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Contents at a Glance

Introduction 1

Part I: Installing, Administering and Managing the Database Engine 1 Installing or Upgrading to the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine 11

2 Administering the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine 51

3 Creating Packages and Transferring Data with Integration Services 113

4 Managing and Optimizing SQL Server 2008 Indexes 161

5 Administering SQL Server 2008 Full-Text Search 203

6 SQL Server 2008 Maintenance Practices 247

7 Backing Up and Restoring the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine 273

Part II: SQL Server 2008 Security Practices 8 Hardening a SQL Server Implementation 315

9 Administering SQL Server Security and Authorization 349

10 Administering Policy Based Management 383

11 Encrypting SQL Server Data and Communications 405

Part III: SQL Server 2008 High Availability Alternatives 12 Implementing and Managing Failover Clustering 453

13 Implementing and Managing Database Mirroring 501

14 Implementing and Managing Log Shipping 531

15 Implementing and Managing Replication 561

Part IV: Monitoring and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 16 Managing Workloads and Consumption with Resource Governor 605

17 Monitoring SQL Server 2008 with Native Tools 627

18 Proactively Monitoring SQL Server 2008 with Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 681

19 Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 707

Part V: SQL Server 2008 Bonus Content 20 Administering SQL Server 2008 with PowerShell 745

21 Consolidating and Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with Hyper-V 791

Index 821

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Table of Contents

Part I: Installing, Administering, and Managing the Database Engine

1 Installing or Upgrading to the SQL Server 2008

What’s New for Installation with SQL Server 2008? 12

Deprecated SQL Server 2008 Database Engine Elements 13

Preplanning and Preparing a SQL Server 2008 Server Database Engine Installation 14

Verifying Minimum Hardware Requirements 14

Examining SQL Server 2008 Software Prerequisites 16

Choosing the Appropriate SQL Server Edition 17

Choosing the Appropriate Windows Operating System Version and Edition to Support the SQL Server Installation 18

New Installation, Upgrade, or Transition? 21

Gathering Additional Information Necessary to Proceed 23

New SQL Server 2008 Installation or In-place Upgrade 24

New SQL Server 2008 Stand-alone Installation or Failover Cluster 24

Single-Instance or Multiple-Instance Installation 24

Side-by-Side Installations with Previous Versions of SQL Server 25

Determine Which SQL Server 2008 Features to Install 25

Installing a Clean Version of SQL Server 2008 28

Upgrading the Database Engine to SQL Server 2008 34

Creating a SQL Server Feature Discovery Report 35

Backing Up the Server 35

Verifying System Compatibility 35

Running the SQL Server Upgrade Advisor 35

Additional Considerations Before Upgrading the Database Engine to SQL Server 2008 39

Performing the SQL Server 2008 Upgrade 40

Finalizing the SQL Server 2008 Installation or Upgrade 44

Reviewing SQL Server 2008 Logs 44

Downloading and Installing Updates 44

Hardening the SQL Server Installation 44

Items to Consider After an Upgrade 45

Managing SQL Server 2008 Installations 46

Employing Additional SQL Server 2008 Instances 46

Adding Features to an Existing SQL Server 2008 Installation 47

Changing SQL Server 2008 Editions 48

Summary 48

Best Practices 48

2 Administering the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine 51 What’s New for DBAs When Administering the Database Engine on SQL Server 2008 51

