Resources

This section lists the Web site resources referenced in this book as well as additional resources, including traditional course offerings, computer-based training courses, free tutorials, and other information. The document WebsiteResources.txt provided on the CD-ROM accompanying this book contains all the Web sites listed in this section so that you can copy and paste the URLs directly into your browser.

Table R.1 lists the Web site resources referenced in this book. It provides a brief description of the Web site and notes the chapter where it was referenced.

Table R.1. Web Sites Referenced in This Book

Resource Name	Description	URL	Chapter
IBM on-demand (glossary) Web page	Descriptions of terms used for on-demand businesses	www.ibm.com/e-business/ondemand/us/toolkit/glossary_a.html	1
DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows main Web page	Information about DB2 products	www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/	1
IBM DB2 Support Web siteFixPaks	Place to obtain DB2 clients and FixPaks	www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support.html	1
The DB2 Information Center	Search engine for searching in the DB2 manuals	http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2help	4
IBM DB2 Installing and Administering a Satellite Environment Version 8	Information about satellite environments	www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=71&context=SSEPGG&q1=satellite+database&uid=pub1gc09482300&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en+en)	4
Internet's Requests for Comments (RFC)	Technical and organizational notes about the Internet	www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html	10
DB2 Recovery Expert Multiplatform Tool	This tool recovers dropped objects	www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/db2tools/db2recovexpert.html	13
IBM Software Support Handbook	Guidelines for working with DB2 Technical Support	http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/guides/handbook.html	17
DB2 Documentation (on the DB2 Technical Support Web site)	PDF versions of the DB2 manuals	www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/data/db2/udb/winos2unix/support/v8pubs.d2w/en_main	17
Search for DB2 known problems (within DB2 Technical Support Web site)	Searches APARS, fixes, and whitepapers	www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support.html	17

Table R.2 lists other books of interest we have mentioned in this book.

Table R.2. Other Books Referenced

Book Information	Chapter
Zamil, Janmohamed, Clara Liu, Drew Bradstock, Raul Chong, Michael Gao, Fraser McArthur, and Paul Yip. DB2 SQL PL: Essential Guide for DB2 UDB on Linux, UNIX, Windows, i5/OS, and z/OS. Boston: Prentice Hall. 2004.	7
Snow, Dwaine R. and Thomas X. Phan. Advanced DBA Certification Guide and Reference for DB2 Universal Database V8 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Boston: Prentice Hall. 2004.	16

In addition to reading this book to prepare for the DB2 database administration certification exams, there are free tutorials you can take. Table R.3 lists the IBM Professional Certification program Web site and the tutorial Web sites for all available certification exams.

Table R.3. IBM Certification Program and Tutorials Web Site

Web Site Name	URL
IBM's Professional Certification Program	www.ibm.com/certify
DB2 Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700) Tutorial	www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/tutorials/db2cert/db2cert_V8_tut.html
DB2 DBA Certification (Exam 701) Tutorial	www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/tutorials/db2cert/701_prep.html
DB2 Application Development Certification (Exam 703) Tutorial	www.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/db2cert

Table R.4 lists some of the traditional classroom courses for DB2 database administration and performance tuning offered by IBM Learning Services. For more information, see the DB2 Education Web site at www.ibm.com/software/data/education.html.

Table R.4. Course Offerings

Course Number	Course Name
CF201	DB2 UDB Database Administration Workshop for Linux
CF211	DB2 UDB Database Administration Workshop for UNIX
CF231	DB2 UDB Database Administration Workshop for Windows NT
CF241	DB2 UDB EEE for UNIX Administration Workshop
CF261	DB2 UDB EEE for Windows NT Administration Workshop
CF271	DB2 UDB Database Administration Workshop for Sun Solaris
CF411	DB2 UDB Performance Tuning and Monitoring Workshop
CF441	DB2 UDB EEE for UNIX Performance Monitoring and Tuning Workshop
CF451	DB2 UDB Advanced Administration Workshop
CF481	DB2 UDB Advanced Administration for Experienced Relational DBAs
CF491	DB2 UDB Advanced Recovery and High Availability Workshop
CG241	DB2 UDB Enterprise-Extended Edition for DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition DBAs

Table R.5 lists the Computer-Based Training (CBT) courses available (they are free) and their URLs.

Table R.5. Computer-Based Training Offerings

Course Number	Course Name	URL
CT28D	DB2 UDB Administration Fastpath Course for Version 8	www.ibm.com/software/data/education/ct28v8.html
CT10	DB2 UDB Programming Fastpath Course	www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/ct10crs

Table R.6 lists resources that provide articles, books, whitepapers, brochures, and so on about DB2. It also includes information about news groups.

Table R.6. DB2 Technical Resources and News Groups

Resource Name	Description	URL
DeveloperWorks	DB2 articles of interest	www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2
IBM Redbooks	Free books about IBM technology	www.redbooks.ibm.com
DB2 Technical Materials Library	Books, whitepapers, brochures, consultant reports, technology overviews, and so on	www.ibm.com/software/data/pubs/
DB2 News Group	News, forums about DB2	comp.databases.ibm-db2
DB2 on CompuServe	News, forums about DB2	Go ibmdb2

Table R.7 lists resources about magazines, news, and e-mail services.

Table R.7. DB2 E-mail Services and Periodicals

Resource Name	Description	URL
DB2 Magazine	A magazine about DB2. Each issue contains a variety of features on technical and business topics for the DB2 community, plus columns with tips and techniques on data mining, programming, system administration, content management, and more. The magazine is available in print as well as on the Web.	www.db2mag.com
DB2 UDB News	Subscribe to receive notification of new FixPaks and other DB2 service news.	www.ibm.com/software/mailing-lists
DB2 Today	Each monthly issue describes the latest offers, downloads, events, Web-based seminars, product news, and more. Subscribe to receive via e-mail.	www.ibm.com/software/data/db2today/

You can participate in user groups and DB2 conferences to keep up to date with the latest new features or version of DB2. Table R.8 lists the two most popular resources.

Table R.8. DB2 User Groups and Conferences

Resource Name	Description	URL
International DB2 Users Group (IDUG)	DB2 user group organization	www.idug.org/
DB2 and other IBM Technical Conferences	Technical conference with sessions of interest about DB2 and other products	www.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/index.html

For IBM Business Partners, Table R.9 lists the relevant Web sites.

Table R.9. IBM Business Partners Information

Resource Name	Description	URL
IBM PartnerWorld Home Page	Home page for IBM Business Partners support	www.developer.ibm.com
Virtual Innovation Center (VIC)	IBM VICs provide free education and technical and marketing support to business partners. Free registration is required.	www.virtualinnovationcenter.com/login.html