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Course Contents:
1. Greenplum Architecture

Greenplum Master
Greenplum Segments
Greenplum Interconnect

2. Greenplum Concepts, Features and Benefits

3. Redundancy and Failover in Greenplum Database

Segment Mirroring
Master Mirroring

4. Data Distribution in Greenplum

5. Checking for Uneven Data Distribution

6. Database Installation and Configuration

7. Lab Database Installation and Configuration

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8. Access Control and Security

9. Managing Roles and Privileges

Security Best Practices for Roles and Privileges

Creating New Roles (Users)
Altering Role Attributes
Creating Groups (Role Membership)
Managing Object Privileges

10. Configuring Client Authentication

Allowing Connections to Greenplum Database

Editing the pg_hba.conf File
Limiting Concurrent Connections

11. Accessing the Database

Establishing a Database Session

Supported Client Applications
Greenplum Database Client Applications
PgAdmin III for Greenplum Database
Database Application Interfaces
Third-Party Client Tools
Troubleshooting Connection Problems
Lab

12. Managing Workload and Resources

Overview of Greenplum Workload Management

How Resource Queues Work in Greenplum Database
Steps to Enable Workload Management
Configuring Workload Management
Resource Queues

13. Database Administration

Defining Database Objects (databases, schema, table, sequence etc)

Creating and using database so Creating and using schemas
Creating and Using Sequences
Indexes in Greenplum Database

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 Creating and Managing Views

14. Managing Data

Vacuuming the Database

Querying Data
Query Performance
EXPLAIN Output, EXPLAIN ANALYZE Output

15. Partitioning Large Tables

Understanding Table Partitioning in Greenplum Database

Deciding on a Table Partitioning Strategy
Creating Partitioned Tables
Loading Partitioned Tables
Maintaining Partitioned Tables
Lab

16. Greenplum Database Loading Tools Overview

About External Tables

About gpload
About COPY

17. Using the Greenplum Parallel File Server (gpfdist)

18. System Administration

Starting and Stopping Greenplum

Routine admin tasks
Uploading Configuration File Changes Only

19. Configuring Your Greenplum System

About Greenplum Master and Local Parameters

Setting Configuration Parameters
Setting a Local Configuration Parameter
Setting a Master Configuration Parameter

20. Enabling Alerts and Notifications

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21. Checking for Failed Segments

22. Recovering a Failed Segment

23. Recovering a Failed Master

24. Backing up and Restoring Databases

Backup and Restore Operations

25. Expanding a Greenplum System

Lab

26. Monitoring a Greenplum System

Monitoring Database Activity and Performance

Monitoring System State
Enabling System Alerts and Notifications
Checking System State
Checking Disk Space Usage

27. Routine System Maintenance Tasks

Routine Vacuum and Analyze

System Catalog Maintenance

28. Managing Greenplum Database Log Files

29. Performance Tuning

Common Causes of Performance Issues

Identifying Hardware and Segment Failures
Managing Workload
Maintaining Database Statistics

30. Identifying Statistics Problems in Query Plans

31. Tuning Statistics Collection

32. Optimizing Data Distribution

33. Optimizing Your Database Design

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34. Lab

35. GP-development

Functions
Basic shell scripts

36. Investigating a Performance Problem

Checking System State

Checking Database Activity
Checking for Active Sessions (Workload)
Checking for Locks (Contention)
Checking Query Status and System Utilization
Troubleshooting Problem Queries

37. gp_toolkit administration schema

38. System catalog

39. Performance issues and tips

40. Automation scripts for GPDB administration

41. Lab

42. Materials/tools used

1. Training ppts
2. Greenplum admin guide.
3. Greenplum installation guide.
4. Pg admin installer for windows. (Greenplum client for windows)
5. Greenplum community edition.
6. Putty
7. GP connectivity tools.

43. Expected from audience (for Lab)

1. Laptop or desktop with centos installed.

2. Internet.

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