MySQL Administrator

1 MySQL AdministratorMySQL AdministratorAbstractThis is the MySQL Administrator Administrator has reached EOL. See theEOL notice. Please upgrade toMySQL generated on: 2010-02-04 (revision: 18947)Copyright 2004-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this documentation is subject to the following terms: You may create a printedcopy of this documentation solely for your own personal use. Conversion to other formats is allowed as long as the actual content is not altered oredited in any way. You shall not publish or distribute this documentation in any form or on any media, except if you distribute the documentation ina manner similar to how Sun disseminates it (that is, electronically for download on a Web site with the software) or on a CD-ROM or similar me-dium, provided however that the documentation is disseminated together with the software on the same medium.

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3 12. Introduction to MySQL Administrator .. 23. Installation .. Introduction .. Installing Under Windows .. Using the Windows Installer .. Installing From the ZIP File .. Installing Under Linux .. Installing the Generic Tarball .. RPM Installation .. Installing Under Mac OS X .. 54. Removing MySQL GUI Tools .. Uninstall Windows .. Uninstall Linux .. Uninstall Mac OS X .. 65. Upgrading MySQL GUI Tools .. Upgrading Windows .. Upgrading Linux .. Tarball Upgrade .. RPM Upgrade .. Upgrading Mac OS X .. 76. Running MySQL GUI Tools .. Running Under Windows .. Running Under Linux .. Running On Mac OS X .. 97. Connection Dialog .. Advanced Options .. Configure-service Mode .. 118. Main Window .. Introduction .. Sidebar .. Working Area .. Menus .. File .. Edit .. View .. Tools .. Help .. 169. Server Information.

4 1710. Service Control .. Introduction .. Start/Stop Service .. Configure Service .. 1811. Startup Variables .. Introduction .. 2012. Server Connections .. Introduction .. Threads .. User Connections .. 2113. User Administration .. Introduction .. User Accounts .. User Information .. Global Privileges .. Schema Privileges .. Table Column Privileges .. Resources .. 2614. Health .. Introduction .. Connection Health .. Memory Health .. Creating Custom Health Graphs .. Status Variables .. System Variables .. 30iv15. Server Logs .. Introduction .. Error Log .. Slow Log .. General Log .. 3216. Backup .. Introduction .. Backup Project .. Advanced Options .. Backup Execution Method .. Output File Options .. Schedule .. 3417. Restore .. Introduction .. The General Tab .. Restore Content .. 3518. Replication Status.

5 Introduction .. Configuring Replication Servers .. Using the Replication Status Section .. 3719. Catalogs .. Introduction .. Schema Tables .. Table Status .. Row Status .. Schema Indexes .. 4020. The MySQL Table Editor .. Introduction .. The Main Editor Window .. The Columns And Indices Tab .. The Column Editor .. The Detail Area .. The Table Options Tab .. The Advanced Options Tab .. The Various Section .. The Row Options Section .. The Storage Options Section .. The Merge Table Options Section .. The Table RAID Settings Section .. Applying Your Changes .. 4521. Options Dialog .. Introduction .. Administrator .. User Administration .. Health Graphs .. Backup .. General Options .. Connections .. SSL Connections .. Editors .. 51A. The MySQL System Tray Monitor .. 52B. Installing From Source .. Introduction.

6 Downloading The Source Code .. Building from Source under Windows .. Prerequisites .. Compiling and Building .. Building from Source under Linux .. Prerequisites .. Compiling and Building .. Building Static Binaries .. Building RPMs .. 56C. Troubleshooting Application Errors .. Troubleshooting Connection Errors .. Troubleshooting Display Problems .. 58D. How Connections Are Stored .. 59E. XML Files Common to the MySQL GUI Applications .. 60F. XML Files Used by MySQL Administrator .. 61G. Notes for Translators .. 63H. Third-party Software Used by the MySQL GUI Tools .. 64 MySQL PCRE Library .. PNG Support .. 64 MySQL AdministratorviList of Connection Dialog .. Switching to Configure-Service Mode .. Configure-Service Mode .. MySQL Administrator Main Window .. Marked Area Between Sidebar and Working Area .. User Accounts .. User Information Tab.

