The sidebar consists of the following sections:
Server Information: Miscellaneous information about the MySQL server you are connected to, about MySQL Administrator and the machine that it runs on, and about your connection.
Service Control: Start and stop the MySQL server. When the server is running under Windows, you can also configure the Windows service.
Startup Variables: Configure the startup variables for the MySQL server.
Server Connections: View current connections (also called threads) to the MySQL server, and kill threads.
User Administration: Administer existing users, add new users, and delete existing users.
Health: Graphical displays of a number of usage or hitrate values that affect server performance, and a hierarchical view of system and status variables.
Server Logs: View log file entries.
Backup: Plan and administer backup projects, select the databases to be backed up, and start the backup process.
Restore: Restore databases from existing backups.
Replication Status: View information about replication master and slaves servers.
Catalogs: View information about databases, tables, columns, indexes, and rows, and optimize tables.
Each of the above sections is described in detail in the following.
You can widen or lessen the space of the sidebar in the main window by dragging the separator between sidebar and working area. To hide the sidebar completely, click on the marked area in the separator (located in the vertical center of it). To make the sidebar visible again, double-click the marked area (which then forms the left margin of the main window).