Administering SQL Server 2008 Server Properties 53

Administering the General Page 54

Administering the Memory Page 55

Administering the Processors Page 57

Administering the Security Page 60

Administering the Connections Page 62

Administering the Database Settings Page 64

Administering the Advanced Page 66

Administering the Permissions Page 69

Administering the SQL Server Database Engine Folders 70

Administering the Databases Folder 71

Administering the Security Folder 73

Administering the Server Objects Folder 74

Administering the Replication Folder 77

Administering the Management Folder 77

Administering Database Properties 79

Administering the Database Properties General Page 80

Administering the Database Properties Files Page 81

Administering the Database Properties Filegroups Page 85

Administering the Database Properties Options Page 86

Understanding and Effectively Using Recovery Models 87

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Compatibility Level 89

Other Options (Automatic) 89

Other Options (Cursor) 90

Other Options (Miscellaneous) 90

Other Options (Recovery) 92

Other Options (Service Broker) 92

Other Options (State) 92

Administering the Change Tracking Page 93

Administering the Database Properties Permissions Page 93

Administering the Database Properties Extended Permissions Page 94

Administering the Database Properties Mirroring Page 94

Administering the Database Properties Transaction Log Shipping Page 94

SQL Server Database Engine Management Tasks 94

Changing SQL Server Configuration Settings 95

Managing Database Engine Informational Reports 95

Detaching and Attaching Databases 97

Scripting Database Objects 99

Managing SQL Server with PowerShell 100

Backing Up and Restoring the Database 100

Transferring SQL Server Data 100

Taking a SQL Server Database Offline 101

Shrinking a Database 101

Data Compression in SQL Server 2008 102

Partitioning Tables and Indexes in SQL Server 2008 104

Enabling FILESTREAM Data for a SQL Server Instance 106

Renaming a Database 107

Administering the SQL Server Agent 107

Administering the SQL Server Agent Properties 108

Administering SQL Server Agent Jobs 109

Administering SQL Server Alerts and Operators 111

Administering SQL Server Proxies 111

Administering SQL Server Error Logs 111

Summary 111

Best Practices 112

3 Creating Packages and Transferring Data with

What’s New in Integration Services for SQL Server 2008 114

Options for Creating Packages 115

Import and Export Wizard 115

Copy Database Wizard 116

Business Intelligence Development Studio 116

Packages 116

Projects and Solutions 117

Control Flow 118

Tasks 118

Data Flow 119

Connections 121

Event Handlers 122

Variables 122

Log Providers and Logging 122

Developing Packages 123

Creating a Project 123

Creating a Package 124

Walkthrough of a Package 125

Walkthrough of the Control Flow 126

Walkthrough of the Data Flow 127

Walkthrough of the Connection Managers 130

Running a Package 130

Enhancing Packages 134

Transforming Data 134

Adding Logging 140

Using Expressions 140

Sending Email 141

Adding Error Handling 142

Adding Configurations 143

Adding Maintenance Tasks 147

Deploying and Running Integration Services Packages 147

Storing Packages 148

Deploying Packages 149

Securing SSIS Packages 151

Running Packages 153

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Transferring Data with Integration Services 156

Using the Copy Database Wizard 156

Using the Bulk Insert Task 158

Summary 159

Best Practices 159

4 Managing and Optimizing SQL Server 2008 Indexes 161 What’s New for Indexes with SQL Server 2008 161

The Importance of Indexes 162

How Indexes Work 162

General Index Characteristics 166

How Column Constraints Affect Indexes 167

How Computed Columns Affect Indexes 167

Clustered Index Characteristics 168

Nonclustered Index Characteristics 168

Nonclustered Index Include Columns 168

XML Index Characteristics 169

Filtered Index Characteristics 169

Spatial Index Characteristics 169

Index Design and Strategy 170

Using Clustered Indexes 170

Using Nonclustered Indexes 171

Using Unique Indexes and the Uniqueifier Column 171

Calculating Disk Space Requirements 172

Administering Indexes 174

Transact-SQL Index Syntaxes 174

Creating Indexes with SQL Server Management Studio 180

Creating Clustered Indexes 184

Creating Nonclustered Indexes 186

Disabling and Deleting Indexes 186

Enabling and Rebuilding Indexes 187

Implementing Index Maintenance and Maintenance Plans 188

Configuring Indexes for Maximum Performance 189

Configuring Index Statistics 189

Examining Fragmentation Considerations 190

Implementing Fill Factor Administration 192

Determining When to Rebuild or Reorganize an Index 193

Sorting Indexes in the tempdb 194

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Using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor 194

Examining Additional Indexing Options 197

Enterprise Indexing Features 198

Summary 200

Best Practices 200

5 Administering SQL Server 2008 Full-Text Search 203 New Features of SQL 2008 Full-Text Search 204

Architecture 205

Implementing SQL Server 2008 Full-Text Catalogs 217

Creating a Full-Text Catalog Using the Wizard 217

Using SQL Server Management Studio 217

Creating a Full-Text Catalog Using TSQL 219

Creating a Full-Text Index Using the Full-Text Wizard 219

Population Types 228

Creating a Full-Text Index Using TSQL 230

Maintaining Full-Text Indexes 234

Creating Stop Lists 236

Using Full-Text Search 239

Troubleshooting Full-Text Indexing 241

Best Practices 244

Summary 245

6 SQL Server 2008 Maintenance Practices 247 What’s New for Maintenance with SQL Server 2008? 247

Establishing a SQL Server Maintenance Plan 248

Check Database Integrity Task 248

Shrink Database Task 249

Reorganize Index Task 250

Rebuild Index Task 251

Update Statistics Task 252

History Cleanup Task 253

Execute SQL Server Agent Job 254

Back Up Database Task 254

Maintenance Cleanup Task 256

Creating a Maintenance Plan 257

Creating a Maintenance Plan with the Wizard 257

Creating a Maintenance Plan Manually 264

Viewing Maintenance Plans 267

Creating Multiserver Maintenance Plans 268

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Establishing Maintenance Schedules for SQL Server 269

