1. SECTION 1 - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

1.1. DETERMINE APPROPRIATE CONNECTION TYPES AND COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
1.2. PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM CAPABILITIES
1.3. DETERMINE THE NUMBER AND SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL LOGS TO ACCOMMODATE TRANSACTION ACTIVITY
1.4. SET UP OPERATING SYSTEM FILES AND PARAMETERS
1.5. SET UP OPERATING SYSTEM FILES AND PARAMETERS
1.6. KNOWLEDGE OF MIGRATION AND UPGRADING
1.7. KNOWLEDGE OF INSTALLATION OPTIONS
1.8. KNOWLEDGE OF ACTIVATION OF BUILT-IN TECHNOLOGIES
1.9. KNOWLEDGE OF DYNAMIC AND AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
1.10. UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT OPERATING MODES
1.11. KNOWLEDGE OF DATA MOVEMENT UTILITIES
1.12. KNOWLEDGE OF MOBILE DATABASE

2. SECTION 2 - SPACE MANAGEMENT

2.1. CONFIGURE AND MANAGE DBSPACES AND SBSPACES
2.2. KNOWLEDGE OF ONLINE TABLE MANAGEMENT
2.3. KNOWLEDGE OF DYNAMIC STORAGE
2.4. KNOWLEDGE OF PRO-ACTIVE/REACTIVE SPACE ALLOCATION
2.5. KNOWLEDGE OF FRAGMENTATION AND DATABASE DESIGN
2.6. KNOWLEDGE OF COMPRESSION

3. SECTION 3 - SYSTEM ACTIVITY MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING

3.1. MONITOR AND ISOLATE PROBLEMS USING SYSTEM DATABASES
3.2. MONITOR THE MESSAGE LOG FILE FOR ABNORMAL ACTIVITY
3.3. USE THE INFORMIX UTILITIES TO VIEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE DATABASE SERVER
3.4. USE THE ADMIN API TO VIEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE DATABASE SERVER
3.5. SQL CONCURRENCY AND LOCKING

4. SECTION 4 - PERFORMANCE TUNING

4.1. CONFIGURE SHARED MEMORY PARAMETERS
4.2. BEST PRACTICES FOR LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL DESIGN OF DBSPACES
4.3. UTILIZE PARALLEL DATABASE QUERY (PDQ) TO OPTIMIZE QUERY PERFORMANCE
4.4. USE UPDATE STATISTICS TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
4.5. MANAGE NETWORK PARAMETERS FOR OPTIMAL COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE
4.6. KNOWLEDGE OF DSS VS OLTP TUNING DIFFERENCES
4.7. MANAGE TEMPORARY TABLES AND FILES
4.8. MANAGE TEMPORARY TABLES AND FILES
4.9. KNOWLEDGE OF AUTONOMIC FEATURES OF THE ENGINE

5. SECTION 5 - OAT AND DATABASE SCHEDULER

5.1. KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL OAT FUNCTIONALITY
5.2. UNDERSTANDING, USING AND ADMINISTERING TASKS AND SENSORS

6. SECTION 6 - BACKUP AND RESTORE

6.1. UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT BACKUP AND RESTORE TOOLS, FUNCTIONALITY, AND LEVELS
6.2. CONFIGURE ONBAR PARAMETERS FOR OPTIMAL BACKUP AND RESTORE PERFORMANCE
6.3. CONFIGURE ONTAPE PARAMETERS FOR OPTIMAL BACKUP AND RESTORE PERFORMANCE
6.4. KNOWLEDGE OF ARCHECKER FUNCTIONALITY
6.5. UNDERSTANDING VARIOUS RESTORE OPTIONS
6.6. UNDERSTANDING AND USING INFORMIX PRIMARY STORAGE MANAGER (PSM)

7. SECTION 7 - REPLICATION AND HIGH AVAILABILITY

7.1. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE AND CONFIGURE ER
7.2. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE AND CONFIGURE GRID
7.3. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE AND CONFIGURE AN H/A CLUSTER
7.4. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF CONNECTION MANAGER
7.5. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO MANAGE AND USE IFXCLONE
7.6. KNOWLEDGE OF NEW REPLICATION AND H/A CLUSTER FEATURES
7.7. PERFORMING ROLLING APPLICATION AND DATABASE SOFTWARE UPGRADES

8. SECTION 8 - WAREHOUSING

8.1. KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL WAREHOUSING FUNCTIONALITY IN THE ENGINE
8.2. KNOWLEDGE OF INFORMIX WAREHOUSE ACCELLERATOR (IWA)

9. SECTION 9 - SECURITY

9.1. KNOWLEDGE OF NON OS USERS
9.2. KNOWLEDGE OF AUDITING
9.3. KNOWLEDGE OF TRUSTED CONTEXT AND TRUSTED CONNECTIONS
9.4. KNOWLEDGE OF AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION
9.5. KNOWLEDGE OF PRIVILEGES AND ROLES
9.6. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF SESSION, REPLICATION AND ONDISK ENCRYPTION