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ACMP 251 TITLE: DATABASE ADMINISTRATION FUNDAMENTALS (3.

0, 30/30)

Course Aim and/or Objective  Understand core Database Administration concepts like, server
configuration and management, database system’s installation, setup and
storage management, relationships, tables, filtering, sorting, and updating
data
 Learn data normalization and all important levels of normalization
Course Description Database Server Architecture: Communication, Data, Administrative and
Application Architectures; Server Security: Login Authentication, Permission
Validation, Database User Accounts and Roles; Database Management
Systems Setup; Database Management Systems Configuration; Creating,
Dropping and Managing a Database, Data Transfer: Transformation Services
and Linked Servers; Full Text Indexing and Web Publishing, Backing up and
Restoring Databases: Backup Types, Backup Devices, Monitoring and
Maintaining a Database Server; Database Replication: Distributed Data,
Replication Types, Physical Replication Models. Transactions and locking;
Security and user management. (Prerequisite: ACMP/COMP 150).
Learning Outcomes This course provides students with the background and tools needed to install
a database software, set up, operate, and manage databases. Upon completion
student will be able to:
 Install, setup and configure a database
 Configure a database server
 Manage database server and resources
 start up and shut down a server and database
 manage database objects
 manage physical and logical storage
 create an operational database
 manage privileges, resources and users
 Manage database storage.

Pre-requisites: Prerequisite: ACMP/COMP 150

General Description of - This course has 60 hrs (30hrs theory and 30hrs practical). It entails
Teaching/Learning Methods simulations.
and Modes of Assessment - Students must do two continuous assessment tests (CATS), a number of
assignment and presentations (if any, not a must). All this should add to
30% of total examination.
- Final examination (end of semester exam) amounts 70% of the total
exams. All add up to 100%.

Teaching - Computer laboratory


facilities/Instructional - Whiteboard Markers and duster
materials/Equipment needed: - Projector/ Smartboard (for easy simulation)
Course Outline Topic 1: Preview of Introduction to Databases
- Preview of prerequisite course (COMP 150)
Topic 2: Database server architecture
- Memory structure
- Logical & Physical storage structures
- Communication (Process)
- Database Administrative and Application Architectures
Topic 3: Server Security
- Login Authentication
- Permission Validation
- Database User Accounts and Roles
Topic 4: Database Management Systems
- DBMS installation and setup
- Configuration
- Database creation
- Dropping a database
Topic 5: Data Transfer
- Transformation Services and Linked Servers
- Full Text Indexing and Web Publishing

Topic 6: Database objects and management


- Tables (creation)
- Space management
- Adding tables
- Normalization
- Managing and Modifying data (insert, select, delete, filter, sort
and update)
- Merge
- Joins
- Subselects
- Subqueries
- Table functions
- Dropping tables
Topic 7: Back up and Restoration Databases
- Backup Types
- Backup Devices
- Monitoring and
- Maintaining a Database Server
Topic 8: Database Replication
- Distributed data
- Replication types
- Physical replication models
- Transactions and locking.
- Lockable objects
- Transaction-level read consistency
- Isolation levels
- Deadlocks
- Latches vs. locks
Topic 9: Monitoring and Maintaining a Database Server
- Objectives of monitoring
- What is to be monitored
- Factors that affect performance
- Registering servers
- Assigning passwords

References Navanthe E, Fundamentals of Database Systems, 4th ed, Pearson,


main reference: Adison Wesly,2003
Other references: Couchman, Jason S, Oracle Certified Professional DBA upgrade,
Osborne, 2001

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