Daily Routine Maintenance Tasks 270

Weekly Routine Maintenance Tasks 270

Monthly or Quarterly Maintenance Tasks 271

Summary 271

Best Practices 272

7 Backing Up and Restoring the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine 273 What’s New for Backup and Recovery with SQL Server 2008? 273

Backup Compression 274

The Importance of Backups 275

Items to Consider When Creating a Backup and Recovery Plan 276

Backing Up and Recovering the Database Engine 277

The Storage Architecture 277

Using Recovery Models Effectively 279

SQL Server Backup Methods 282

Backing Up and Recovering Examples 290

Backing Up and Recovering Full-Text Catalogs 307

Backing Up Full-Text Catalogs 307

Understanding and Creating Database Snapshots 308

Creating a Database Snapshot with TSQL 309

Viewing a Database Snapshot with SSMS 309

Reverting to a Database Snapshot with TSQL 310

Dropping a Database Snapshot 310

Summary 310

Best Practices 311

Part II: SQL Server 2008 Security Practices 313 8 Hardening a SQL Server Implementation 315 What’s New for Hardening a SQL Server 2008 Implementation? 315

Windows and SQL Server Authentication 316

Windows Authentication Mode 317

SQL Server and Windows Authentication (Mixed) Mode 317

Contents

Which Mode Should Be Used to Harden

Authentication? 317

Configuring SQL Server 2008 Authentication Modes 318

Security Ramifications of the SA Account 319

Enforcing or Changing a Strong Password 320

Disabling and Renaming the SA Account 321

Using Configuration Tools to Harden the Installation 322

Reducing the SQL Server 2008 Surface Area 322

Using the SQL Server Configuration Manager Tool to Harden an Installation 322

Hardening a Server with the Security Configuration Wizard in Windows Server 2008 326

Verifying Security Using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) 328

Using the SQL Server 2008 Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) Tool to Harden an Installation 330

Hardening SQL Server Service Accounts 331

The Principle of Least Privilege 332

Service Account Isolation 332

The Types of Service Accounts Available 333

Determining Which Type of Account to Use for SQL Server Services 333

Changing a SQL Server Service Account with SQL Server Configuration Manager 334

Installing Service Packs and Critical Fixes 335

Updating and Patching SQL Server and the Operating System 336

Understanding How SQL Server Security Logs Play a Part in Security 336

Configuring SQL Server Security Logs for Auditing 337

Enhanced Auditing Functionality included with SQL Server 2008 338

Additional SQL Server Hardening Recommendations 338

Removing the BUILTIN\Administrators Windows Group 338

Removing the BUILTIN\Administrators Windows Group with Transact-SQL 339

Using a Firewall to Filter Out Unwanted Traffic 339

Summary 346

Best Practices 346

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9 Administering SQL Server Security and Authorization 349

What’s New for Security and Authorization with SQL

Server 2008? 349

SQL Server Security 350

Endpoints and Communication 352

Server Logins and Database Users 354

Role-Based Access 355

Database Schema 358

Password Policies 359

Logon Triggers 362

Security Management DDL 362

Managing Logins with DDL 362

Managing Users with DDL 364

Managing Roles with DDL 365

Managing Schemas with DDL 366

Managing Permissions with DDL 366

Administering SQL Server Security 367

Server Login Administration 368

Database User Administration 374

Database Role Administration 375

Security Schema Administration 377

Managing Application Roles 377

Server Endpoint Administration 378

Summary 381

Best Practices 381

10 Administering Policy Based Management 383 Introduction to Policy Based Management 383

Policy Based Management Concepts 385

Facets 385

Conditions 388

Policies 389

Categories 389

Targets 389

Execution Modes 390

Central Management Servers 391

Contents

Implementing Policy Based Management 393

Creating a Condition Based on a Facet 394

Creating a Policy 395

Creating a Category 397

Evaluating Policies 399

Importing and Exporting Policies 401

Sample Templates and Real-World Examples 401

Sample Policy Templates 401

Recovery Models 402

Surface Area Configuration 402

SQL Server Health Checks 403

Object Naming conventions 403

Best Practices 403

Summary 403

Best Practices 404

11 Encrypting SQL Server Data and Communications 405 What’s New for Encryption with SQL Server 2008? 406

Encryption in SQL 406

Column Encryption 407

Encryption Hierarchy 408

Service Master Key 408

Database Master Key 408

Keys and Certificates 408

Encryption Algorithms 409

Securing the Data Storage 410

Creating a Database for Testing 410

Setting Up for Encryption 411

Creating the Encryption Certificate 411

Encrypting the Data 412

Using Encrypted Data 413

Attacking the Encryption 413

Using an Authenticator 416

Backing Up the Keys 418

Extensible Key Management 418

Enabling EKM 419

Creating the Cryptographic Provider 419

Creating the Credential to Access the HSM 420

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Creating the Encryption Key with EKM 420

