DB2 Cluster Certification Guide, The

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A must buy book about DB2 Clusters [Posted on 1998-10-13]
There are no other books on the market quite like this one. Although geared towards DB2 Cluster Certification this book also offers the reader a lot of readable informatiuon on setting up a clustered DB2 enviroment.

It is very well laid out and an easy read. It expects a certain amount of understanding of DB2 UDB already, however, there is a lot of detailed information as and when required to help you along.

No serious DB2 Developer/DBA/Consultant should be without this book if they wish to understand how DB2 EEE works and can be configured.

I have just about every DB2 book published and am happy to answer any questions you may have about Certification or the books I have reviewed. Please feel free to e-mail me.

It's not all there...... [Posted on 2001-11-17]
After pouring over the book, and practicing the test questions over and over, I still did not pass the certification. I found that a great number of the questions asked during the certification were NOT covered in the book. The sample questions did not address the many SQL and EXPLAIN questions on the certification exam. It would be nice to not only have the answers to the sample questions, but also the "why is this the correct answer" information as well. Since this book was written with the knowledge of IBM, why didn't the authors provide a representative sample of ALL of the certification test questions, instead of just a few? The certification test is broken into several groups. While the book identifies these sections, it does not organize the questions in the same fashion.

The book appears to be a rehash of the IBM EEE class that is still being taught today. Also, the current level of DB2 is 7.2, the book is written to version 5.

On the plus side, it is the only book for DB2 EEE certification.

Good reference material. BUT... [Posted on 2002-01-11]
This is a useful reference manual. However, it doesn't appear to be as tailored to the cluster exams as it might claim.

Also -- and more painfully, IMO -- this book STILL uses concepts as of version 5. It's 2002 and the book hasn't been updated from 1998 principles. That's an eternity in this business! Nevertheless, many of the same concepts apply, but it is still in desperate need of a revision to include UDB V7.

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