Maintaining and Administering the latest version of SQL Server
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with product knowledge and skills needed to maintain a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2008 product features and tools related to maintaining a database.
Prerequisites:
Before attending this course, students must have:
Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system and its core functionality
Working knowledge of Transact-SQL
Working knowledge of relational databases
Some experience with database design
Core Windows Server Skills
In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:
Audience:
This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases.
This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases.
Topics Covered:
Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2008
Managing Databases and Files
Managing Security
Disaster Recovery
Monitoring SQL Server
Transferring Data
Automating Administrative Tasks
Maintaining High Availability
Implementing Replication
Troubleshooting and Tuning Performance
At Course Completion:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Install and configure SQL Server 2008
Manage database files
Backup and restore databases
Manage security
Transfer data into and out of SQL Server
Automate administrative tasks
Replicate data between SQL Server instances
Maintain high availability
Monitor SQL Server
Course Outline:
Module 1: Installing and Configuring SQL Server
The students will be introduced to planning for a SQL Server installation. The students will then be introduced to installing, configuring, and managing SQL Server.
Lessons
Preparing to Install SQL Server
Installing SQL Server
Configuring a SQL Server Installation
Lab 1: Installing and Configuring SQL Server
Exercise 1: Installing SQL Server
Exercise 2: Configuring SQL Server
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Explain how to prepare the hardware and other resources necessary to install SQL Server.
Install SQL Server.
Manage and configure SQL Server.
Module 2: Managing Databases and Files
The students will introduced to database planning and creation, and using database options to control database behavior.
Lessons
Planning Databases
Creating Databases
Using Policy-based Management
Lab 2: Managing Databases and Files
Exercise 1: Creating a database
Exercise 2: Monitoring and Managing Filegroup Usage
Exercise 3: Creating a Policy
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan a database implementation that meets an organization's requirement.
Create a SQL Server database.
Manage a SQL Server database.
Module 3: Disaster Recovery
The students will be introduced to disaster recovery techniques for SQL Server. They will learn how to perform different types of backup and restore operations, including online restores and backup and restores of system databases.
Lessons
Planning a Backup Strategy
Backing Up User Databases
Restoring User Databases
Performing Online Restore Operations
Recovering Data from Database Snapshots
System Databases and Disaster Recovery
Lab 3: Disaster Recovery
Exercise 1: Designing a Backup Strategy
Exercise 2: Implementing a Backup Strategy
Exercise 3: Restoring and Recovering a Database
Exercise 4: Performing Piecemeal Backup and Restore Operations
Exercise 5: Restoring the Master Database
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan a backup strategy for a database.
Backup user databases.
Restore user databases from backups.
Restore data in a user database while it is online.
Recover data for a user database from a database snapshot
Restore and recover system databases.
Module 4: Managing Security
The students will be introduced to protecting SQL Server. Students will learn about the SQL Server security model and how to use SQL Server security features to control access to databases and their contents.
Lessons
Overview of SQL Server Security
Protecting the Server Scope
Protecting the Database Scope
Protecting the Server Scope
Auditing Security
Lab 4: Managing Security
Exercise 1: Creating Logins and Assigning Server-Scope Permissions
Exercise 2: Creating and Managing Users
Exercise 3: Using a Certificate to Protect Data
Exercise 4: Implementing SQL Server Audit
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe how SQL Server manages security.
Protect SQL Server at the server level.
Protect SQL Server databases.
Use keys and certificates to protect SQL Server objects.
Audit SQL Server security.
Module 5: Transferring Data
The students will be introduced to transfer data to and from SQL Server using UI and command-line tools, and learn about transferring and transforming data with SQL Server Integration Services.
Lessons
Overview of Data Transfer
Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services
Lab 5: Working with Report Models
Exercise 1: Using the Import/Export Wizard
Exercise 2: Performing a Bulk Load
Exercise 3: Creating a SSIS Solution
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Use UI and command-line tools to import and export data.
Describe the features of SQL Server Integration Services.
Module 6: Automating Administrative Tasks
The students will learn how to automate routing administrative tasks using jobs, operators and alerts.
Lessons
Configuring SQL Server Agent
Creating Operators and Jobs
Creating Alerts
Lab 6: Automating Administrative Tasks
Exercise 1: Configuring SQL Server Agent
Exercise 2: Creating Operators and Jobs
Exercise 3: Creating Alerts
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Define SQL Server administrative tasks and schedule those tasks to run automatically.
Configure SQL Server Agent to support automatic task scheduling.
Script task by using SQL Server jobs, and define operators for managing those jobs.
Define alerts to warn operators about events raised by SQL Server.
Define and manage administrative tasks that span multiple servers.
Configure SQL Server agent security.
Module 7: Implementing Replication
The students will be introduced to techniques for configuring SQL Server replication.
Lessons
Overview of Replication
Managing Publications and Subscriptions
Configuring Replication in Some Common Scenarios
Lab 7: Implementing Replication
Exercise 1: Implementing Snapshot Replication
Exercise 2: Implementing Peer-to-Peer Transactional Replication
Exercise 3: Implementing HTTP Merge Replication
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe replication and its components.
Configure and implement replication.
Use replication to meet the requirements of some common scenarios.
Module 8: Maintaining High Availability
The students will be introduced to concepts and methods for maintaining high availability with SQL Server.
Lessons
Introduction to High Availability
Implementing Log Shipping
Implementing Database Mirroring
Implementing Server Clustering
Using Distributed High Availability Solutions
Lab 8: Maintaining High Availability
Exercise 1: Configuring Log Shipping
Exercise 2: Configuring Database Mirroring
Exercise 3: Implementing SQL Server Clustering
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Describe the factors affecting database availability.
Describe how to implement log shipping to support fast recovery of a standby SQL Server database.
Describe how to use SQL Server mirroring to implement a software solution for fast failover.
Explain how to implement clustering to support fast failover of computers running SQL Server instances.
Describe how to implement distributed high availability solutions.
Module 9: Monitoring SQL Server
The students will be introduced to monitoring SQL server performance and activity.
Lessons
Viewing Current Activity
Using SQL Server Profiler
Monitoring with DDL Triggers
Using Event Notifications
Lab 9: Monitoring SQL Server
Exercise 1: Monitoring SQL Server Activity
Exercise 2: Tracing SQL Server Activity
Exercise 3: Using DDL Triggers
Exercise 4: Using Event Notifications
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Examine the current activity in a SQL Server instance.
Use SQL Server Profiler to trace server and database activity.
Use DDL Triggers to monitor changes to the structure of database objects.
Use event notifications to capture and monitor significant events for a SQL Server instance.
Module 10: Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning
The student will learn how to troubleshoot a variety of common SQL Server problems. Students will also learn how to tune SQL Server for improved performance using a variety of tools.
Lessons
Troubleshooting SQL Server
Performance Tuning in SQL Server
Using Resource Governor
Using Data Collector
Lab 10: Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning
Troubleshooting Connectivity Problems
Troubleshooting Concurrency Problems
Using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor
Implementing Resource Governor
Implementing Data Collector
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Troubleshoot common SQL Server problems, such as connectivity, concurrency, and job and disk space problems.
Perform basic performance tuning tasks in SQL Server using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, index tuning, and query tuning.
Use Resource Governor to manage SQL Server workloads and resources.
Use Data Collector to obtain performance data about your computer and the instances of SQL Server running on your computer.
Exams:
70-432: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance
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