This two-day instructor-led
course provides database administrators working in enterprise environments with
the knowledge and skills to design a Microsoft SQL ServerT 2005 database
infrastructure. The course focuses on the development of strategies for data
archiving, consolidation, distribution, and recovery. The course also stresses
the importance of capacity analysis and emphasizes the tradeoffs that need to
be made during design.
This is the first course in
the database administration curriculum and will serve as the entry point for
other courses in the curriculum.
This course is intended for
current professional database administrators who have three or more years of
on-the-job experience administering SQL Server database solutions in an
enterprise environment.
After completing this
course, students will be able to:
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Analyze storage, CPU,
memory, and network capacity needs. |
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Design a strategy for
data archiving. |
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Design a strategy for
database server consolidation. |
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Design a strategy for
data distribution. |
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Design a database server infrastructure. |
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Design a strategy for
data recovery. |
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Establish database
conventions and standards. |
Before attending this
course, students must:
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Understand the tradeoffs
among the different redundant storage types. For example, what RAID levels
mean, and how they differ from Storage Area Networks (SAN). |
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Understand how
replication works and how replication is implemented. |
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Be familiar with reading
user requirements and business-need documents. For example, development
project vision/mission statements or business analysis reports. |
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Have some knowledge of
how queries execute. Must be able to read a query execution plan and
understand what is happening. |
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Have basic knowledge of
the dependencies between system components. |
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Be able to design a
database to third normal form (3NF) and know the tradeoffs when backing out
of the fully normalized design (denormalization) and designing for
performance and business requirements in addition to being familiar with
design models, such as Star and Snowflake schemas. |
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Have monitoring and
troubleshooting skills. |
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Have knowledge of the
operating system and platform. That is, how the operating system integrates
with the database, what the platform or operating system can do, and how the
interaction between the operating system and the database works. For example,
how integrated authentication interacts with Active Directory directory
service. |
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Have knowledge of
application architecture. That is, how applications can be designed in three
layers, what applications can do, interaction
between applications and the database, interaction between the database and
the platform or operating system. |
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Must already know how to
use: |
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A data modeling tool |
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Microsoft Office Visio (to create infrastructure diagrams) |
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Be familiar with SQL
Server 2005 features, tools, and technologies. |
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Have a Microsoft
Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 credential or
equivalent experience. |
In addition, it is
recommended, but not required, that students have completed:
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Course 2778: Writing
Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL. |
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Course 2779: Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database. |
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Course 2780: Maintaining
a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database. |
Module 1: Analyzing
Capacity Needs
This module explains how to
gather data about the current capacity of key system resources such as storage,
CPU, memory, and network bandwidth. It also explains how the resulting data can
be used to estimate future capacity needs.
Lessons
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Estimating Storage Requirements |
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Estimating CPU Requirements |
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Estimating Memory Requirements |
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Estimating Network Requirements |
Lab 1: Analyzing Capacity Needs
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Gathering Requirements
that Impact or Affect Capacity Needs |
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Estimating Capacity Needs |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Estimate disk storage requirements. |
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Estimate CPU requirements. |
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Estimate memory requirements. |
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Estimate network bandwidth requirements. |
Module 2: Designing a
Strategy for Data Archiving
This module explains how to
identify the requirements that affect data archiving, determine the structure
of archival data, select an appropriate storage format, and develop a data
movement strategy. It also describes the key elements of a data archival plan
and the process of creating it.
Lessons
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Identifying Requirements
that Affect Data Archiving |
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Determining the Structure
of Archival Data |
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Creating a Data Archival
Plan |
Lab 2: Designing a
Strategy for Data Archiving
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Designing an Archiving Solution |
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Defending Your Archiving Solution |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Identify the requirements
that affect data archiving. |
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Determine the structure
of archival data. |
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Create a data archival plan. |
Module 3: Designing a
Strategy for Database Server Consolidation
This module describes the
benefits of consolidating database servers in various ways and explains how to
use multiple SQL Server instances to optimize the design of a database server
infrastructure. It also details the process of designing a database server
consolidation plan.
Lessons
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Overview of Database
Server Consolidation |
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Designing a Strategy for
SQL Server Instances |
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Designing a Database Server Consolidation Plan |
Lab 3: Designing a Database Server Consolidation Strategy
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Designing a Consolidation Strategy |
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Defending Your Consolidation Strategy |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Identify the benefits of
different ways to consolidate database servers. |
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Design a strategy for SQL
Server instances. |
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Design a database server consolidation plan. |
Module 4: Designing a
Strategy for Data Distribution
This module describes the
various tools that are provided by SQL Server 2005 for data distribution and
explains how to select an appropriate tool based on the requirements of an
organization. It also details the process of creating a data distribution plan
specifically for replication.
Lessons
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Overview of Data Distribution |
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Creating a Data
Distribution Plan Using Replication |
Lab 4: Designing a Data
Distribution Strategy Using Replication
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Designing a Data Distribution Strategy |
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Defending Your Data
Distribution Strategy |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Select an appropriate
tool for data distribution. |
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Create a data
distribution plan using replication. |
Module 5: Designing a
Database Server Infrastructure
This module explains how to
evaluate the current database server infrastructure of an organization and
gather requirements for modifying it. It also provides guidelines and best
practices for designing modifications to the current infrastructure and
describes the hardware and software tradeoffs involved in the design process.
Lessons
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Evaluating the Current
Database Server Infrastructure |
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Gathering Requirements
for Changing a Database Server Infrastructure |
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Designing Modifications
to a Database Server Infrastructure |
Lab 5: Designing a Database Server Infrastructure
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Choosing a Database
Server Hardware and Software |
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Defending Your Database
Server Hardware and Software Choices |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Evaluate the current database server infrastructure. |
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Gather requirements for
changing a database server infrastructure. |
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Design modifications to a database server infrastructure. |
Module 6: Designing a
Strategy for Data Recovery
This module explains how to
create a backup and recovery strategy. It also describes the key components of
a database disaster recovery plan and the process of creating it.
Lessons
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Creating a Backup and
Restore Strategy |
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Creating a Database
Disaster Recovery Plan |
Lab 6: Designing a Data
Recovery Solution
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Devising a Recovery Strategy |
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Sharing Lessons Learned
from Disaster Recovery |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Create a backup and
restore strategy. |
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Create a database
disaster recovery plan. |
Module 7: Establishing
Database Conventions and Standards
This module describes how
well a database naming convention simplifies administration, and provides
guidelines for establishing such a convention. It also explains how to define
Transact-SQL coding, database access, and deployment process standards.
Lessons
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Establishing Database Naming Conventions |
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Defining Database Standards |
Lab 7: Establishing
Database Conventions and Standards
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Proposing Improved Object
Naming Conventions |
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Proposing Improved Coding Standards |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Create database naming conventions. |
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Define database infrastructure standards. |