# Introduction

The **DMK** (**D**atabase **M**anagement **K**it) offers to database administrators an efficient way to manage databases. It’s a platform independent and standardized collection of scripts for Linux/Unix.

## Document convention

<table><thead><tr><th width="223">Item</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="26a0">⚠️</span></td><td>This icon informs of a warning (i. e.: disclaimer, restriction...).</td></tr><tr><td><span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="2139">ℹ️</span></td><td>This icons stands for a tip.</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://1648827094-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNkFTMxEkRyDO1dsQ1qR3%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-0e9a9ece1dbc36383b18da83d66dd5eb632a4363%2Fimage.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>This icons stands for a cross platform action.</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://1648827094-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNkFTMxEkRyDO1dsQ1qR3%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ecabbff3af355759a9462ba2f26345755195c0f2%2Fimage.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>This icons stands for a Microsoft Windows action.</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://1648827094-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNkFTMxEkRyDO1dsQ1qR3%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e73ef37ed7e1f831b1dd8adaf7f6e665a6c59537%2Fimage.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>This icons stands for a Linux/Unix action.</td></tr><tr><td><code>echo Hello World!</code></td><td>This style stands for a command or a script.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Software Overview

The software is composed of an archive for Linux/Unix systems.

No differentiation is made between 32bit and 64bit architectures.

## Support

In case you encounter a bug, we strongly recommend enabling the DEBUG mode before to raise a bug.

Enable debug as follows: <img src="https://1648827094-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNkFTMxEkRyDO1dsQ1qR3%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e73ef37ed7e1f831b1dd8adaf7f6e665a6c59537%2Fimage.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

{% code overflow="wrap" fullWidth="false" %}

```
😃mysql@rocky1:/home/mysql/[mysqld1]export DEBUG=1
😃mysql@rocky1:/home/mysql/[mysqld1]ser
2022-10-31_12:36:59::dmk-run.sh::/u01/app/mysql/local/dmk/bin/dmk-run.sh ::DEBUG ==> Starts the Perl program : /usr/bin/perl /u01/app/mysql/local/dmk/bin/dmk-run.pl --all
```

{% endcode %}

:information\_source:In case you have questions, want to raise a request, bug or any for any other purpose contact the **Support Team** at the following mail address:

[**dmk.support@dbi-services.com**](mailto:dmk.support@dbi-services.com)

A detailed Operating System Support Matrix is available at the end of this document in chapter [appendix](https://dbi-services.gitbook.io/dmk-mysql-manual/help/appendix "mention").

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