Step 2: Developing or Maintaining Databases

Managing Databases

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
3. Click in the upper left corner, and under Databases, click Data Admin Service.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Development Tool.

   You can also click Go to Development Tool on the overview page.

5. Choose RDS and MySQL from the drop-down lists in the upper right corner.
6. Locate the MySQL DB instance you want to log in to and click Log In in the Operation column.
   Figure 1 Logging in to a database
   

7. On the top menu bar, click Database Management and click Change to select a database you want to operate.
   Figure 2 Database management
   

8. Click the Objects tab to view objects such as tables, views, stored procedures, events, triggers, and functions.
   Figure 3 Objects
   

   For more operations, see Managing MySQL Databases.

Database O&M

Intelligent O&M is available for paid and free instances. Paid instances can enjoy more value-added functions. For details about how to set an instance as paid, see Setting an Instance as Paid.

The following describes how to use Intelligent O&M to view performance trend of an RDS for MySQL instance. For details, see Intelligent O&M

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and project.
3. Click in the upper left corner, and under Databases, click Data Admin Service.
4. In the navigation pane, choose Intelligent O&M > Instance List.

   Alternatively, on the Overview page, click Go to Intelligent O&M.

5. In the upper right corner of the Instance List page, search for instances by engine type, instance name, or instance IP.
   Figure 4 Searching for instances
   

6. Locate the box containing your target instance and click Details.
7. On the Performance tab page, perform the following operations:
   • Enable monitoring by seconds.
     To improve the instantaneous accuracy of monitoring metrics, you can click Enable Monitoring by Seconds. In the displayed dialog box, toggle on Monitoring by Seconds, specify the interval, and click OK.

     Figure 5 Enabling monitoring by seconds
     
   • View the trends in metrics in the same time range on different days.

     Select Compare by Date, set the comparison dates and a time range and click View Details to view trends in the instance metrics in the same time range on different days.

     You can move the cursor to a point in time of the chart to view the metric at the time point on different days.

     Figure 6 Performance comparison
     
   • View real-time performance metrics of the instance.

     You can deselect Compare by Date, set a time range or select Last 5 minutes, Last 10 minutes, or Last 30 minutes, and click View Details to view real-time performance metrics of the instance.

     You can place the pointer over a time point in the trend chart to view the metric at this time point.

     Figure 7 Viewing performance metrics