DB2 11 System Administrator for Z/Os ─ Certification Study Guide: Exam 317

This book provides an in-depth review of the skills required to pass IBM’s DB2 11 for z/OS System Administration exam 317 certification exam. This book addresses the changes in this new release of the DB2 11 for z/OS System Administration certification test, specifically for the latest version of DB2 for z/OS, version 11. Each section of the exam addresses a detailed set of skills that a DB2 system administrator on DB2 11 for z/OS should have. This book takes those sections, chapter by chapter, and provides the information a DB2 for z/OS system administrator will need to know to pass the certification exam. Practice questions and answers follow each chapter. A new practice final exam has been added to the book. The reader will come away being fully prepared to pass exam 317 and acquire certification, an important milestone showing significant academic and/or professional achievement.

Judy H. Nall is an internationally recognized DB2 speaker writer, consultant, and educator. She has worked with DB2 since the first release. Her company, Computer Business International, Inc., for 21 years has provided DB2 classes, consulting, and mentoring on DB2 for z/OS. Judy is an IBM DB2 Gold Consultant, IBM Champion for Analytics 2009-2016, IDUG RUG Planning Committee Member, President of the Alabama DB2 Users Group, past IDUG conference chair, IBM DB2 for z/OS Gold Consultant Advisory Council member, and author of DB2 9 System Administration for z/OS: Certification Guide. She holds IBM certifications in DB2 9, 10, and 11 for z/OS Database Administration; DB2 9, 10, and 11 for z/OS System Administration; and DB2 11 for z/OS Application Programming.