IBM's DB2 Universal Database Enterprise-Extended Edition (DB2 UDB EEE) is the world's most powerful, scalable, flexible database: simply the best solution for today's gigantic databases, fast queries and business-critical decision support applications. Now, straight from IBM, there's a systematic, hands-on guide to making DB2 UDB EEE work for you: The DB2 Cluster Certification Guide.

This book brings together all the techniques you need to deploy, manage and optimize DB2 UDB EEE ― and if you're pursuing IBM DB2 certification, it's a great guide to passing the DB2 UDB for Cluster Exam (506). Master all this, and more:

Planning, installation, configuration, database design and implementation.
Loading and splitting data; using the LOAD and AutoLoader utilities.
Partitioned databases, nodegroups, table spaces and tables.
Practical data management: rebalancing, redistributing, backup and recovery.
Performance/tuning: Join strategies, OLAP features, EXPLAIN tools, monitoring and more.
DB2 Control Center, Client Configuration Assistant and Command Line Processor.

You'll find practical deployment scenarios, a full chapter on problem determination and error logs, and a complete DB2 UDB for Cluster sample exam. Whether you're a DBA, developer, network administrator or manager, if you want to get the most out of DB2 UDB EEE, get The DB2 Cluster Certification Guide.

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