Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance 2650 Implementation Guide

352 Pages·2011·3.08 MB·English

by  Teradata Information Engineering

Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance 2650
Implementation Guide
Release 13.10
B035-1194-100K
September 2011
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Preface
Purpose
This guide describes the minimum tasks required to implement database operations on the
Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance 2650, including:
(cid:129) Configuring the system and its connected clients
(cid:129) Monitoring system hardware health and addressing common problems
(cid:129) Converting existing database table definitions and queries to Teradata SQL
(cid:129) Moving data from an existing database into Teradata Database
(cid:129) Creating Teradata Database users, databases, tables, and other objects
(cid:129) Granting database access privileges, logging access attempts, and auditing security logs
(cid:129) Monitoring and managing database activity, performing periodic maintenance, and using
performance tuning features
Reference information tables appear at the end of many procedures that provide links to
additional capabilities and options.
Audience
This guide is intended for first time users of Teradata Database:
(cid:129) Planners
(cid:129) Administrators
(cid:129) System programmers
Supported Software Release
This book supports Teradata® Database 13.10.
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Changes to This Guide
Changes to This Guide
This guide includes the following changes to support the current release:
Release Description
Teradata Database 13.10 (cid:129) Added information about the Teradata Virtual Management
Server (VMS) to Chapters 2 and 3.
September 2011
(cid:129) Added a new procedure for configuring an alert subscription for
SNMP traps on SMWeb 9.x or later in Chapter 3.
Teradata Database 13.10 Initial release
February 2011
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References to Linux and Windows
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(cid:129) The Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance 2650 runs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10,
which is referred to in the text as “Linux.”
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Table of Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Supported Software Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Changes to This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
References to Linux and Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Chapter 1: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Organization of This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Database Implementation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 2: System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Example Cabinet Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cabinet Component Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System Scalability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Customer Network and Mainframe Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Hardware Data Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Teradata Database Software Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parallel Database Extensions (PDE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Teradata Database Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 3: Setting Up System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Required Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SMWeb Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Task 1: Setting Up a Workstation for Use with SMWeb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Procedure 1a: Setting Up an Internet Explorer Browser on a Windows Workstation . . .44
Procedure 1b: Setting Up a Firefox Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Procedure 2: Setting Up Software on a Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Task 2: Access the SMWeb Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Procedure 1a: Navigating to the SMWeb Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Procedure 1b: Navigating to the SMWeb Home Page from a Non-SOV CMIC. . . . . . . .46
Task 3: Setting Up User Access to SMWeb Applications and Web Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Procedure: Adding a User, Enhanced User, or Service User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Task 4: Setting Up Server Management Command Line Interface Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Procedure 1a: Setting Up SMWeb CLI Utilities on a Windows Workstation . . . . . . . . . .48
Procedure 1b: Setting Up SMWeb CLI Utilities on a Linux Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Task 5: Setting Up an Alert Subscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
SNMP Trap Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Procedure 1a: Creating an Alert Subscription for SNMP Traps (SMWeb 7.x) . . . . . . . . .50
Procedure 1b: Creating an Alert Subscription for SNMP Traps (SMWeb 9.x or later) . .51
Procedure 2: Retrieving the SNMP Trap Definition (MIB File) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
SNMP Trap Definitions in the SMAlertingMIB.txt File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Task 6: Setting Up SMClient Default Views Used to Monitor the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Procedure: Setting Up SMClient Default Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
SMClient Default Views Used to Monitor the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Task 7: Monitor System Health Using SMClient. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Procedure 1: Monitoring the Alert Viewer for System Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Procedure 2: Determining When to Take Action to Fix a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Task 8: Take Action to Fix a Problem with a Customer-Replaceable Component . . . . . . . . .65
Procedure 1: Taking Action to Fix the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Procedure 2: Opening a Maintenance Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Procedure 3: Closing a Maintenance Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Procedure 4: Determining Whether Your Action Solved the Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Task 9: Opening an Incident Using Teradata@YourService . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
When to Open an Incident. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Procedure 1: Gathering Needed Supporting Information for an Incident. . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Procedure 2: Opening Incidents Through Teradata@YourService . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Chapter 4: Setting Up Teradata Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Required Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Client Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
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Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Task 1: Reviewing Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Standard Client Software Bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Optional Client Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Client Software Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Task 2: Installing Microsoft .NET Framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Task 3: Installing Teradata Tools and Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Task 4: Downloading and Installing Latest Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Procedure 1: Downloading the Latest Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Procedure 2: Installing the Latest Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Task 5: Downloading the Windows Help Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Task 6: Configuring Network Name Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Task 7: Creating Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Task 8: Creating ODBC Data Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Procedure 1: Setting up a Teradata Data Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Procedure 2: [Optional] Setting up an External ODBC Data Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Task 9: Restarting the Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Task 10: Setting Up Teradata Clients to Access Teradata Viewpoint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Prerequisites for Setting up Teradata Viewpoint on Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Requirements for Viewpoint Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Chapter 5: Setting up Administrative Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Required Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Task 1: Preparing for Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Procedure 1: Set up Teradata Administrator GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Procedure 2: Setting the Data Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Setting Global Default Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Procedure 3: Enabling Lock Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Procedure 4: Changing the PasswordExpire Parameter and Restart the Database . . . . . 89
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Task 2: Assigning Space for System-Level Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Database Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
System-Generated Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Procedure 1: Creating the Spool Space Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Procedure 2: Assigning Perm Space to Crashdumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Task 3: Setting Up the Database Administrator User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Procedure 1: Creating the DBADM Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Procedure 2: Creating User DBADMIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Procedure 3: Granting Database Privileges to User DBADMIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Task 4: Setting Up Database Administrator Access to Teradata Viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Chapter 6: Creating Databases, Tables, and Views . . . . . . . . . . .107
Task 1: Creating Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Procedure 1: Creating the Tables Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Procedure 2: Creating the Views Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Task 2: Creating Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Procedure 1: Converting Existing Tables to Teradata Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Procedure 2: Starting the Basic Teradata Query Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Procedure 3: Creating Tables in Teradata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Procedure 4: Choosing a Primary Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Task 3: Creating Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Task 4: Using Scripts to Create Database Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Chapter 7: Migrating SQL to Teradata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Task 1: Converting Data Types to Teradata Data Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
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