Managing Workloads for DB2 LUW and InfoSphere Warehouse - Instructor Led Online

Course Description

This replaces course 3W321. This is the Instructor Led Online version of Classroom course (DW322); also see the Flex ILO 3N322

This is an online course. Please do not make travel arrangements for this course. After you receive confirmation that you are enrolled, you will be sent further instructions to access audio, video and remote labs.

This course is designed to teach the DB2 DBA how to administer DB2 Workload Manager (WLM). Each of the components are covered. The course first covers how to use service classes to control resources and how to use DB2 workloads to group DB2 work activities and assign the workloads to service classes. Next we discuss thresholds and how they can be applied to service classes, workloads or the database. Then the course presents how work classes are used to differentiate the types of work activities, that is, DML, DDL, stored procedures and utilities, and work actions are used to apply thresholds to the work classes. The monitoring component is shown how it plays a critical role in performance tuning and problem determination. The course finishes with a unit on best practices for using DB2 WLM.

Course Materials

The course materials address the Workload Manager feature available as part of InfoSphere Warehouse 9.7 or as part of the DB2 Performance Optimization Feature.

Hands-On Labs

Lab exercises will be provided to give you experience working with Workload Manager.

Skills Gained

Introduction to DB2 Workload Manager

• Explain the need for DB2 Workload Manager
• Describe DB2 Workload Manager
• List the components of DB2 Workload Manager
• Explain how DB2 Workload Manager and Query Patroller can coexist
• Explain how to use perspectives in the Design Studio
• List the components of the Business Intelligence perspective

Service Classes

• Describe the use of DB2 service classes
• Differentiate between default services classes and user defined service classes
• List the service class features
• List the requirements when altering a DB2 service class
• Describe the restrictions when dropping a DB2 service class
• Define the use of the Outbound Correlator parameter
• List the main considerations when integrating DB2 service classes with AIX's Workload Manager

DB2 WLM workloads

• Describe how DB2 WLM workloads are used by Workload Manager
• List the DB2 WLM workload connection attributes
• Describe how DB2 WLM workload evaluation takes place
• Differentiate between the two default DB2 WLM workloads
• Define DB2 WLM workload usage privilege
• List the administrative restrictions for DB2 WLM workloads

Thresholds

• Describe how thresholds are used in DB2 WLM
• Define the use of a threshold boundary
• Explain the difference between activity and aggregate thresholds
• List the activity and aggregate thresholds

Work Classes and Work Actions

• Define a work class
• Describe how to classify work activities using a work class
• Define a work class set
• List the work class database activity attributes
• Define a work action
• Describe how work actions link work classes to either the database or to service classes
• Define a work class set
• List some of the work action limitations

Monitoring and Control

• Create event monitors for Workload Manager
• Describe table functions that can be used to obtain operational information
• List the Workload Manager stored procedures
• Describe the statistics table functions
• Explain how histogram templates can be used with service and work classes

Best Practices

• List the steps necessary to create a successful DB2 Workload Manager configuration
• Define goals that are easy to translate into DB2 Workload Manager controls
• Explain when work class are viable

Agenda

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1 - Introduction to DB2 Workload Manager
• Exercise 1 - Basic Monitoring
• Unit 2 - Service Classes
• Unit 3 - Workloads
• Exercise 2 - Isolating Activities
• Unit 4 - Thresholds
• Exercise 3 - Using Threshold
• Unit 5 - Work Classes and Work Actions

Day 2

• Unit 5 - Work Classes and Work Actions - continued
• Exercise 4 - Differentiating Activities by Activity Type
• Unit 6 - Monitoring and Control
• Exercise 5 - Monitoring
• Unit 7 - Best Practices
• Exercise 6 - Additional Monitoring and Historical Analysis

Who Can Benefit

This intermediate course is for:

• DB2 DBA responsible for implementing DB2 Workload Manager.
• This course is also appropriate for customers who have acquired the IBM Smart Analytics System

Prerequisites

Students should have a good foundation in DB2 system administration.