MySQL Database Administration Course Overview
This
MySQL Database Administration course is designed for MySQL Database Administrators who have a basic understanding of a MySQL database and SQL commands. The course provides practical experience in setting up and maintaining a MySQL server, including backing up, recovery, configuration and optimization.
Skills Gained
The delegates will practise:
- Starting, Stopping and Configuring MySQL
- Security-Related Configuration
- MySQL Database Creation
- Using Client Programs for MySQL DBA Work
- Setting up Character Set Support
- Locking
- Using Storage Engines, including the MyISAM and InnoDB engines
- Table Maintenance
- Obtaining Data from the Information_Schema Database
- Backup and Recovery, including Exporting (mysqldump) and Importing (mysqlimport
- Using Stored Procedures and Triggers for Database Administration Tasks
- User Management
- Securing the Server
- Upgrade-Related Security Issues
- Optimizing Queries
- Optimizing Schemas
- Optimizing the Server
- The Event Scheduler
- Partitioned Tables
- Interpreting Error Messages
- Optimizing the MySQL Environment
- Scaling MySQL, including Replication
Who will the Course Benefit?
Anyone who needs to administer, monitor and support MySQL databases and servers.
Course Objectives
To provide the skills necessary to administer, monitor and support MySQL databases and servers.
Examinations
The
MySQL Database Administration course covers the topics required for the
MySQL 5 Database Administrator Certified Professional Exam, Part I (1Z0-873) and
MySQL 5 Database Administrator Certified Professional Exam, Part II (1Z0-874).
Before taking any exam, ensure you have the recommended experience. The Oracle website lists all exam requirements and these are updated regularly.
Exams are not included as part of the course.
Requirements
A working knowledge of MySQL is required. This can be gained by attendance on the Introduction to MySQL course.
Pre-Requisite Courses
Follow-On Courses
- MySQL Performance & Tuning
- MySQL for Developers
- Perl Programming
- Apache Web Server
- PHP Programming & MySQL for Web Development
NOTE: Course technical content is subject to change without notice.
MySQL Database Administration Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction
- Administration and Course Materials
- Course Structure and Agenda
- Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: CLIENT PROGRAMS FOR DBA WORK
- Introduction
- Client Program Limitations
- mysql
- MySQL Admin
- Exercises: Using Client Programs
Session 2: THE INFORMATION_SCHEMA DATABASE
- What is Metadata?
- The mysqlshow Utility
- The SHOW and DESCRIBE Commands
- The Information_Schema Database
- Exercises: Obtaining Information about MySQL
Session 3: MYSQL ADMINISTRATOR
- Installation
- Connecting
- Server Information
- Service Control
- User Administration
- Privileges
- Health
- Backup and Restore
- Catalogs
- Exercises: Using the MySQL Administrator Tool
Session 4: INSTALLING, CONFIGURING, STARTING AND STOPPING
- MySQL Distributions
- Installing on Windows
- Installing on Linux and UNIX
- Starting and Stopping on Windows
- Starting and Stopping on UNIX/Linux
- Configuration
- Log and Status Files
- The Default SQL Mode
- Time Zone Tables
- Some Security Issues
- Upgrading
- Exercises: Installing, configuring, stopping and starting
Session 5: INTERPRETING ERROR AND DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION
- MySQL Error Messages
- The SHOW Statement
- SQL Modes
- The PERROR Utility
- The Log
- The Error Log
- The Slow Query Log
- Exercises: Interpreting Error and Diagnostic Information
MySQL Database Administration Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 6: MYSQL ARCHITECTURE
- Client/Server Overview
- Communication Protocols
- The SQL Parser and Storage Engine Tiers
- How MySQL Uses Disk Space
- How MYSQL Uses Memory
- Exercises: Examining the Architecture
Session 7: TABLES, DATA TYPES AND CHARACTER SET SUPPORT
- Table Properties
- Creating Tables
- Altering Tables
- Dropping Tables
- Emptying Tables
- Obtaining Table Metadata
- Column Attributes
- Bit Data Type
- Numeric Data Types
- Character String Data Types
- Binary String Data Types
- Enum and Set Data Types
- Temporal Data Types
- Auto_Increment
- Handling Missing or Invalid Data Values
- Performance Issues with Character sets
- Choosing Data Types for Character Columns
- Exercises: Creating and Maintaining Tables
Session 8: LOCKING
- Locking Concepts
- Explicit Table Locking
- Advisory Locking
- Preventing Locking Problems
