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Test 847: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 System Administration Operating Fundamentals


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Lotus highly recommends using a variety of resources to prepare for certification exams. In all cases, you must start with the exam guide to determine which tasks will be covered on the exams. Equally as important, actual hands-on experience is required. From there, we recommend that you choose from the following preparation options.

During your preparation, it is important that you review the exam guide periodically to make sure that all of the material in the exam guide is covered in your choice of preparation methods. It should be noted that there is not a one-to-one correspondence between these preparation methods and the exam.

Exam guide (Required)
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Experience (Required)
Actual hands-on experience is a critical component in preparing for the exam. Direct application of the skills learned cannot be substituted by any one other resource listed here. You must spend time using the product and applyi


Classroom Course

Course title: IBM Lotus Domino 8 System Administration Operating Fundamentals
Course duration: 1 day
Course number: D8750
Abstract: This course introduces students to basic concepts that provide the foundation for Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes. This course is the point of entry to the entire core system administration curriculum. This course does not teach students how to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot a Lotus Domino 8 infrastructure.


Online course

Course title: D8025: Introducing IBM DB2 Concepts
Course duration: Self-paced Average number of hours to complete: 4
Course number: D8025
Abstract: This course provides a general overview of DB2 concepts focusing on the database structure, security, and writing basic SQL queries to interact with DB2 data. You will examine how DB2 stores data in both single and multiple disk scenarios and explore different methods for adding data to a database.

Course title: Configuring IBM Lotus Domino 8 with IBM DB2
Course duration: Self-paced: Average number of hours to complete: 4
Course number: D8705
Abstract: Configuring IBM Lotus Domino 8 With IBM DB2 provides existing Domino administrators with the skills and knowledge to configure Lotus Domino 8 to use DB2 as its data store. This course steps you through the process of configuring Domino to use DB2. The course shows you how to map Domino and DB2 user accounts to allow the Domino server and Notes users to interact with DB2-enabled Notes databases. It also shows you how to examine and verify that Domino is correctly configured to use DB2 for data storage.


Online courses - other vendors
Preparing for the Notes Domino 8 System Administration Exams? -TLCC

TLCC offers two distance learning courses for Administrators. These courses will prepare you for the exams to become a Certified System Administrator in Notes and Domino 8.


Practice Test Products
CertFX

CertFX is the leading provider of affordable quality certification practice tests for the IT industry. Our practice tests are designed to not only help you pass the real exam but to learn and understand the information necessary to understand why a particular answer is correct and others are not.


Product Documentation
Lotus Domino 8 - Installing Domino Servers and Notes Clients

The Lotus Domino documentation pages list product documentation, white papers, Redbooks, Redpapers, Redpieces, and additional documentation for supported releases of Lotus Domino.

IBM Lotus Domino and Notes Information Center

IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Reviewer’s Guide


Redbook
IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Deployment Guide

Publication number: SG24-7506-00

This IBM Redbooks® publication provides you with information about the new enhancements and features of Lotus Notes and Domino 8 and provides guidelines or directions on how to implement or utilize these. It also provides you with an approach to planning and deploying Lotus Notes and Domino 8 in new and existing environments.

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