Course File - Course Specifications
Spring 2018
Department of Information Technology
Printed as of: Tuesday December 19 1
Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
The objective of this course is to explore a variety of topics in Database Administration. Using hands-on training, students will learn about installation, configuration, administration, performance, security, backup and recovery, and enterprise services of databases. Additional topics include an introduction to DBMS, schemas objects, partitioned tables and indexes, built in data types, backup and recovery, enterprise tools, services and connectivity, locking, and concurrency.
Catalog Description
Meet 50 minutes 3 times/week or 80 minutes 2 times/week Lab/Tutorial 90 minutes 1 times/week
Class Schedule
9780201741292
Textbook
0201741296 Craig Mullins, , "Database Administration", Addison-Wesley Professional;(2002)
ISBN-13 ISBN-10
Database Administration CPIT-345
Department Required Prerequisite: CPIT-240
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Graded Lab Work 10 Group Project Formal Presentation Exam
Assessment
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Identify the roles and tasks associated with a DBA. (k) Create an environment for production database using appropriate DBMS, Architecture and Hardware components. (k)
Examine storage and space management and various storage techniques. (k)
Design metadata for the requirement classifications using data gathering technologies. (c)
Examine database connectivity techniques. (k)
Apply database security in user level, object level and access level using privileges, auditing and job scheduling. (k)
Apply various backup copies and apply various recovery techniques. (c)
Implement an alternative replica of production database using standby databases and or mirroring. (c)
Design remote environment prepared for disaster management. (b)
Evaluate database performance using various performances monitoring and tuning tools. (b)
Evaluate system configuration with OS, allied agents, memory conception and system catalog. (c)
Analyze data movement using load, export and bulk data movement techniques. (k)
Develop distributed database environment to balance data distribution. (c)
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)
By completion of the course the students should be able to a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 3 ( Theory: 3, Lab: 0, Practical: 1)
Last Articulated
December 18, 2017
Dr. Suhair Alshehri, Associate Professor
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CPIT-345 Syllabus
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Course File - Course Specifications
Spring 2018
Department of Information Technology
Printed as of: Tuesday December 19 2
Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
What is a DBA
Creating database environment Data & Storage Management Metadata Management Database Connectivity Database Security
Database Backup and Recovery Disaster Planning
Performance Management System Performance
Data Movement and Distribution
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CPIT-345 Syllabus
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