Mastering material for dealing with DBA certification exams About This Book * Prepare yourself for the IBM C2090-600 certification exam * Cover over 50 Db2 procedures including database design, performance, and security * Work through over 150 Q&As to gain confidence on each topic Who This Book Is For The IBM Db2 11.1 Certification Guide is an excellent choice for database administrators, architects, and application developers who are keen to obtain certification in Db2. Basic understanding of Db2 is expected in order to get the most out of this guide. What You Will Learn * Configure and manage Db2 servers, instances, and databases * Implement Db2 BLU Acceleration and a DB2 pureScale environment * Create, manage, and alter Db2 database objects * Use the partitioning capabilities available within Db2 * Enforce constraint checking with the SET INTEGRITY command * Utilize the Db2 problem determination (db2pd) and dsmtop tools * Configure and manage HADR * Understand how to encrypt data in transit and at rest In Detail 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. Style and approach A comprehensive certification preparation guide for the C2090-600 exam, covering all the topics in greater detail and with sample questions and answers at the end of each chapter.