Advantages of EKM 421

Transparent Data Encryption 421

Mode of Operation 421

Encryption Hierarchy 422

Enabling Transparent Data Encryption 422

Creating a Database Master Key in the Master Database 423

Creating Server Certificate in the Master Database 423

Creating a Database Encryption Key 423

Enabling Transparent Database Encryption for the Database 424

Disabling Transparent Database Encryption for the Database 425

Securing Connections 426

Hacking the Transmission 426

Configuring Server-Initiated Encryption 427

Hacking the Transmission: The Sequel 428

Using Certificates 429

Setting Up the Certificate Server 430

Provisioning a Server Certificate 432

SQL Server Certificate Configuration 434

Client Certificate Configuration 435

Client-Initiated Encryption 436

SQL Server Management Studio 437

SQL Server and BitLocker Drive Encryption 437

Examining BitLocker’s Drive Encryption Components and Windows Server 2008 Enhancements 438

Comprehending BitLocker’s Drive Encryption Hardware Requirements 440

Configuring BitLocker Drive Encryption on a SQL Server System 440

Configuring the System Partitions for BitLocker 440

Installing BitLocker Drive Encryption 442

Enabling BitLocker Drive Encryption 443

Utilizing the BitLocker Recovery Password 449

Removing BitLocker Drive Encryption 449

Summary 450

Best Practices 450

Contents

Part III: SQL Server 2008 High Availability Alternatives 451

12 Implementing and Managing Failover Clustering 453

SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering Overview 453

What’s New for SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering When Running on Windows Server 2008? 454

Determining When to Implement a SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster 455

Failover Clustering Terminology 456

SQL Server Failover Clustering Prerequisites 458

Failover Clustering Alternatives 459

SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering Scalability Metrics 461

SQL Server 2008 Cluster-Aware Features 461

Combining Failover Clustering with Other SQL Server High-Availability Alternatives 461

Additional Elements of Failover Clustering 462

Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Quorum Models 462

Shared Storage for Failover Clusters 464

Types of Shared Storage 466

Implementing a Single-Instance SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster 469

Preparing the Windows Server 2008 Operating System for Each Node 471

Configuring the Shared Storage for the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster 472

Preparing the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster 473

Creating the Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster 475

Installing DTC as a SQL Server Failover Clustering Prerequisite 478

Installing the First Node in the Single-Instance SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster 478

Installing Additional Nodes in the Single-Instance SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster 485

Implement a Multiple-Instance SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster 487

Installing the First Node in the Multiple-Instance SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster 488

Installing Additional Nodes in the Multiple-Instance SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster 490

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Managing Failover Clusters from a SQL Server 2008

Perspective 491

Verifying the Status of Clustered Service and Applications, Nodes, Storage, and Networks 491

Initiating Manual Service or Application Failovers 491

Managing SQL Server Failover Service Accounts 492

Managing Preferred Owners of a Cluster Node and Group 492

Managing Failover Clustering Failover Policies 493

Managing Failover Clustering Failback Policies 494

Removing SQL Server 2008 Nodes from an Existing SQL Server Failover Cluster 494

Removing SQL Server Failover Clustering 495

Managing Failover Clusters from a Windows Server 2008 Perspective 495

Administering Patch Management on a SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster 496

