MySQL for Database Administrators Training in South Africa

  • Delivery Method: Online Instructor-Led / Classroom Based / Onsite
  • Participation Model: Public Training / Private / In-House Training
  • Duration: 5 Days
  • Price:
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The MySQL for Database Administrators course teaches DBAs and other database professionals how to maximize their organization's investment in MySQL and about the benefits of using the MySQL Cloud Service. Learn to configure the MySQL Server, set up replication and security, perform database backups, optimize query performance, and ensure high availability.

Through a variety of realistic, hands-on activities, expert MySQL instructors will teach you to install, configure, secure, and maintain your database server which you can deploy on-premise or as a MySQL Cloud Service instance.

Learn To:

  • Install and configure MySQL Server and client programs.
  • Recognize the key components of the MySQL architecture.
  • Secure your server.
  • Troubleshoot server slowdowns and other issues.
  • Improve query performance.
  • Configure and administer a variety of replication topologies.
  • Understand the benefits of MySQL Cloud.

Benefits To You:

After taking this course, you will be equipped to use all the features of MySQL to get the best out of your Web, Cloud, and embedded applications, whether you work with the command line or graphical tools such as MySQL Workbench and MySQL Enterprise Monitor, whether you use on-premise or MySQL Cloud-based instances, and whether your challenge is complex replication requirements, or highly-tuned transactional systems


For corporate groups, we can organize this training as an on-site private group.
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ASELSAN
PepsiCo Türkiye
JTI TÜTÜN ÜRÜNLERİ SANAYİ A.Ş.
ING Bank
DHL
MASTERCARD
Huawei
TotalEnergies
Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş.
Goodyear
FORD OTOMOTIV SANAYI A.S.
3M COMPANY
Schneider Electric
Central Bank of Azerbaijan
BP Petrolleri
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Qatar Foundation
Bank Of China
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
MORGAN STANLEY & CO Inc
Novo Nordisk
DEUTSCHE BANK
Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti Emek ve Ahalinin Sosyal Güvenliği Bakanlığı
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Prerequisites

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.


What You Will Learn


    • 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

Training Outline

  • 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

Why Choose Us

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Experience MySQL for Database Administrators in South Africa through Bilginç IT Academy's live and interactive virtual classroom environment. Join a Public course as an individual delegate or arrange a dedicated Private / In-house online training program exclusively for your organization.

  • Delivery Method: Online Instructor-Led
  • Participation Model: Public / Private (In-house)
  • Live and Interactive Training: Connect with your instructor in real time and actively participate through discussions, Q&A sessions, practical exercises, and group activities.
  • Flexible Participation: Join the training from your home, office, or any location with a suitable internet connection.
  • Expert Trainer Network: Learn from experienced trainers with strong industry backgrounds and practical field expertise.
  • Over 30 Years of Training Expertise: Benefit from Bilginç IT Academy's professional training experience since 1995.
  • Worldwide Access: Join our live virtual classrooms from South Africa or anywhere else in the world, or arrange a dedicated online training program for your organization.

Experience MySQL for Database Administrators through face-to-face Classroom Based training in South Africa. Training can be delivered as a Public course open to individual delegates or as a dedicated Private / In-house class for your organization.

  • Delivery Method: Classroom Based
  • Participation Model: Public / Private (In-house)
  • Face-to-Face Learning: Interact directly with your instructor and fellow delegates in an engaging classroom environment.
  • Experienced Trainers: Learn from specialists with extensive industry experience and practical real-world knowledge.
  • Professional Training Environment: Attend training in comfortable, well-equipped classrooms designed to support effective learning.
  • Practical Learning: Depending on the course, reinforce your knowledge through hands-on exercises, scenarios, case studies, and instructor-led activities.

Arrange MySQL for Database Administrators in South Africa as a dedicated Onsite training program for your organization. Bilginç IT Academy trainers can deliver the training at your office or another location of your choice, with the program planned around your team's requirements and business objectives.

  • Delivery Method: Onsite
  • Participation Model: Private (In-house)
  • Training at Your Preferred Location: Organize the training at your company's office or another location selected by your organization.
  • Tailored Course Content: Adapt the training program to your projects, team structure, existing skill levels, and specific business requirements.
  • Team-Focused Learning: Develop your team around a shared knowledge base while strengthening internal collaboration and knowledge transfer.
  • Flexible Scheduling: Plan the training dates, location, and program according to your organization's operational requirements.
  • Worldwide Onsite Delivery: Arrange the training in South Africa or at another preferred location worldwide. Bilginç IT Academy trainers can travel to your selected location to deliver the dedicated training program.
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MySQL for Database Administrators Training Course in South Africa Schedule

Join our public live virtual trainings remotely from South Africa. Private group trainings can also be organized at your preferred location in South Africa, around your schedule.

For corporate groups, we can organize this training as an on-site private group.
15 October 2026 (5 Days)
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria
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