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A database administrator (DBA) manages computer databases. [1] The role may include capacity planning , installation , configuration , database design , migration , performance monitoring, security , troubleshooting , as well as backup and data recovery .
The intention of DBA automation is to enable DBAs to focus on more proactive activities around database architecture, deployment, performance and service level management. Every database requires a database owner account that can perform all schema management operations.
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Toad is a database management toolset from Quest Software for managing relational and non-relational databases using SQL aimed at database developers, database administrators, and data analysts. The Toad toolset runs against Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2 (LUW & z/OS), SAP and MySQL. A Toad product for data preparation supports many data platforms.
The DBA allocates a fixed number of pages in a file for each area. The DBA then defines which records are to be stored in each area, and details of how they are to be stored. IDMS intersperses special space-allocation pages throughout the database. These pages are used to keep track of the free space available in each page in the database.
The Database Administrator (DBA) should be able to change the database storage structures without affecting the users’ views. The internal structure of the database should be unaffected by changes to the physical aspects of the storage: For example, a changeover to a new disk. The three levels are:
ASM aims to simplify the management of database datafiles, control files and log files. To do so, it provides tools to manage file systems and volumes directly inside the database, allowing database administrators (DBAs) to control volumes and disks with familiar SQL statements in standard Oracle environments.
Formally, a "database" refers to a set of related data accessed through the use of a "database management system" (DBMS), which is an integrated set of computer software that allows users to interact with one or more databases and provides access to all of the data contained in the database (although restrictions may exist that limit access to particular data).