Pausing and Resuming a SQL Server Cluster Node 496

Adding Additional Windows Nodes to the Cluster 496

Adding Storage to the Cluster 497

Managing Cluster Drive Dependencies 497

Cluster Quorum Configuration 498

Summary 499

Best Practices 499

13 Administering and Managing Database Mirroring 501 What’s New for Database Mirroring with SQL Server 2008? 502

SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring Overview 503

Database Mirroring Terminology 505

Database Mirroring Configuration/Operating Modes 507

SQL Server Database Mirroring Prerequisites 508

When SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring Is Desirable 509

Witness Server Placement 509

Combining Database Mirroring with Other SQL Server 2008 Technologies 510

Database Mirroring and Other High-Availability Alternatives 510

Database Mirroring and SQL Server 2008 Database Snapshots 511

Contents

Administering a Database Mirroring Session 512

Configuring Database Mirroring Prerequisites 512

Configuring Database Mirroring with High Safety and Automatic Failover 513

Managing a Database Mirroring Session 520

Pausing and Resuming a Database Mirroring Session 520

Manually Failing Over a Database Mirroring Session 521

Changing the Database Mirroring Configuration/ Operating Mode 521

Removing a Database Mirroring Session 522

Managing Database Mirroring Client Connections and Redirect 523

Monitoring and Troubleshooting a Database Mirroring Session 525

Using the Database Mirroring Monitoring Tool to Manage Database Mirroring 525

Monitoring Database Mirroring Performance 527

Using the System Catalogs to Monitor Database Mirroring 528

Monitoring Database Mirroring with Operations Manager 2007 529

Summary 529

Best Practices 529

14 Implementing and Managing Log Shipping 531 What’s New for Log Shipping in SQL Server 2008? 531

SQL Server 2008 Log Shipping Overview 531

Understanding Log Shipping Terminology 533

Considering Environmental Factors 534

Deciding When to Use Log Shipping 535

Considering Design Factors 536

Combining Log Shipping with Other SQL Technologies 537

Administering Log Shipping 538

Configuring the Log Shipping Storage Locations 538

Configuring the Database Recovery Model 539

Implementing Log Shipping 540

Managing Log Shipping 549

Recovering from Log Shipping Interruptions 549

Managing Log Shipping Jobs 550

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Failing Over to a Secondary Server 551

Failing Back to the Primary Server 553

Managing Log Shipping from the Command Line 554

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Log Shipping 555

Viewing Log Shipping Reports 555

Querying Log Shipping Tables for Status 556

Using Log Shipping Stored Procedures 557

Summary 558

Best Practices 558

15 Implementing and Administering SQL Server Replication 561 What’s New in SQL Server 2008 Replication? 562

SQL Server 2008 Replication Essentials 562

SQL Server 2008 Replication Roles 563

Types of Replication Alternatives Available 564

Additional Replication Components 569

SQL Server 2008 Replication Topologies 570

SQL Server 2008 Replication Prerequisites 573

SQL Server 2008 Edition Limitations 574

Knowing When to Implement SQL Server 2008 Replication 574

Combining Replication with Other SQL Server High-Availability Alternatives 576

Administering SQL Server Replication 578

Creating the Distributor 578

Configuring Snapshot and Transactional Replication 581

Configuring Peer-to-Peer Transactional Replication 590

Configuring Merge Replication 593

Managing the Distributor’s Properties 596

Disabling Publishing and Distribution 598

Deleting Local Subscriptions 598

Deleting Local Publications 598

Managing Replication Passwords 598

Generating Replication Scripts 599

Monitoring and Troubleshooting SQL Server Replication 599

Summary 601

Best Practices 601

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Part IV: Monitoring and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 603

16 Managing Workloads and Consumption with

Resource Governor Concepts 606

Resource Governor Scenarios 608

Enabling Resource Governor 609

Creating a Classifier function 610

Troubleshooting Your Classifier Function 612

Creating a Resource Pool 613

Creating a Workload Group 615

Managing Resource Governor 618

Monitoring Resource Governor 619

Performance Monitor 619

Profiler 622

DMVs 622

Summary 625

Best Practices 625

17 Monitoring SQL Server 2008 with Native Tools 627 What’s New for Monitoring in SQL Server 2008? 628

Gaining Quick Insight into a SQL Server System 628

Leveraging Activity Monitor’s New Performance Dashboard 628

Leveraging Windows Server 2008 Task Manager 630

Obtaining Monitoring Metrics with Dynamic Management Views 634

Using Predefined SQL Server 2008 Standard Reports for Monitoring 636

Monitoring Job Activity 637

Monitoring SQL Logs 638

Monitoring Events with SQL Server Audit 640

SQL Server 2008 Audit Components 641

SQL Server Audit Failed Logon Attempt Example 643

Creating SQL Server Audits with SQL Server Management Studio 645

Enabling a SQL Server Audit with SQL Server Management Studio 647

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Create Server Audit Specification with SQL Server

