1. A Brief Documentation

2.  Provides basic information about connection, server, and client.

3. Information about the parameters used to connect to the MySQL server. ◦ Username: Username used for the current connection to the MySQL server. ◦ Hostname: The name of the machine hosting the MySQL server. This is either identical to the name listed in Network Name, or it islocalhost. ◦ Port: The port used for connecting to the MySQL server.

4. Information about the MySQL server and its host. ◦ MySQL Version: The version of the MySQL server. ◦ Network Name: The name of the machine hosting the MySQL server. ◦ IP: The IP number of the MySQL server host.

5. Information about MySQL Administrator and the host client. ◦ Version: The version of MySQL Administrator, and the version number of the MySQL client/server protocol. ◦ Network name: The name of the host where MySQL Administrator runs. ◦ IP: The IP number of the MySQL Administrator host. ◦ Operating System: Information about the operating system on which MySQL Administrator runs. ◦ Hardware: Information about the hardware on which MySQL Administrator runs.

6.  This section shows how to start and stop the MySQL server you are connected to. Currently, this is only possible if the server is running on the same machine that hosts MySQL Administrator. You cannot start and stop MySQL servers on remote machines. Tabs: Start and Stop Service, Configure Service

7.  This section allows you to set variables that the MySQL server reads on startup. These variables are stored in the option file of the server.

8.  This section shows how to administer existing users, add new users, and delete existing users. Tabs: User Accounts, User Information, Schema Privileges, Table Column Privileges, Resources

9.  This section allows you to view and manage the current connections to the server (also called threads). Tabs: Threads, User Connections

10.  This section of MySQL Administrator shows you how to graphically monitor the real- time status of your MySQL server Tabs: Connection Health, Memory Health, Creating Custom Health Graphs, Status Variables, System Variables

11.  The Server Logs section provides easy access to the various log files generated by the MySQL server. You can access the server's error log, slow query log, and general log using this section. Tabs: Error Log, Slow Log, General Log

12.  The Replication Status sections give you a visual overview of your MySQL replication master and slaves. The server status icons beside each machine tells you which slave machines are connected to the master and which ones are offline. Section: Configuring Replication Servers

13.  This section shows you how to create backup projects and to perform backups. This section will produce backup files that are plain text and composed of multiple SQL statements that can be executed to restore your database, similar to the output generated by the mysqldump utility. Tabs: Backup Project, Advance Options, Schedule

14.  The Restore section helps with disaster recover by helping you restore backup files created using MySQL Administrator. Tabs: General, Restore Content

15.  This section deals with viewing catalogs, schemata, tables and their properties, creating databases, and performing a number of operations on tables. Tabs: Schema Tables, Schema Indexes