Sybase Database Administration

5 Days course

Language: English

This course is only available on request!!


DESCRIPTION
This course will provide the participant with the knowledge of the fundamental concepts to perform system administration for a Sybase database. Participants will also learn preventive maintenance and how to effectively perform routine system administration tasks.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Install, Configure and Maintain a Sybase SQL/Server database
Master System Tables
Start the Server and shut it down
Backup and Restore the System
Monitor the performance of the system for optimum performance
Tuning the running when bottlenecks occur
Monitor disk usage
Assure that system security is maintained

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This course is designed for those whose responsibilties will include the maintances of a Sybase SQL/Server database. Anybody tasked with those responsibilites should attend this course.

ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE
Students should have working knowledge of the SQL server and should have previously attended an introductory Sybase course.

OUTLINES

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1) Open Architecture
2) System Tables
3) Stored Procedures

CHAPTER 2: SERVER DEFINITION

1) Server Installation Steps
2) SQL access server
3) Starting the Server
4) Verifying the Server is running
5) Shutting down the server

CHAPTER 3: RESOURCE DEFINITION

1) Disk Initialization
2) Default Disks
3) Disk Mirroring
4) Software vs Hardware vs RAID

CHAPTER 4: DATABASES

1) Database Creation
2) Assigning database size and authority
3) Adding space for the log
4) Database System Tables and Options
5) Database space utilization
6) The Model database
7) Object Placement - segments and devices
8) Segment System Tables

CHAPTER 5: SECURITY

1) Special Users: sa, dbo, object, owner
2) The OS, server, and database security
3) Built in System functions
4) Command security - object permissions
5) Ownership chains
6) Role definitin and functions

CHAPTER 6: BACKUP and RESTORE

1) Backup Server, remote backup server, dump devices
2) Dump Database, load database, automatic backups
3) Dump transaction, load transaction
4) Monitoring the log, treshholds, free-space
5) Hysteresis in data threshold management

CHAPTER 7: PERIODIC MAINTENANCE

1) Server Maintainance
2) Activity monitoring
3) System errorlog
4) Resource verification
5) Software Maintenance
6) Database Maintenance - dbcc
7) Checktable, Checkalloc, memusagae
8) Database dumps, disaster recovery
9) Log management
10) Space management
11) Script maintenance
12) Verifying Loads
13) Table Maintenance
14) Update Statistics

CHAPTER 8: UTILITIES

1) Script Maintenance
2) defncopy
3) Bulk copy

CHAPTER 9: CONFIGURATION and TUNING

1) Memory Utilization
2) Configuration variables
3) Options
4) Procedure Cache
5) Performance Monitoring

CHAPTER 10: REMOTE SERVER MANAGEMENT

1) Remote Access
2) sp_addserver
3) remote logins

CHAPTER 11: BASICE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE AND TUNING

1) Sybase Optimizer
2) Querry Optimization
3) Limitations
4) Optimizer Tips


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