Management Studio 648

Viewing an Audit Log 648

Create a Database Audit Specification with

Transact-SQL 649

Managing Audits and Audit Specifications 651

Data Collection with Performance Studio 653

Performance Studio Components and Architecture 653

Configuring the Management Data Warehouse 654

Set Up a Data Collection 657

Examining the System Data Collection Sets Included

with Performance Studio 658

Managing Data Collection Set Properties 661

Viewing Collection Set Logs 663

Capturing Performance Counters from Multiple SQL

Server 2008 Instances 664

Running Data Collection Reports 665

Creating Operators and Sending Email Alerts 666

Configuring Database Mail 666

Adding Operators 669

Defining Alerts 670

Using the Windows Server 2008 Performance and

Reliability Monitoring Tools 670

Additional Tools to Monitor SQL Server 2008 678

Using the SQL Server Profiler 678

Using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor 679

Summary 679

Best Practices 679

18 Proactively Monitoring SQL Server 2008 with System

Overview of System Center Operations Manager 682

Processing Operational Data 684

Generating Alerts and Responses 684

Outlining OpsMgr Architecture 684

Understanding How OpsMgr Stores Captured Data 686

Determining the Role of Agents in System Monitoring 686

Defining Management Groups 686

Contents

Understanding How to Use OpsMgr 687

Managing and Monitoring with OpsMgr 687

Reporting from OpsMgr 688

Using Performance Monitoring 688

Using Active Directory Integration 688

Integrating OpsMgr with Non-Windows Devices 689

Integrating OpsMgr with Legacy Management Software 689

Exploring Third-Party Management Packs 689

Understanding OpsMgr Component Requirements 690

Exploring Hardware Requirements 690

Determining Software Requirements 691

OpsMgr Backup Considerations 691

Deploying OpsMgr Agents 691

Understanding Advanced OpsMgr Concepts 692

Understanding OpsMgr Deployment Scenarios 692

Multiple Configuration Groups 693

Deploying Geographic-Based Configuration Groups 693

Deploying Political or Security-Based Configuration

Groups 694

Sizing the OpsMgr Database 694

Defining Capacity Limits 695

Defining System Redundancy 695

Securing OpsMgr 696

Securing OpsMgr Agents 696

Understanding Firewall Requirements 697

Outlining Service Account Security 697

Exploring the SQL Server Management Pack 698

Downloading and Extracting the SQL Server 2008

Management Pack 701

Importing the SQL Server 2008 Management Pack

File into OpsMgr 2007 701

Installing the OpsMgr Agent on the SQL Server 702

Monitoring SQL Functionality and Performance with

19 Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 707

Platform Troubleshooting and Optimization 709

Platform Performance Measures 709

Database Engine and Integration Services

Profiler Trace Templates 719

Database Engine Tuning Advisor 721

Capturing a Workload 722

Analyzing the Workload 725

Reviewing the Results 726

Applying the Recommendations 729

Monitoring Processes with the Activity Monitor 730

Application Optimization and Troubleshooting 731

Query Analysis with Execution Plan 731

Query Analysis with the Tuning Advisor 733

Cursors and the Lazy Developer 734

Locking and Deadlock Detection 734

Introducing Extended Events to Troubleshoot SQL Server 736

Event-Related Components and Terminology 736

Creating an Extended Event with DDL Statements 738

Leveraging the Extended Events Catalog Views 740

Leveraging the Extended Events Dynamic

Management Views 740

Summary 741

Best Practices 741

Part V: SQL Server 2008 Bonus Content 743

20 Administering SQL Server 2008 with PowerShell 745

Built-in Help Features 751

PowerShell Scripting Basics 754

A Few Basic Cmdlets 754

Creating a PowerShell Script 755

Dealing with CSV Files 767

Dealing with Dates and Times 768

Scheduling Scripts 776

Common OS-Related Tasks 777

SQL Server–Specific Tasks 780

Using the Provider 781

Creating a Database Table 781

Doing a Database Backup 782

Checking Server Settings 784

Checking the Database Usage 784

Getting Table Properties 785

Cmdlet Example: Invoke-SqlCmd 786

Cmdlet Example: Invoke-PolicyEvaluation 787

Joining Columns 788

Retrieving an Entry 788

Summary 789

Best Practices 789

21 Consolidating and Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with Hyper-V 791

Understanding Microsoft’s Virtualization Strategy 792

Integration of Hypervisor Technology in Windows

Server 2008 793

What’s New in Hyper-V? 794

Microsoft Hyper-V Server as a Role in Windows

Server 2008 794

Planning Your Implementation of Hyper-V 795

Sizing Your Windows Server 2008 System to Support

SQL Server 2008 Virtualization 795

SQL Server Virtualization Considerations 797

Running Other Services on the Hyper-V System 798

Planning for the Use of Snapshots on the Hyper-V

System 798

Installation of the Microsoft Hyper-V Server Role 799

Installing Windows Server 2008 as the Host

Operating System 799

Running Server Manager to Add the Hyper-V Role 799

Becoming Familiar with the Hyper-V Administrative Console 801

Launching the Hyper-V Administrative Console 801

Navigating and Configuring Host Server Settings 803

Contents

Completing the Installation of the Guest Session 811

Installing SQL Server 2008 on the Guest Session 811

Modifying SQL Server 2008 Guest Session Configuration

Settings 811

Adding or Limiting the RAM of the Guest Session 812

Changing Network Settings for the Guest Session 812

Mounting a Physical CD/DVD Image or Mounting a

CD/DVD Image File 813

Other Settings to Modify for a Guest Session

Configuration 814

Launching a Hyper-V Guest Session 814

Automatically Launching a Guest Session 814

Manually Launching a Guest Session 816

Save State of a Guest Session 816

Using Snapshots of Guest Operating System Sessions 816

Snapshots for Image Rollback 817

Snapshots for Guest Session Server Fault Tolerance 817

Creating a Snapshot of a Guest Image 817

Rolling Back a Guest Image to a Previous

About the Author

Ross Mistry, MVP, MCTS, MCDBA, MCSE Ross Mistry is a seasoned

professional in the Silicon Valley and a technology advocate with more than

a decade of experience in the computer industry As a principal consultant

and partner with Convergent Computing (CCO), Ross designs and

imple-ments SQL Server, Active Directory, and Exchange solutions for Fortune 500

organizations with a global presence Some of the organizations in which

Ross Mistry has taken on the role of lead global Microsoft architect include:

