Designing High Availability Database
Solutions Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.
This three-day instructor-led course provides
students with the knowledge and skills to design high availability database
solutions using Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005. The course focuses on teaching
experienced database administrators working in enterprise environments to
design database solutions that meet the availability needs of their
organization. It emphasizes that students should think broadly about high
availability, which includes thinking about the database itself and about their
entire environment, including business needs; regulatory requirements; and
network, systems, and database considerations during design. Students will also
learn how to document and test the high availability database solution.
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.
Before attending this course, students must:
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Have a
basic understanding of network architecture. For example,
what can fail in a network, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), differing
performance characteristics of network components, etc.
·
Understand
the tradeoffs among the different redundant storage types. For
example, what RAID levels mean, how it differs from a
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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 or mission statements or business analysis
reports.
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Have
monitoring and troubleshooting skills.
·
Have
knowledge of the operating system and platform. Specifically,
must understand how hardware can fail, 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.
·
Have
knowledge of application architecture. Specifically, must
understand how applications identify servers to connect to, how applications
can be designed in three layers, what applications can do, the interactions
between applications and the database, interactions between the database and
the platform or operating system.
·
Know
how to use:
o
A monitoring tool
o
Microsoft Visio® (to create infrastructure
diagrams)
·
Be
familiar with SQL Server 2005 features, tools, and technologies.
·
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:
· Course 2778, Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL.
·
Course
2779, Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.
·
Course
2780, Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.
Module 1: Selecting the Appropriate High-availability Solution
This module provides the guidelines for identifying business
requirements and technical and non-technical constraints of high-availability.
This module also explains the guidelines for analyzing the requirements and
constraints for high-availability. Finally, this module provides a brief
overview of existing high-availability technologies and explains the process
and guidelines for determining the appropriate high-availability technology
that can be used to meet business requirements and constraints.
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Lessons |
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§
Identifying High-availability
Requirements and Constraints §
Analyzing High-availability
Requirements and Constraints §
Determining Appropriate
High-availability Solutions |
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Lab 1: Proposing a
High-availability Solution |
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§
Gathering Requirements §
Prioritizing Requirements §
Determining Appropriate
High-availability Technology §
Proposing a High-availability
Solution |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
§
Identify high-availability
requirements and constraints.
§
Analyze high-availability
requirements.
§ Determine appropriate high-availability solutions.
Module
2: Designing a Clustering Solution
This module provides the considerations and guidelines for designing
a SQL Server cluster implementation. This module also provides the guidelines
for designing recovery strategies and formulating the test plan for database
clustering. Next, this module explains the considerations for migrating and
upgrading SQL Server clusters. Finally, this module explains the process of
creating an operations plan for clustering. In this module, you will also learn
about the planned and unplanned events that can affect a cluster environment.
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Lessons |
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§
Designing the Platform for
Clustering §
Designing the SQL Server
Cluster Implementation §
Designing Recovery Strategies
and Test Plans for Database Clustering § Migrating and Upgrading SQL Server Clusters §
Designing an Operations Plan
for Clustering |
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Lab 2: Designing a
Database Clustering Solution |
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§
Designing a Cluster Topology §
Designing an Operations Plan §
Verifying a SQL Server
Cluster Configuration §
Monitoring a SQL Server
Cluster |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
§
Design the platform for clustering.
§
Design the SQL Server cluster
implementation.
§
Design recovery strategies and
test plan for database clustering.
§
Migrate and upgrade SQL Server
clusters.
§
Design an operations plan for
clustering to maximize availability.
Module 3: Designing a Highly Available
Database Storage Solution
This module provides the guidelines and considerations to determine the storage requirements for SQL Server databases, components, and external files that are a part of the database system. This module also explains the guidelines for designing storage solutions for these resources.
In this module, you will also learn about
designing restore strategies to maximize availability. Finally, this module
explains the guidelines for recovering damaged and partially damaged system and
user databases.
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Lessons |
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§
Determining Storage
Requirements for SQL Server Databases § Determining Storage Requirements for SQL Server Components and Files §
Designing Storage Solutions
for SQL Server Databases § Designing a Backup and Restore Strategy |
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Lab
3: Designing a Highly Available Database Storage Solution |
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§
Determining Storage Needs §
Selecting the Storage
Solution §
Designing a RAID Solution § Designing a SAN Solution §
Designing a Backup and
Restore Strategy |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
§
Determine storage requirements
for SQL Server databases.
§
Determine storage requirements
for SQL Server components and files.
§
Design a highly-available
storage solution for each database resource.
§ Design a backup and restore strategy for the database.
