Maatkit
mk-query-digest Tips – Showing all hosts & users
The Maatkit tools provide a suite of additional MySQL commands. There is one command I use constantly and that is mk-query-digest. Unfortunately the documentation does leave a lot to be desired for usability.
Read moretcpdump errors on FreeBSD for mk-query-digest
While I use this tcpdump command for MySQL query analysis with mk-query-digest , I found recently that it didn’t work on FreeBSD $ tcpdump -i bge0 port 3306 -s 65535 -x -n -q -tttt -c 5 tcpdump: syntax error It left me perplexed and reading the man page seemed to indicate my options were valid.
Read moreMySQL Permissions – Restarting MySQL
I am working with a client that is using managed hosting on dedicated servers. This has presented new challenges in obtaining the right permissions to undertake MySQL tasks but not have either ‘root’ or ‘mysql’ access and not have to involve a third party everytime.
Read moreUnknown locale for statpack & maatkit
I had trouble today on a client site using my MySQL power tools Maatkit and Statpack . $ ~/scripts/statpack.py --files=mysql.status.091015.080001.txt,mysql.status.091015.090001.txt Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/rbradfor/scripts/statpack.py", line 563, in ?
Read moreTake a look at mk-query-digest
Q: What SQL is running on your MySQL database server now? A: The bane of pain for MySQL DBA’s when there is no official MySQL instrumentation that is dynamic and fine grained sufficiently to solve this problem at the SQL interface.
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