Network Appliance, Ross Stores Dress for Less, CIBC, Gilead Sciences,

Solectron, The Sharper Image, 2Wire, Infinera, and Wells Fargo’s small

busi-ness Ecommerce site

Ross had the opportunity to work with SQL Server 2008 two years prior to

the product release When he is not focused on his SQL Server specialties—

high availability, migrations, and security—his attention turns to SQL Server

development and Business Intelligence

Ross is an author, co-author, and technical editor of more than 10 books

Many of the books have been bestsellers Recently, he co-authored Windows

Server 2008 Unleashed and SQL Server 2005 Management and

Administration He was a contributing writer on Hyper-V Unleashed,

Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed, and SharePoint Server 2007 Unleashed.

Ross also took on the role of technical editor for SQL Server 2005 Unleashed

and SQL Server 2005: Changing the Paradigm.

In addition to being an author and consultant, Ross is a public speaker who

conducts seminars on Microsoft topics around the world He frequently

speaks at local SQL Server user groups and international conferences Most

recently, he spoke at the SQL Server PASS Community Summit in North

America, SQL Server Europe PASS, SQL Server Connections, and the

Microsoft campuses in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley

As a SQL Server Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Ross is heavily

involved with the SQL Server community and assists by responding to questions

in newsgroups, writing articles for magazines, and blogging for networkworld

com and to IT managers on Microsoft’s TechNet Community Hub site His blog

site is http://www.networkworld.com/community/mistry

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my immediate family and the

Almighty for providing me with the strength,

guidance, and fortitude for completing another

unthinkable task And to the next chapter in the

game of life: The New Beginning—01/01/2009.

Ross Mistry, MVP, MCTS, MCDBA, MCSE

Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge my wife and children for their patience while I was

working on my third title I know it has been challenging not having a husband

and father around on evenings, weekends, and special holidays Your

unwaver-ing support and inspiration is what keeps me motivated and on the right track

A huge thank you goes out to Hilary Cotter for his contribution on the book

and for sharing his knowledge and contacts with me For this, I am much

obliged and look forward to future engagements

I would also like to acknowledge my other contributing writers: Shirmattie

Seenarine, John Welch, Marco Shaw, and Maciej Pilecki Thanks for putting

together great content on short notice Special thanks to Shirmattie Seenarine

for picking up the slack when other writers disengaged from the book Your

assistance ensured we met our deadlines

To the Sams Publishing team, especially Neil Rowe, Mandie Frank, Mark

Renfrow, and Margaret Berson, this was yet another great opportunity and

experience for me Thank you, Burzin Patel, Senior SQL Server Program

Manager at Microsoft, for providing insight and responding to my queries in

such a timely manner Also, I can’t forget Todd Robinson who was such a

meticulous technical editor

Thanks go out to the various co-authors of my previous books, SQL Server 2005

Management and Administration and Windows Server 2008 Unleashed,whose

knowledge and content are leveraged in this SQL Server 2008 book, including

Rand Morimoto, Chris Amaris, Alec Minty, and Omar Droubi

Lastly, to my best friend Lijon Geeverghese When I look back, it is hard to

believe how far we have come from the days of Pitfield Stay strong and keep

on trading; eventually we will beat the stock market!

Thanks to all—Ross Mistry

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I N T R O D U C T I O N

SQL Server 2008 is Microsoft’s latest data platform providing data

management and analytical solutions for the enterprise The

plat-form is trusted, ensures business continuity, and is more

predictable and more scalable than ever before Although similar

to SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 offers a tremendous

number of new features and functionality for database

administra-tors, developers, and business intelligence architects

This book is designed to be the ultimate guide for database

admin-istrators as it provides detailed guidance in the areas of planning,

installation, management, administration, security, high

availabil-ity, monitoring, and performance tuning of a SQL Server

environ-ment Moreover, this book includes industry best practices, tips,

and step-by-step instructions based on real-world examples

Some of the classic and new SQL Server 2008 topics covered in

the book include: installation, upgrade and migration strategies,

Policy Based Administration, Resource Governor, encryption,

failover clustering, database mirroring, authorization, hardening,

consolidation and virtualization, maintenance plans, monitoring,

performance tuning, troubleshooting, log shipping, PowerShell

scripting, replication, creating packages and transferring data,

indexes, full-text catalogs, and backing up and restoring databases

The book is also based on Microsoft’s latest award-winning server

operating system—Windows Server 2008 As a result, not only

will readers gain knowledge about SQL Server 2008, but they will

also have the opportunity to understand the advantages of running

SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008

What Is in This Book?

