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

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

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

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.

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