Road Map to DB2 Certification

LEVEL 1

Code:
700 DB2 Family Fundamentals Database Associate

LEVEL 2

Code:
     701 DB2 UDB V8.1for Linux, UNIX and Windows Database Administration
   702 DB2 UDB V8.1 for z/OS Database Administration 
   703 DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Application Development
   705 DB2 Business Intelligence Solutions V8.1 
   706 DB2 UDB V8.1 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Database Administration Upgrade exam
   442 DB2 Content Manager V8 

LEVEL 3

Code:
704 DB2 UDB V8.1 for Linux, UNIX and Windows Advanced Database Administration 

Take the exam in LEVEL1, then take the any exam in LEVEL 2 depending on your area of
interest and then LEVEL2

After passing the “DB2 Family Fundamentals” entry test #700,

take whichever exam(s) you like. Each one you pass gives you another certification.

Other Tests.. These tests are for version 7.1

512 - DB2 UDB V7.1 Family Fundamentals
514 - DB2 UDB V7.1 Family Application Development
516 - DB2 UDB V7.1 for OS/390 Database Administration

Exam 512 & 514 :

http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/certs/dbseudd7.shtml
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/tests/obj512.shtml
http://www-1.ibm.com/certify/tests/sam512.shtml
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/tests/obj514.shtml

Exam 700 :
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/tutorials/db2cert/db2cert_tut.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/tutorials/db2cert/db2cert_V8_tut.html
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/education/pdfs/exam-700.pdf
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/tests/obj700.shtml
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/tests/edu700.shtml

Exam 701:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/tutorials/db2cert/701_prep.html

Exam 702 :
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/tests/obj702.shtml
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/tests/edu702.shtml

Exam 703 :
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/db2cert/

DB2 - Certification - Everything you need to Know - In this all details were provided.
http://www-
106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/0207fosdick/0207fosdick.html

DB2 Books
http://www.geocities.com/srcsinc/programming/programming.db2.book.html

Certification Books

DB2 UDB V8.1 Certification Exam 700 Study Guide by Roger E. Sanders
DB2 UDB V8.1 Certification Exams 701 and 706 Study Guide by Roger E. Sanders

DB2 9 Fundamentals certification

730 prep series
The Fundamentals tutorial series provides an introduction to SQL (Structured Query Language)
and covers how DB2® 9 is packaged and installed, how to create databases and database objects,
 and the basics of database security and transaction isolation. These tutorials provide a solid base
for each section of the exam. However, you should not rely on these tutorials as your only
preparation for the exam.
After a quick registration, you can begin a tutorial. Each tutorial should take about an hour to
complete. You can take the tutorials online, or download a PDF or zip file.

 DB2 9 Fundamentals exam 730 prep, Part 1: Planning

This tutorial introduces the basics of the DB2 products and tools, along with the concepts
of data warehousing and OLAP.

 DB2 9 Fundamentals exam 730 prep, Part 2: Security

This tutorial introduces you to DB2 security. Learn about DB2 authentication,
authorization, and privileges.
 DB2 9 Fundamentals exam 730 prep, Part 3: Accessing DB2 data
This tutorial gives you an introduction to the objects that make up a DB2 database, and
the different factors which affect how the database is created. After a brief introduction to
DB2 objects, learn about the tools available to create, access, and manipulate DB2
objects.
 DB2 9 Fundamentals exam 730 prep, Part 4: Working with DB2 data
This tutorial introduces you to Structured Query Language (SQL), and gives you the
basics of how DB2 9 uses SQL to manipulate data in a relational database.
 DB2 9 Fundamentals exam 730 prep, Part 5: Working with DB2 objects
This tutorial discusses data types, tables, views, and indexes as defined by DB2 9. It
explains the features of these objects, how to create and manipulate them using
Structured Query Language (SQL), and how they can be used in an application.
 DB2 9 Fundamentals exam 730 prep, Part 6: Data concurrency
This tutorial introduces you to the concept of data consistency and to the various
mechanisms that are used by DB2 9 to maintain database consistency in both single and
multi-user environments.

 DB2 9 Fundamentals exam 730 prep, Part 7: Introducing Xquery

DB2 9 features significant new support for storing, managing, and querying XML data.
Learn how to query data stored in XML columns using XQuery.

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DB2 9 Database administration

731 certification prep series
If you know DB2 9 and can perform intermediate to advanced level administrative tasks, you may
benefit from becoming an IBM Certified Database Administrator. This series of seven tutorials is
designed to help you prepare for the DB2® 9 for Linux®, UNIX® and Windows™ Database
Administration (Exam 731) certification exam to attain the certification "IBM Certified Database
Administrator - DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX and Windows." These tutorials provide a solid base for each
section of the exam. However, you should not rely on these tutorials as your only preparation for
 the exam.
If you don't already have a background in DB2 database administration, but are interested in
learning more, begin with the DB2 Fundamentals exam 730 prep tutorials.
After a quick registration, you can begin a tutorial. Each tutorial should take about an hour to
complete. You can take the tutorials online, or download a PDF or zip file.

 DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 1: Server management

Learn skills that help you to properly manage your DB2 database servers. This tutorial
provides information about data consistency, transactions and how they are initiated and
terminated, and the use of locks.

 DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 2: Data placement

Learn how to create DB2 databases, and about the mechanisms available for storing your
tables, indexes, and data within the database. This tutorial focuses on partitioning,
compression, and XML, which are all important performance and application development
concepts that you need to know to store and access data quickly and efficiently.
 DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 3: Database access
Take the various steps required to manage some of the objects within DB2. This tutorial
includes overview information for topics such as indexes, constraints, referential integrity,
and views.
 DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 4: Monitoring DB2 activity
Become familiar with the different options a DBA has for tuning and configuring their DB2
environments. This tutorial shows you how to use the tools, functions, and applications
available in DB2 9 that make this task much simpler.
 DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 5: DB2 utilities
Find out what utilities are provided with DB2 servers for data movement and
maintenance. This tutorial shows you how to extract data, populate tables, use the
db2move, db2look and other commands, use the DB2 Control Center and much more.
 DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 6: High availability: Backup and recovery
Learn how to protect your data using database backup and recovery. This tutorial explains
the different methods of database recovery and logging, and how to use the backup,
restore, and rollforward commands.

 DB2 9 DBA exam 731 prep, Part 7: High availability: Split mirroring and HADR
Learn how to use a split mirror to provide high availability and how to setup a high
availability disaster recovery (HADR) system.

NEW SET OF CERTIFICATIONS:

730 : DB2 V9 fundamental certification.

731 : DB2 V9 Database Administration for Linux, Unix and Windows
732 : DB2 V9 Database administration for ZoS
733 : DB2 v9 application development
734 : DB2 V9 Advance Database Administration for Linux, Unix and Windows.
735 : DB2 V9 Stored procedure and functions