Sybase ASE 16.

x : System and Database Administration

Duration : 6 Days

Day 1
1. Introducing Adaptive Server
Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.x
Adaptive Server Databases
System Administrator Responsibilities
2. Installing Servers
Loading ASE Software
Installing Adaptive Server
ASE Directory Structure
Starting and Stopping Servers
3. Establishing Connectivity
The interfaces file
The Windows sql.ini file
Maintaining the interfaces files
Introduction to LDAP directory services
Lab : Connecting to Database. Trouble Shooting tips for connectivity. Using
databases
4. Configuring Server Behavior
The Configuration Values
Viewing Configuration values
Modifying Configuration values
Multiple Configuration files
Lab : Working with Database configuration Parameters

Day 2
5. Configuring Memory
Components of Memory
Allocation of Memory
Major uses of Memory
Estimating Initial Configuration Values
6. Initializing and Using Devices
Creating and Dropping Devices
Default Devices
Mirroring Devices
7. Creating and Using Databases
Sizing and Creating Databases

Setting Ownership and options

Expanding Databases
Lab : Create database, Drop database ,Start database, Stop database
8. Suggested Disk Resource Strategies
Resource Allocation for System Databases
Resource Allocation for User Databases
Monitoring Space Usage
Lab : Adding/Modify Devices (data files) in Databases
9. Auto Expansion
Overview of Auto Database Expansion
Installing Auto Expansion
Managing Auto Expansion using sp_dbextend

Day 3
10. Managing tempdb
Review of System tempdb
Installing multiple tempdbs
Binding to a tempdb
Managing tempdbs - Precedence
Troubleshooting and Recommendations
11. Administering System Roles and Logins
Overview of Access
System Roles
Logins
Proxy Authorization
12. Managing Database Access and Users
Database Owners
Database Users
Object Creation Permissions
Lab : Create user, Drop user ,Manage user permissions
13. Implementing Object Permissions, Groups and Roles
Object Permissions
Groups
Overview of User-defined Roles
Implementing User-defined Roles

Day 4
14. Using Bulk Copy Utility

Copying Definitions
Bulk Copy Overview
Bulk Copy Syntax
15. Overview of Automatic Recovery
Overview of Automatic Recovery
Recording Modifications
Recovering Modifications after a Shutdown
Checkpoints
Recovery Order
16. Checking and Fixing Database Consistency
Overview of dbcc Command
Checking Page Linage
Checking Page Allocation
Setting up the dbccdb Database
Using dbcc checkstorage
17. Planning for Backups
Backup Basics
Backup Server
Truncating the Transaction Log
Developing a Backup Plan

Day 5
18. Performing a Backup
Making Backup Servers known to Adaptive Server
Dumping Databases
Loading Databases
Dumping Transaction Logs
Loading Transaction Logs
Lab : Adhoc Database backup - FULL, Adhoc Database backup - Users, Taking
dump of the database, backup logs
19. Practicing Advanced Backup Techniques
Thresholds
Transaction Log Recovery
Database Recovery
Rebuilding the master Database
Lab : Restore backups into database, Restore database - full, Database
Reload(refresh),
20. Sybase Control Center
Sybase Central Defined
Using Sybase Central

Administration Tasks
Job Scheduler
Interactive SQL

Day 6
21. Monitoring the System
Monitoring Errors
Monitoring Processes
Monitoring System Performance
Lab : Applying Patches, patchset, Database upgrade
22. Replication
Replication concept, architecture
Install/configure replication
MSA Multi-Site Availability replication
Replication Server RSSD
Replication administration
Monitor replication
Rebuild replication
23. Performance Tuning and Optimization
Optimizing the Server
Optimizing the Database
Optimizing the Operating System
Optimizing Queries
Server Configuration Parameters