7 The Graph Settings Dialog .. Displaying Entries from the Middle of the General Log .. The Restore Content Tab .. The Replication Status Section .. The MySQL Table Editor .. The Column Editor .. The Index Editor .. The Confirm Table Edit Dialog .. Options Dialog .. Options Dialog: Connections .. Options Dialog: Advanced Parameters .. The MySQL System Tray Monitor .. Error Message Dialog .. 58viiList of Required Components .. Requirements for MySQL Query Browser .. 55viiiChapter 1. MySQL EnterpriseA MySQL Enterprise subscription is the most comprehensive offering of MySQL database software, services and support; it en-sures that your business achieves the highest levels of reliability, security, and Enterprise Subscription MySQL Enterprise Server the most reliable, secure, and up-to-date version of the world s most popular open MySQL Enterprise Monitor An automated virtual DBA assistant that monitors all your MySQL Servers around-the-clock, identifies exceptions to MySQL best practices, and provides expert advice on fixing any problems Production Support Technical and consultative support when you need it, along with regularly scheduled servicepacks, hot-fixes, and moreFor more information, visit 2.

8 Introduction to MySQL AdministratorMySQL Administrator is a program for performing administrative operations, such as configuring, monitoring and starting andstopping a MySQL server, managing users and connections, performing backups, and a number of other administrative tasks can be performed using a command-line client such asmysqladmin, ormysql, but MySQL Administrator has thefollowing advantages: Its graphical user interface makes it more intuitive. It provides a better overview of the settings that are crucial for the performance, reliability, and security of your MySQL serv-ers. It displays performance indicators graphically, thus making it easier to determine and tune server Administrator is designed to work with MySQL versions and Administrator is, to a large extent, the result of feedback received from many users over a period of several , if you find it's lacking some feature important to you, or if you discover a bug, please use ourMySQL Bug Systemto re-quest features or report 3.

9 IntroductionMySQL GUI Tools run on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can find MySQL GUI Tools for the operating system of yourchoice on theMySQL GUI Tools MySQL Migration Toolkit requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The minimum version supported is update Installing Under WindowsMySQL GUI Tools run on recent 32-bit Windows NT based operating systems, including Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and don't run on Windows NT 4 and Using the Windows InstallerMySQL GUI Tools can be installed on all Windows operating systems using the Windows Installer (.msi) installation MSI package is contained within a ZIP archive , whereversionin-dicates the MySQL GUI Tools Microsoft Windows Installer Engine was updated with the release of Windows XP; those using a previous version of Windowscan referencethis Microsoft Knowledge Base articlefor information on upgrading to the latest version of the Windows addition, Microsoft has recently introduced the WiX (Windows Installer XML) toolkit.

10 This is the first highly acknowledgedOpen Source project from Microsoft. We have switched to WiX because it is an Open Source project and it allows us to handle thecomplete Windows installation process in a flexible manner using the MySQL Installation Wizard depends on the support and feedback of users like you. If you find that the MySQL In-stallation Wizard is lacking some feature important to you, or if you discover a bug, please report it in our bugs database using theinstructions given inHow to Report Bugs or install MySQL GUI Tools, right click on the MSI file and MySQL GUI Tools on Windows Vista requires administrative theSetup Typewindow you may choose acompleteorcustominstallation. If you do not wish to install all of theMySQL GUI Tools choose the custom option. Custom installation also gives you the option of installing support for languages oth-er than English. MySQL GUI Tools supports, German, Greek, Japanese, Polish, and Brazilian you choose otherwise, MySQL GUI Tools are installed inC:\%PROGRAMFILES%\ MySQL \ MySQL Tools forver-sion\, where%PROGRAMFILES%is the default directory for programs on your machine andversionis the version number ofMySQL GUI Tools.