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The Barnes & Noble ReviewIn 1998, according to Dataquest, IBM moved ahead of Oracle to become the world's #1 database vendor. One significant reason: the performance of IBM's DB2 database for Windows NT. If you're deploying DB2 for Windows NT — or considering it (or if you're going for IBM's DB2 certification) — you'll appreciate The Universal Guide to DB2 for Windows NT. Straight from IBM, this book covers both the big picture (DB2's goals, product family, architecture, and options) and the nitty gritty (step-by-step coverage of planning, installing, configuring and managing DB2 in many environments, from the workgroup on up. You'll learn how to use DB2's built-in security together with NT's domain-based security, and walk through several sample scenarios. The book introduces you to DB2 for NT's new graphical management tools; and presents detailed coverage of backup, recovery, monitoring, and troubleshooting. If you're deploying DB2's Enterprise Extended Edition, you'll find invaluable coverage of partitioned databases, nodegroups, and failover support — including a detailed implementation scenario that utilizes Microsoft Cluster Server. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a 60-day trial version of DB2 Universal Database for Windows NT, Version 5.2 — so you can noodle with DB2 to your heart's content. Try it, you'll like it. — Review by Bill Camarda (Contributing Editor)
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