IBM InfoSphere DataStage engine Administration for Information Server v11.5 - SPVC - 2M520G

Description

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1: Introduction to the Information Server (DataStage) engine
Information Server architecture
How the DataStage Engine is used in Information Server
DataStage Engine features

2: Elements of a DataStage job
Anatomy of a DataStage parallel job
Explore the elements of an example DataStage job, including its stages and job parameters
Understand the OSH that is generated by the job during compile
Log into Designer
Import DataStage jobs
Open a DataStage job and explore its elements
Examine the OSH generated from the job

3: Engine architecture
Partition parallelism
Runtime architecture
Configuration files
The “Score”
Examine the Configuration file
Run a DataStage job
Examine the Score

4: Engine project configuration
DataStage project authorizations
Runtime Column Propagation (RCP)
Environment variables
Create a DataStage user and assign DataStage project roles
Set environment variables
Configure a DataStage project in DataStage Administrator

5: Configuring database connectivity
Configuring ODBC data sources
Configuring native database connections
Enable a DataStage project to access DB2
Setup ODBC data source connections
Test ODBC connectivity
Create a data source connection in Metadata Asset Manager

6: Running DataStage jobs
Running jobs from the command line
Monitoring jobs in Director and the Operations Console
Workload management
Starting and stopping the Engine
Run a job from the command line
View the job log from the command line
Monitor DataStage jobs in DataStage Director
Monitor jobs in the Operations Console
Explore Workload Manager
Start and stop the Engine

7: Engine utilities
Data set utilities
Multiple job compile
Resource estimation tool
View a data set using the Data Set Editor
View a data set from the command line
Estimate the resources of a DataStage job using the Resource Estimator tool
Run the Multiple Job Compile utility

8: Importing and exporting DataStage objects
DataStage Designer exports and imports
Command line exports and imports
Import and export DataStage objects in Designer
Import and export DataStage objects using the DSXImportService command

Aim

After completing this course, you should be able to:
Describe how the DataStage Engine is used within Information Server
Describe how the engine achieves high performance through partition parallelism
Describe the DataStage job compilation process
Describe the engine runtime process and environment
Describe the purpose and format of the DataStage configuration file
Describe how to configure the engine using environment variables
Describe how to configure data source connections
Describe the ways of running DataStage jobs
Describe how to monitor DataStage jobs and the runtime environment
Describe engine workload management
Import and export DataStage jobs and other engine objects

Participant requirements

It is recommend that students take KM510 “IBM InfoSphere Administrative Tasks for Information Server v11.5” course

Participant

This course is for those who will be administering Information Server and DataStage.