Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database

MSC2780 - Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database

Course description

This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to maintain a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2005 product features and tools related to maintaining a database.

Who should attend

This course is intended for IT Professionals who want to become skilled on SQL Server 2005 product features and technologies for maintaining a database.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.
• Working knowledge of Transact-SQL.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.
• Some experience with database design.

In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:

• Course 2778: Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL.
• Course 2779: Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.

What you will achieve

• Install and configure SQL Server 2005.


• Manage database files.


• Backup and restore databases.


• Manage security.


• Monitor SQL Server.


• Transfer data into and out of SQL Server.


• Automate administrative tasks.


• Replicate data between SQL Server instances.


• Maintain high availability.

What you will learn

Course Outline

Module 1: Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005
This module explains how to plan for and install SQL Server 2005, how to manage a SQL Server 2005 installation, and how to use the SQL Server 2005 administrative tools.
Lessons
• Preparing to Install SQL Server
• Installing SQL Server 2005
• Managing a SQL Server 2005 Installation
Lab 1: Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005
• Performing an Installation
• Managing 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 2005.
• Install SQL Server 2005.
• Manage and configure a SQL Server 2005 installation.


Module 2: Managing Databases and Files
This module explains how to manage databases and files.
Lessons
• Planning Databases
• Creating Databases
• Managing Databases
Lab 2: Managing Databases and Files
• Creating a Database
• Monitoring and Managing Filegroup Usage
• Viewing Database Metadata
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Plan how to implement a database that meets an organization's requirements.
• Create a SQL Server database.
• Manage a SQL Server database.


Module 3: Disaster Recovery
This module explains how to plan and implement a backup and restore strategy.
Lessons
• Planning a Backup Strategy
• Backing Up User Databases
• Restoring User Databases
• Performing Online Restore Operations
• Recovering Data from Database Snapshots
• System Database and Disaster Recovery
Lab 3: Disaster Recovery
• Implementing a Backup Strategy
• Restoring and Recovering a Database
• Performing Piecemeal Backup and Restore Operations
• Restoring the master Database
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Plan a backup strategy for a database.
• Back up 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 systems databases.


Module 4: Managing Security
This module explains how to manage principals, securables, and permissions, and how to implement cryptography in a SQL Server database.
Lessons
• Overview of SQL Server Security
• Protecting the Server Scope
• Protecting the Database Scope
• Managing Keys and Certificates in SQL Server
Lab 4: Managing Security
• Creating Logins and Assigning Server-Scope Permissions
• Creating and Managing Users
• Using a Certificate to Protect Data
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.


Module 5: Monitoring SQL Server
This module explains how to monitor SQL Server performance and activity.
Lessons
• Viewing Current Activity
• Using System Monitor
• Using SQL Server Profiler
• Using DDL Triggers
• Using Event Notifications
Lab 5: Monitoring SQL Server
• Monitoring SQL Server Performance
• Tracing SQL Server Activity
• Implementing DDL Triggers
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Examine the current activity in a SQL Server instance.
• Use System Monitor to obtain performance data about your computer and the instances of SQL Server running on your computer.
• Use SQL Server Profiler to trace server and database activity.
• Implement DDL triggers that enable you to audit changes to the structure of database objects.
• Use event notifications to capture and monitor significant events for a SQL Server instance.


Module 6: Transferring Data
This module explains how to transfer and transform data.
Lessons
• Overview of Data Transfer
• Introduction to SQL Server Integration Services
• Using SQL Server Integration Services
• Features of SQL Server Integration Services
Lab 6: Transferring Data
• Creating an SSIS Package
• Deploying an SSIS Package
• Using SSIS to Extract Data, Perform Lookups, Sort, and Split Data
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the problems surrounding data transfer and the tools that SQL Server 2005 provides to perform data transfer.
• Describe the purpose of SQL Server Integration Services.
• Use SQL Server Integration Services to transfer data into a SQL Server database.
• Describe the features of SQL Server Integration Services.


Module 7: Automating Administrative Tasks
This module explains how to use the SQL Server Agent to automate administrative tasks.
Lessons
• Automating Administrative Tasks in SQL Server 2005
• Configuring the SQL Server Agent
• Creating Jobs and Operators
• Creating Alerts
• Managing Multiple Servers
• Managing SQL Server Agent Security
Lab 7: Automating Administrative Tasks
• Configuring SQL Server Agent
• Creating Operators and Jobs
• Creating Alerts
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Define SQL Server 2005 administrative tasks and schedule these tasks to run automatically.
• Configure SQL Server Agent to support automatic task scheduling.
• Script tasks by using SQL Server jobs, and define operators for managing these 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 8: Implementing Replication
This module explains the purpose of replication, introduces the concepts underpinning replication, and describes how to implement replication in several common scenarios.
Lessons
• Overview of Replication
• Implementing Replication
• Configuring Replication in Some Common Scenarios
Lab 8: Implementing Replication
• Creating a Publication
• Creating a Subscription
• 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 9: Maintaining High Availability
This module explains how to implement high availability technologies with SQL Server 2005.
Lessons
• Introduction to High Availability
• Implementing Server Clustering
• Implementing Database Mirroring
• Implementing Log Shipping
• Implementing Peer-to-Peer Replication
Lab 9:
• Configuring Database Mirroring to Support Failover
• Implementing Distributed High Availability
  After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe the factors affecting database availability.
• Explain how to implement clustering to support fast failover of computers running Microsoft SQL Server instances.
• Describe how to use SQL Server mirroring to implement a software solution for fast failover.
• Describe how to implement log shipping to support fast recovery of a standby SQL Server database.
• Explain how to use peer-to-peer replication to implement high availability in a distributed environment.