Database adminstrator's manual
Database administrator's manual
This manual is intended to describe the
duties of the database administrator. To exercise any of the functions of the
DBA, one must log into the computer using the DBA's account.
The main duties of the database administrator are to:
- restart the database whenever it crashes,
- create periodic backups of the database,
- place submissions for the meta-library into the queue for processing by the
indexers,
- load the processed indexes from the temporary table into permanent storage.