9. Leveraging the Power of SQL

Section 9.1. Querying DB2 Data

Section 9.2. Modifying DB2 Data

Section 9.3. Selecting from UPDATE, DELETE, and INSERT

Section 9.4. The MERGE Statement

Section 9.5. Recursive SQL

Section 9.6. The UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT Operators

Section 9.7. Case Study

Section 9.8. Summary

Section 9.9. Review Questions

Chapter 10. Implementing Security

Section 10.1. DB2 Security Model: The Big Picture

Section 10.2. Authentication

Section 10.3. Data Encryption

Section 10.4. Administrative Authorities

Section 10.5. Database Object Privileges

Section 10.6. Authority and Privilege Metadata

Section 10.7. Windows Domain Considerations

Section 10.8. Case Study

Section 10.9. Summary

Section 10.10. Review Questions

Chapter 11. Understanding Concurrency and Locking

Section 11.1. DB2 Locking and Concurrency: The Big Picture

Section 11.2. Concurrency and Locking Scenarios

Section 11.3. DB2 Isolation Levels

Section 11.4. Changing Isolation Levels

Section 11.5. DB2 Locking

Section 11.6. Diagnosing Lock Problems

Section 11.7. Techniques to Avoid Locking

Section 11.8. Case Study

Section 11.9. Summary

Section 11.10. Review Questions

Chapter 12. Maintaining Data

Section 12.1. DB2 Data Movement Utilities: The Big Picture

Section 12.2. Data Movement File Formats

Section 12.3. The DB2 EXPORT Utility

Section 12.4. The DB2 IMPORT Utility

Section 12.5. The DB2 LOAD Utility

Section 12.6. The db2move Utility

Section 12.7. The db2relocatedb Utility

Section 12.8. Generating Data Definition Language

Section 12.9. DB2 Maintenance Utilities

Section 12.10. Case Study

Section 12.11. Summary

Section 12.12. Review Questions

Chapter 13. Developing Database Backup and Recovery Solutions

Section 13.1. Database Recovery Concepts

Section 13.2. DB2 Transaction Logs

Section 13.3. Recovery Terminology

Section 13.4. Performing Database and Table Space Backups

Section 13.5. Database and Table Space Recovery Using the RESTORE DATABASE Command

Section 13.6. Database and Table Space Roll Forward

Section 13.7. Recovering a Dropped Table

Section 13.8. The Recovery History File

Section 13.9. Database Recovery Using the RECOVER DATABASE Command

Section 13.10. High Availability Through Online Split Mirroring and Suspended I/O Support

Section 13.11. High Availability Disaster Recovery

Section 13.12. Using DB2 Tools to Inspect the Health of Your Database

Section 13.13. Case Study

Section 13.14. Summary

Section 13.15. Review Questions

Chapter 14. The DB2 Process Model

Section 14.1. The DB2 Process Model: The Big Picture

Section 14.2. The DB2 Engine Dispatchable Units

Section 14.3. Tuning the Number of EDUs

Section 14.4. Monitoring and Tuning the DB2 Agents

Section 14.5. The Connection Concentrator

Section 14.6. Commonly Seen DB2 Executables

Section 14.7. Additional Services/Processes on Windows

Section 14.8. Case Study

Section 14.9. Summary

Section 14.10. Review Questions

Chapter 15. The DB2 Memory Model

Section 15.1. DB2 Memory Allocation: The Big Picture

Section 15.2. Instance-Level Shared Memory

Section 15.3. Database-Level Shared Memory

Section 15.4. Application-Level Shared Memory

Section 15.5. Agent-Level Private Memory

Section 15.6. The Memory Model

Section 15.7. 32-Bit Memory Model Considerations

Section 15.8. 64-Bit Memory Model Considerations

Section 15.9. AWE Support with Windows

Section 15.10. Case Study

Section 15.11. Summary

Section 15.12. Review Questions

Chapter 16. Database Performance Considerations

Section 16.1. Performance Fundamentals

Section 16.2. System/Server Configuration

Section 16.3. The DB2 Configuration Advisor

Section 16.4. Configuring the DB2 Instance

Section 16.5. Configuring Your Databases

Section 16.6. Lack of Proper Maintenance

Section 16.7. The Snapshot Monitor

Section 16.8. Event Monitors

Section 16.9. The DB2 Optimizer

Section 16.10. The Explain Tool and Explain Tables

Section 16.11. Using Visual Explain to Examine Access Plans

Section 16.12. Case Study

Section 16.13. Summary

Section 16.14. Review Questions

Chapter 17. Diagnosing Problems

Section 17.1. Problem Diagnosis: The Big Picture

Section 17.2. How Does DB2 Report Problems?

Section 17.3. DB2 Error Message Description

Section 17.4. DB2 First-Failure Data Capture

Section 17.5. Receiving E-mail Notifications

Section 17.6. The db2support Tool

Section 17.7. The DB2 Trace Facility

Section 17.8. Searching for Known Problems

Section 17.9. Case Study

Section 17.10. Summary

Section 17.11. Review Questions

Appendix A. Solutions to the Review Questions

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Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Appendix B. Use of Uppercase Versus Lowercase in DB2

Appendix C. IBM Servers

Appendix D. Using the DB2 System Catalog Tables

DB2 System Catalog Tables

How to Extract Information from the System Catalog Tables

How to Use the SYSSTAT Tables to Perform What-if Modeling and Analysis

Appendix E. Setting Up Database Connectivity for DB2 UDB for z/OS and DB2 UDB for iSeries

Part I: Setting Up Database Connectivity for DB2 UDB for z/OS

Part II: Setting Up Database Connectivity for DB2 UDB for iSeries

Appendix F. Diagnosing DB2 Connectivity Problems

Diagnosing Client-Server TCP/IP Connection Problems

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