- Exercises: Locking
Session 9: STORAGE ENGINES
- Introduction
- The MYISAM Engine
- Locking with MYISAM Tables
- The Merge Engine
- Other Engines: Archive, Memory, Federated, Blackhole, NDBCluster
- Exercises Using Storage Engines
MySQL Database Administration Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 3
Session 10: THE INNODB ENGINE
- Introduction
- Features of Innodb
- Transactions
- Referential Integrity
- Physical Characteristics of Innodb Tables
- Tablespace Configuration
- Log File and Buffer Configuration
- Innodb Status
- Exercises Using the InnoDB Engine
Session 11: TABLE MAINTENANCE
- Table Maintenance Operations
- Check Table
- Repair Table
- Analyze Table
- Optimize Table
- MySQL Check
- MYISAMCHK
- Repairing Innodb Tables
- Enabling MYISAM AutoRepair
- Exercises: Maintaining Tables
Session 12: BACKUP AND RECOVERY
- Planning and Implementing a Backup and Recovery Strategy
- Defining a Disaster Recovery Plan
- Testing a Backup and Recovery Plan
- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Methods
- Binary Backups of MYISAM Tables
- Binary Backups of Innodb Tables
- Recovery
- Import and Export Operations
- Exporting Using SQL
- Importing Using SQL
- Exporting from the Command Line using mysqldump
- Importing from the Command Line using mysqlimport
- Exercises: Backing up and Recovery
Session 13: USER MANAGEMENT
- Introduction
- User Accounts
- Creating Users
- Renaming Users
- Changing Passwords
- Dropping Users
- Granting Privileges
- The User Table
- Connection Validation
- Exercises: Creating, Managing and Dropping Users
MySQL Database Administration Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 4
Session 14: PRIVILEGES
- Introduction
- Types of Privileges
- Revoking Privileges
- Resource Limits
- The MySQL Database
- The Show Grants Command
- Exercises: Granting and Revoking Privileges
Session 15: USER VARIABLES AND PREPARED STATEMENTS
- User Variables
- Prepared Statements
- Exercises: User Variables and Prepared Statements
Session 16: STORED ROUTINES FOR ADMINISTRATION
- Types of Stored Routines
- Benefits of Stored Routines
- Stored Routines Features
- Stored Routine Maintenance
- Stored Routine Privileges and Execution Security
- Exercises: Creating and Using Stored Routine
Session 17: TRIGGERS
- DML Triggers
- The Create Trigger Statement
- Managing Triggers
- Exercises: Creating and Using Triggers
MySQL Database Administration Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 4 (Purchasing continued)
Session 18: SECURING THE SERVER
- Security Issues
- Operating System Security
- Filesystem Security
- Log Files and Security
- Network Security
- Upgrade-related Security Issues
- Upgrading the Privilege Tables
- Security-Related SQL_Mode Values
- Exercises: Securing the Server
Session 19: OPTIMIZING QUERIES
- Optimization Overview
- Optimization Process
- Planning a Routine Monitoring Regime
- Setting Suitable Goals
- Identifying Candidates for Query Analysis
- Using Explain to Analyze Queries
- Meaning of Explain Output
- Using Explain Extended
- Exercises: Explaining and Optimizing Queries
Session 20: OPTIMIZATION AND INDEXES
- Indexes for Performance
- Creating and Dropping Indexes
- Obtaining Index Metadata
- Indexing Principles
- Indexing and Joins
- MyIsam Index Caching
- Exercises: Using Indexes for Optimization
Session 21: OPTIMIZING SCHEMAS
- Normalisation
- General Table Optimizations
- Myisam Specific Optimizations
- Innodb Specific Optimizations
- Other Engine Specific Optimizations
- Exercises: Optimizing Schemas
Session 22: OPTIMIZING THE SERVER
- Measuring Server Load
- System Factors
- Server Parameters
- Query Optimizer Performance
- The Query Cache
- Exercises: Optimizing the Server
MySQL Database Administration Training Course
Course Contents - DAY 5
Session 23: OPTIMIZING THE ENVIRONMENT
- Choosing the Platform
- Hardware Configurations
- Disk Issues on Linux
- Symbolic Links
- Optimizing the Operating System
- Exercises: Optimizing the Environment
Session 24: THE EVENT SCHEDULER
- Event scheduler concepts
- Event scheduler configuration
- Creating, altering and dropping events
- Event scheduler monitoring
- Events and privileges
- Exercises: Using the event scheduler
Session 25: PARTITIONED TABLES
- Partitioned tables concepts
- Range partitioning
- Hash partitioning
- Key partitioning
- List partitioning
- Composite partitioning or subpartitioning
- Maintenance of partitioned tables
- Exercises: Using partitioned tables
Session 26: SCALING MYSQL
- Using Multiple Servers
- Replication
- Exercises: Using Replication
