Hello and welcome to “Troubleshooting Databases on Google Cloud Platform”.  My name is Daniel Mease and I’ll be taking you through this course.  I am a trainer at Cloud Academy with over 20 years of software and web development experience.

This course is intended for:

• Database Administrators

• Database Engineers

• Cloud Architects

• Anyone preparing for a Google Cloud certification

By completing this course, you will learn how to:

1. Monitor your databases using dashboards

2. Set up alerts to notify you about any detected issues

3. Track down the root cause by using Logs Explorer

The following prerequisites will be helpful for completing this course:

• Some experience working with databases

• Access to a GCP account

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