Overview
| Course code | 2W520AU | Skill level | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 40.0 hours | Delivery type | Self-paced Virtual Class |
| Course type | Public only | ||
| Public price |
AUD $3,375.00 ex GST
AUD $3,712.50 inc GST |
This is a self-paced online course. The average amount of time to complete this course is 40 hours. Once you receive your access information, you will have 60 days to complete this 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 the course.
This course is a combination of IBM Netezza Appliance Usage (DW500) and IBM Netezza Appliance Advanced Concepts (DW510AU).
This course will teach you database administration for the Netezza Appliance. The Netezza Appliance Usage course is designed to give you an overview of the Netezza appliance architecture and provide a working knowledge and understanding of the Netezza database features and best practices. You will be able to administer the Netezza appliance,configure client connectivity, create databases and tables, determine distribution methods, load and unload tables, GENERATE STATISTICS, analyze query plans, create materialized views and backup and restore the Netezza appliance.
You will also learn advanced database administration skills for the IBM Netezza Appliance. The Netezza Appliance Advanced Concepts course is designed to give you a working knowledge and understanding on Netezza appliance internals to optimize Netezza appliance performance and tune system parameters. This course will provide an overview of Netezza appliance administration and analysis. You will learn how to analyze Plan files, perform query analysis and troubleshooting, optimize data distributions, interact with advanced CLI commands, use nzsql and workload management.
This course is appropriate for customers who have IBM Netezza 100 or IBM Netezza 1000, formerly known as Skimmer and TwinFin.
The self-paced format gives you the opportunity to complete the course at your convenience, at any location, and at your own pace. The course is available 24 hours a day. Once you have accessed the course, instructor help is available via the course forum Monday through Friday; questions will be responded to within 24 hours.
Audience
This advanced course is for Database Administrators, System Administrators, Application Developers and Data Warehouse Architects.
Prerequisites
You should have the following background:
- Working knowledge of Unix or Linux
- Experience with Shell Scripting
- Experience with VI Editing
- Basic SQL experience
Objectives
- Create your own database and manage permissions for users and groups.
- Install and learn to use the NzAdmin tool for typical administrative tasks.
- Work with and develop effective data distributions.
- Manage data loads and transactions.
- Generate Statistics to produce optimal query performance.
- Analyze query plans of execution.
- Understand the usefulness and how to produce efficient zone maps.
- Connect to the Netezza system using standard ODBC connections.
- Tune the Netezza Appliance using system parameters.
- Locate, Understand and glean required information from the system and NZ log files.
- Develop basic scripts using nzsql.
- Learn how to manage key events and notify appropriate personnel on critical issues.
- Analyze performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Manage workload via prioritization and configuration.
- Create Stored Procedures.
- Configure and review query history.
- Explain the Netezza High Availability Architecture