MySQL Database Administration

Introduction

• Course Intro
• Client Program Limitations
• mysql
• MySQL Admin

The Information_Schema Database

• What is Metadata?
• The mysqlshow Utility
• The SHOW and DESCRIBE Commands
• The Information_Schema Database

MySQL Administrator

• Installation
• Connecting
• Server Information
• Service Control
• User Administration
• Privileges
• Health
• Backup and Restore
• Catalogs

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

MySQL Architecture

• Client/Server Overview
• Communication Protocols
• The SQL Parser and Storage Engine Tiers
• MySQL Disk Space Use
• MYSQL Memory Use

Installing, Configuring, Starting and Stopping

• MySQL Distributions
• Installing on Windows, Linux and UNIX
• Starting and Stopping on Windows, UNIX & Linux
• Configuration
• Log and Status Files
• The Default SQL Mode
• Time Zone Tables
• Some Security Issues
• Upgrading

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

Locking

• Locking Concepts
• Explicit Table Locking
• Advisory Locking
• Preventing Locking Problems

Storage Engines

• Introduction
• The MYISAM Engine
• Locking with MYISAM Tables
• The Merge Engine
• Other Engines

The Innodb Engine

• Introduction
• Features of Innodb
• Transactions
• Referential Integrity
• Physical Characteristics of Innodb Tables
• Tablespace Configuration
• Log File and Buffer Configuration
• Innodb Status

Table Maintenance

• Table Maintenance Operations
• Check Table
• Repair Table
• Analyze Table
• Optimize Table
• MySQL Check
• MYISAMCHK
• Repairing Innodb Tables
• Enabling MYISAM AutoRepair

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 and Importing Using SQL
• Exporting and Importing from the Command Line

User Management

• Introduction
• User Accounts
• Creating Users
• Renaming Users
• Changing Passwords
• Dropping Users
• Granting Privileges
• The User Table
• Connection Validation

Privileges

• Introduction
• Types of Privileges
• Revoking Privileges
• Resource Limits
• The MySQL Database
• The Show Grants Command

User Variables and Prepared Statements

• User Variables
• Prepared Statements

Stored Routines for Administration

• Types of Stored Routines
• Benefits of Stored Routines
• Stored Routines Features
• Stored Routine Maintenance
• Stored Routine Privileges and Execution Security

Triggers

• DML Triggers
• The Create Trigger Statement
• Managing Triggers

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

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

Optimization and Indexes

• Indexes for Performance
• Creating and Dropping Indexes
• Obtaining Index Metadata
• Indexing Principles
• Indexing and Joins
• MyIsam Index Caching

Optimising Schemas

• Normalisation
• General Table Optimizations
• Myisam Specific Optimizations
• Innodb Specific Optimizations
• Other Engine Specific Optimizations

Optimising the Server

• Measuring Server Load
• System Factors
• Server Parameters
• Query Optimizer Performance
• The Query Cache

Optimising the Environment

• Choosing the Platform
• Hardware Configurations
• Disk Issues on Linux
• Symbolic Links
• Optimising the Operating System

The Event Scheduler

• Event scheduler concepts
• Event scheduler configuration
• Creating, altering and dropping events
• Monitoring
• Events and privileges

Partitioned tables

• Partitioned tables concepts
• Range partitioning
• Hash partitioning
• Key partitioning
• List partitioning
• Composite partitioning or subpartitioning
• Maintenance of partitioned tables

Scaling MySQL

• Using Multiple Servers
• Replication