You're reading from AWS Certified Database – Specialty (DBS-C01) Certification Guide A comprehensive guide to becoming an AWS Certified Database specialist

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803243108

Length 472 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

IT Certification

Author (1):

Kate Gawron

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to Databases on AWS

2. Chapter 1: AWS Certified Database – Specialty Overview FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Database Fundamentals

4. Chapter 3: Understanding AWS Infrastructure

5. Part 2: Workload-Specific Database Design

6. Chapter 4: Relational Database Service

7. Chapter 5: Amazon Aurora

8. Chapter 6: Amazon DynamoDB

9. Chapter 7: Redshift and DocumentDB

10. Chapter 8: Neptune, Quantum Ledger Database, and Timestream

11. Chapter 9: Amazon ElastiCache

12. Part 3: Deployment and Migration and Database Security

13. Chapter 10: The AWS Schema Conversion Tool and AWS Database Migration Service

14. Chapter 11: Database Task Automation

15. Chapter 12: AWS Database Security

16. Part 4: Monitoring and Optimization

17. Chapter 13: CloudWatch and Logging

18. Chapter 14: Backup and Restore

19. Chapter 15: Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques

20. Part 5: Assessment

21. Chapter 16: Exam Practice

22. Chapter 17: Answers

23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 15: Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques

Being able to quickly identify and resolve common errors on your Amazon Web Services (AWS) database is important both in the workplace to avoid prolonged outages and also during the AWS Certified Database – Specialty exam. The exam will often ask questions about the most likely root cause of a problem or the simplest way to resolve an issue. Understanding the basic troubleshooting steps and knowing some advanced tools that AWS offers to help diagnose faults will help you in the exam.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

Using Trusted Advisor
Troubleshooting techniques
Resolving common errors

Let's start by learning about Trusted Advisor, including how to use it to assist with troubleshooting scenarios and how it can be used to help you correctly configure and use your AWS databases.