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You're reading from PostgreSQL 11 Administration Cookbook Over 175 recipes for database administrators to manage enterprise databases

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789537581

Length 600 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

PostgreSQL

Concepts

Databases

Authors (3):

Gianni Ciolli

Sudheer Kumar Meesala

Simon Riggs

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. First Steps FREE CHAPTER

2. Exploring the Database

3. Configuration

4. Server Control

5. Tables and Data

6. Security

7. Database Administration

8. Monitoring and Diagnosis

9. Regular Maintenance

10. Performance and Concurrency

11. Backup and Recovery

12. Replication and Upgrades

13. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Investigating and reporting a bug

When you find out that PostgreSQL is not doing what it should, then it's time to investigate.

Getting ready

It is a good idea to make a full copy of your PostgreSQL installation before you start investigating. This will help you restart several times and be sure that you are actually investigating the results of the bug, and not chasing your own tail by looking at changes that were introduced by your last investigation and debugging attempt.

Do not forget to include your tablespaces in the full copy.

How to do it…

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Authors (3)

Simon Riggs

Simon Riggs is the CTO of 2ndQuadrant, having contributed to PostgreSQL as a major developer and committer for 14 years. He has written and designed features for replication, performance, BI, management, and security. Under his guidance, 2ndQuadrant is now a leading developer of open source PostgreSQL, serving hundreds of clients in USA, Europe, and worldwide. Simon is a frequent speaker at many conferences on PostgreSQL Futures. He has worked as a database architect for 30 years.

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GIANNI CIOLLI

Gianni Ciolli is the head of professional services at 2ndQuadrant and has been a PostgreSQL consultant, trainer, and speaker at many PostgreSQL conferences in Europe and abroad over the last 10 years. He has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Florence. He has worked with free and open source software since the 1990s and is active in the community (the Prato Linux User Group and the Italian PostgreSQL Users Group). He lives in London with his son. His other interests include music, drama, poetry, and athletics.

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Meesala

Sudheer Kumar Meesala is a lead architect at Endurance International Group and has spent the last few years designing and building scalable and secure web applications within finance and internet industries. A large part of his job has included decomposing monolithic legacy applications into microservices. This has required a deep understanding of PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and other NoSQL databases. Other key areas of interest are container orchestration, DevOps, and more. He is also an accomplished speaker and trainer. He lives in Bangalore, India, and spends far too much time in traffic jams.

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