MySQL for Database Administrators Training in South Africa

Required Prerequisites:

• Should be knowlegeable with relational database concepts and using the mysql command-line client
• Should be knowlegeable with MySQL data types and executing basic DDL and DML queries using SQL
• Should be knowlegeable with Joining tables

Suggested Prerequisites:

• MySQL for Developers

Those delegates who are attending via either virtual or extended classroom will be required to provide either dual monitors or single monitor plus a tablet device.

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  • Define and implement a backup strategy
  • Perform physical and logical backups of your data
  • Describe MySQL replication and its role in high availability and scalability
  • Configure simple and complex replication topologies
  • Administer a replication topology
  • Install the MySQL server and client programs
  • Upgrade MySQL on a running server
  • Describe MySQL architecture
  • Explain how MySQL processes, stores, and transmits data
  • Configure MySQL server and client programs
  • Use server logs and other tools to monitor database activity
  • Create and manage users
  • Protect your data from common security risks
  • Identify and optimize poorly-performing queries
  • Troubleshoot server slowdowns and other common problems
  • Gain an understanding of MySQL Cloud

• Introduction to MySQL
  • MySQL overview
  • MySQL Enterprise Edition
  • MySQL on the Web
  • MySQL in the Cloud
  • The MySQL community

• Installing MySQL

  • Installing MySQL
  • Installed Files and Directories
  • Initial Configuration
  • Starting and Stopping MySQL
  • Upgrading MySQL

• MySQL Architecture

  • Architectural Overview
  • How MySQL Transmits Data
  • How MySQL Processes Requests
  • How MySQL Stores Data
  • Tablespaces
  • Redo and Undo Logs
  • How MySQL Uses Memory
  • Plug-in Interface

• Configuring MySQL

  • Server Options, Variables, and the Command Line
  • Option Files
  • System Variables
  • Launching Multiple Servers on the Same Host

• Monitoring MySQL

  • Monitoring MySQL with Log Files
  • Monitoring MySQL with Status Variables
  • Monitoring MySQL with Performance Schema
  • MySQL Enterprise Audit
  • MySQL Enterprise Monitor
  • Monitoring User Activity

• User Management

  • MySQL Privilege System
  • Creating and Modifying User Accounts
  • Configuring Passwords and Account Expiration
  • Authentication Plug-Ins
  • Granting Permissions
  • Grant Tables
  • Resetting a Forgotten Root Password

• MySQL Security

  • Security Risks
  • Network Security
  • Secure Connections
  • Password Security
  • Operating System Security
  • Protecting Against SQL Injections
  • MySQL Enterprise Firewall

• Maintaining a Stable System

  • Stability
  • Why Databases Fail
  • Capacity Planning
  • Troubleshooting
  • Identifying the Causes of Server Slowdowns
  • InnoDB Recovery

• Optimizing Query Performance

  • Identifying Slow Queries
  • The EXPLAIN statement
  • Working with Indexes
  • Index Statistics

• Backup Strategies

  • Understanding Backups
  • Backup Techniques
  • Creating a Backup Strategy

• Performing Backups

  • MySQL Backup Tools
  • Raw Backup Methods
  • Techniques that Use the Binary Log

• Configuring a Replication Topology

  • Overview of Replication
  • Replication Conflicts
  • When to Use Replication
  • Configuring Replication

• Administering a Replication Topology

  • Failover
  • MySQL Utilities
  • Replication Threads
  • Monitoring Replication
  • Troubleshooting Replication

• Group Replication

  • Overview
  • Single-Primary and Multi-Primary Modes
  • Configuring Group Replication
  • Monitoring Group Replication

• Conclusion

  • Course Overview
  • MySQL Curriculum
  • Course Evaluation
  • Thank You!
  • Q&A Session