Module 4: Designing a Log Shipping Solution
In this module, you will learn about the guidelines and considerations for designing a log shipping solution. This module provides the guidelines for determining log shipping server roles and topology. This module also explains the guidelines for upgrading log shipping.
Finally, this module explains the process
of designing an operations plan for log shipping. In this module, you will also
learn about the planned and unplanned events that can affect a log shipping
environment.
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Lessons |
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§
Introduction to Designing a
Log Shipping Solution § Designing Log Shipping Server Roles and Topology §
Designing a Log Shipping
Upgrade Strategy § Designing an Operations Plan for Log Shipping |
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Lab
4: Designing a Log Shipping Solution |
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§
Selecting the Appropriate Log
Shipping Architecture §
Designing Log Shipping
Database Roles and Topology §
Designing an Operations Plan § Verifying and Testing a Log Shipping Solution |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
§
Explain the different
considerations for designing a log shipping solution.
§
Design log shipping server
roles and topology.
§
Design a strategy for upgrading
log shipping.
§ Design an operations plan for log shipping to maximize availability.
Module 5: Designing a Database Mirroring
Solution
In this module, you will learn about the guidelines and considerations for designing a database mirroring solution. This module provides the guidelines for determining the database roles and topology for mirroring. This module also explains the guidelines for migrating from an existing high-availability technology in SQL Server 2000 to database mirroring in SQL Server 2005.
Finally, this module explains the process
of designing an operations plan for database mirroring. In this module, you will
also learn about the planned and unplanned events that can affect a mirroring
environment.
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Lessons |
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§
Introduction to Designing a
Database Mirroring Solution § Designing Database Roles and Topology for Database Mirroring §
Converting High-availability
Solutions to Database Mirroring § Designing an Operations Plan for Database Mirroring |
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Lab
5: Designing a Database Mirroring Solution |
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§
Selecting the Appropriate
Mirroring Architecture §
Designing Database Roles and
Topology for Database Mirroring §
Designing an Operations Plan § Evaluating Migration Options from Clustering to Mirroring § Evaluating Migration Options from Log Shipping to Mirroring § Comparing Mirroring with Clustering and Log Shipping |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
§
Explain the different
considerations for designing a database mirroring solution.
§
Design the database roles and
topology for database mirroring.
§
Convert existing
high-availability solutions to database mirroring.
§ Design an operations plan for database mirroring to maximize availability.
Module 6: Designing a Highly Available
Solution Based on Replication
In this module, you will learn about the guidelines and considerations for designing a highly-available solution based on replication. This module provides the guidelines for determining replication server roles and topology. This module also explains the guidelines for upgrading replication.
Finally, this module explains the process
of designing an operations plan for replication. In this module, you will also
learn about the planned and unplanned events that can affect a replication
environment.
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Lessons |
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§
Introduction to Designing a
Replication Solution § Designing a Replication Solution §
Designing a Replication
Upgrade Strategy § Designing an Operations Plan for Replication |
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Lab
6: Designing a Highly-availability Solution Based on Replication |
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§
Selecting the Appropriate
Replication Architecture §
Designing a Replication
Solution §
Designing an Operations Plan § Designing a Disaster Recovery Strategy By Using MERGE Replication § Designing a Disaster Recovery Strategy By Using TRANSACTIONAL Replication |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
§
Explain the different
considerations for designing a replication solution.
§
Design a replication solution.
§
Design a strategy for upgrading
replication.
§ Design an operations plan for replication to maximize availability.
Module 7: Combining High-availability
Technologies
This module provides guidelines for
designing high-availability solutions by combining existing high-availability
technologies. This module enables you to evaluate the weaknesses in each
high-availability technology. In this module, you will determine technologies
that complement each other to minimize these weaknesses.
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Lessons |
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§
Evaluating Weaknesses in Each
High-availability Technology § Maximizing Availability by Combining High-availability Technologies |
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Lab
7: Combining High-availability Technologies |
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§
Evaluating Weaknesses in
High-availability Technologies §
Maximizing Availability by
Combining Technologies |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
§
Evaluate the weaknesses in each
high-availability technology.
§
Maximize availability by
combining high-availability technologies.
Module 8: Documenting and Testing a
High-availability Strategy
This module provides guidelines for
documenting and testing high-availability solutions. This module explains the
structure of a high-availability solution document and also explains the need
for documenting the solution. In this module, you will also discuss the process
of creating a test plan for high-availability solutions.
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Lessons |
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§
Documenting High-availability
Solutions § Creating a Test Plan for High-availability Solutions |
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Lab
8: Documenting and Testing a High-availability Strategy |
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§
Documenting the
High-availability Solution §
Creating a Test Plan |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
§
Document high-availability
solutions.
§
Create a test plan for high-availability
solutions.
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