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Exasol Administration Essentials

About This Course

We discuss Exasol Administration topics that are not platform specific here.

The course covers the following topics:

  • Exasol Cluster Architecture
  • Manage EXAStorage volumes
  • Manage Exasol Databases
  • Rights Management
  • Backup
  • Restore
  • Upgrade

The course contains videos, quizzes and many hands-on exercises. These can be done with an Exasol Community Edition. We recommend that you attend the Exasol Essentials course before this course. There we explain (among many other things) how to install the Community Edition.

Who is this training for

This course has been designed for Administrators in charge of an Exasol Database. Also Developers and other people in technical roles may benefit from it.

Course Details

  • Exacademy courses are self-paced
  • You can start and continue the course whenever you want
  • This course contains videos and hands-on exercises
  • There are no deadlines for the hands-on exercises
  • It takes about 5-8 hours to do this course, depending on your level of preparation.
  • The videos and hands-on exercises are a preparation for the certification Exasol Certified Professional Administrator.

Course Staff

Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey

Michael is a Technical Trainer and Course Developer for Exasol.

Uwe Hesse

Uwe Hesse

Uwe works as Training Coordinator, Course Developer and Instructor for Exasol. He is also in charge for Exasol's Certification programme.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the cost of the course?

All Exacademy courses are free-of-charge. Certification exams are charged with 150 EUR incl. VAT per attempt. One free exam attempt is granted per course if you complete 70% of the hands-on exercises.

How does the certification process work?

After completing the online training, you have the option to do a certification exam. The exam consists of 30 multiple-choice questions and you need to achieve at least 75% to pass and receive a certificate.

Will I be able to get help?

Each course has a Discussion Forum, where you can put your course related questions. Exasol staff monitors these.

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