Developers have all been in that scenario where there is no DBA available and something needs looking into. It can’t be that hard is the cry from management, and so we find ourselves poking around on an unfamiliar system with just the Knowledge Base for company.
This talk aims to give you, the developer, a brief overview of how to get started doing DBA tasks. We’ll look at how to discover what databases and other services are running, how to stop and start them, how to apply database changes, monitor things like backups and After Imaging. We’ll look at how the database structure works, where to find everything on disk, etc.
We will also look at things like making sure your database has the latest meta schema, has After Imaging enabled and managed, has a viable backup plan, etc.
If you’re a developer who wants to start looking at how things work under the covers, or a junior DBA then this talk is for you.Developers have all been in that scenario where there is no DBA available and something needs looking into. It can’t be that hard is the cry from management, and so we find ourselves poking around on an unfamiliar system with just the Knowledge Base for company.
This talk aims to give you, the developer, a brief overview of how to get started doing DBA tasks. We’ll look at how to discover what databases and other services are running, how to stop and start them, how to apply database changes, monitor things like backups and After Imaging. We’ll look at how the database structure works, where to find everything on disk, etc.
We will also look at things like making sure your database has the latest meta schema, has After Imaging enabled and managed, has a viable backup plan, etc.
If you’re a developer who wants to start looking at how things work under the covers, or a junior DBA then this talk is for you
