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Database Administrator [DBA]

Definition
Centralized control of the database is exerted by a
person or group of persons under the supervision of a high-
level administrator. This person or group is referred to as the
database administrator (DBA). They are the users who are
most familiar with the database and are responsible for
creating, modifying, and maintaining its three levels.
Database Administrator is responsible to manage the
DBMS’s use and ensure that the database is functioning
properly.

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Database Administrator [DBA]
Definition…
DBA administers the three levels of database and
consultation with the overall user community, sets up the
definition of the global view of the various users and
applications and is responsible the definition and
implementation of the internal level, including the storage
structure and access methods to be used for the optimum
performance of the DBMS.
DBA is responsible for granting permission to the users
of the database and stores the profile of each user in the
database.

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Responsibilities of DBA
Deciding the information content of the database

It is the DBA’s job to decide exactly what information is to be


held in the database - in other words, to identify the entities of
interest to the enterprise and to identify the information to be
recorded about those entities. Having done this, the DBA must
then define the content of the database by writing the
conceptual schema.

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Responsibilities of DBA…
Deciding the storage structure and access strategy

The DBA must also decide how the data is to be represented in


the database, and must specify the representation by writing
the storage structure definition. In addition, the associated
mapping between storage structure definition and the
conceptual schema must also be specified.

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Responsibilities of DBA…
Liaising with the users

It is the business of the DBA to liaise with users, to ensure that


the data they require is available, and to write the necessary
external schemas. In addition, the mapping between any given
external schema and the conceptual schema must also be
specified. In practice the external DDL will probably include
the means for specifying the mapping, but the schema and the
mapping should be clearly distinguishable.

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Responsibilities of DBA…
Defining authorization checks and validation procedures

Authorization checks and validation procedures may be


considered as logical extensions of the conceptual schema. The
conceptual DDL will include facilities for specifying such
checks and procedures.

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Responsibilities of DBA…
Defining a strategy for backup and recovery

Once an enterprise is committed to a database, it become


critically dependent on the successful operation of that system.
In the event of damage to any portion of the database – caused
by human error, say, or a failure in the hardware or supporting
operating system – it is essential to be able to repair the data
concerned with a minimum of delay and with as little effect as
possible on the rest of the system.

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Responsibilities of DBA…
Monitoring performance and responsibilities to
changes in requirements

The DBA is responsible for so organizing the system as to get


the performance that is “best for the enterprise” and for making
the appropriate adjustments change. Any change to details of
storage and access must be accompanied by a corresponding
change to the definition of the mapping to storage, so that the
conceptual schema may remain constant.

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