As an administrator of a database, you must periodically carry out a number of administration tasks. In addition to these, you may need to carry out further administration after specific system events have occurred.
Some of these administration tasks can be automated using special automating functions, others can be planned with the scheduler, triggered by events or triggers, or planned with the DBA Planning Calendar.
Automatic extension of the data area (database size)
More information:
Database Studio, Activating or Deactivating Automatic Extension of the Data Area
Database Manager CLI, auto_extend
Automatic Log Backup
More information:
Database Studio, Activating or Deactivating Automatic Log Backup
Database Manager CLI, autolog_on
Database Administration in CCMS, Activating Automatic Log Backup
Automatic update of the SQL optimizer statistics
More information:
Database Studio, Updating SQL Optimizer Statistics
Database Manager CLI, auto_update_statistics
Database Administration in CCMS, Scheduling Updates of the SQL Optimizer Statistics
You can use the scheduler to schedule DBM commands to be executed in a database at specified times. For that purpose, you log on to the database and create a job in the scheduler for every DBM command to be executed. You must activate the scheduler for jobs to be executed.
The scheduler uses a separate DBM server process for the connection to the database. Therefore, the scheduler remains active when you stop the database.
More information: Database Manager CLI, Using the Scheduler Function
You can define that database events are triggered under specified circumstances, and that certain actions are carried out in response to these events, for example sending an e-mail, executing a DBM command or a executing a command from another program.
More information:
Glossary, Event
Database Manager CLI, Using Database Events
Database Manager CLI Tutorial,
You can use database triggers to trigger actions in the database following certain data changes or a restart.
More information: SQL Reference Manual, Trigger Name (trigger_name)
In SAP systems, you can plan periodic administration tasks with the DBA Planning Calendar.
More information: Database Administration in CCMS, DBA Planning Calendar