This book is organized into five parts, with each part made up of

several chapters focusing on core SQL Server 2008 elements The

parts and chapters of the book are detailed in this section

Part I: Installing, Administering, and Managing the

Database Engine

The first part of the book begins by providing an overview of SQL

Server 2008, including planning and installing the new platform

After you get SQL Server 2008 installed, the majority of your time

will be spent managing and administering the new SQL Server

infra-structure Therefore, the remainder of Part I consists of chapters

dedi-cated to SQL Server 2008 administration and management tasks

Chapter 1: Installing or Upgrading to the SQL Server 2008 Database

Engine

With the recent release of SQL Server 2008, organizations are eager to

migrate to the new and improved database platform However, many

organi-zations feel challenged when trying to establish the best strategies for moving

forward This chapter focuses on the various SQL Server 2008 migration

strategies that are available It answers the question once and for all whether

or not organizations should upgrade from a previous version or perform a

new SQL Server 2008 installation from scratch and then conduct a migration

Other topics highlighted in this chapter include: supported migration

method-ologies, hardware requirements, using the SQL Server 2008 Upgrade

Advisor, supported legacy versions of SQL Server, and best practices, tips,

and common pitfalls to look out for to achieve a successful migration

Moreover, this chapter describes the benefits associated with running SQL

Server on Windows Server 2008, and it also includes upgrade strategies for

moving to the latest server operating system

Chapter 2: Administering the SQL Server 2008 Database Engine

After SQL Server 2008 is installed, it is necessary to configure and

adminis-ter the server This chapadminis-ter focuses on adminisadminis-tering the core features and

components associated with the Database Engine Topics include

administer-ing the SQL Server properties pages, Database properties pages, Database

Engine folders, and the SQL Server Agent Managing server and database

configuration settings—such as memory, processor performance, auditing,

compression, database files, and autogrowth—is also covered in depth

Chapter 3: Creating Packages and Transferring Data with Integration

Services

A common database administrator task is transferring data or databases between

source and target environments This chapter focuses on importing, exporting,

and transforming data and databases via SQL Server Management Studio and

Integration Services The chapter also covers how packages are created, saved,

and executed as well as the management of the Integration Services component

Chapter 4: Managing and Optimizing SQL Server 2008 Indexes

Similar to an index found in a book, an index in SQL Server is utilized for

fast retrieval of data from tables This chapter explains index concepts, ways

to design the appropriate index strategy to maximize performance, creating

indexes with SQL Server Management Studio, and how to create indexes

with Transact-SQL The chapter also introduces new SQL Server 2008 index

topics, such as creating spatial and filtered indexes, and shares best practices

on implementing, managing, and optimizing indexes

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Chapter 5: Administering SQL Server 2008 Full-Text Search

With the data explosion and the ever-increasing amount of data being stored

in its native format, full-text search is playing an increasingly important role

in databases today This chapter discusses the new features in SQL Server

full-text search and provides step-by-step instructions on how to implement

full-text search on your tables, and best practices for full-text search

Chapter 6: SQL Server 2008 Maintenance Practices

For SQL Server to perform at optimal levels, a DBA should conduct routine

maintenance on each database This chapter focuses on best practices

associ-ated with maintaining databases within the SQL Server Database Engine

The discussion includes creating maintenance plans to check database integrity,

shrink databases, reorganize indexes, and update statistics Additionally, this

chapter provides recommendations on daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly

maintenance practices to be conducted on SQL Servers

Chapter 7: Backing Up and Restoring the SQL Server 2008

Database Engine

Backing and restoring databases is one of the most critical duties of a DBA It

is important that the DBA understand the concepts associated with SQL Server

backups, therefore, in the event of a disaster they can restore the database to the

point of failure This chapter covers the new backup compression feature, the

importance of backups, creating a backup and recovery plan, storage

architec-ture, transaction log files, recovery model, the various types of backups,

backing up with SSMS, automating backups with a maintenance plan, backing

up full-text catalogs, creating database snapshots, and of course, best practices

Part II: SQL Server 2008 Security Practices

Part II of SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration is dedicated to

SQL Server security The first two chapters cover hardening techniques for

both SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 and also discuss

adminis-tering security and authorization The next two chapters describe the new

features, Policy Based Management, and encryption

Chapter 8: Hardening a SQL Server Implementation

SQL Server is regularly targeted by hackers because it is a repository of

sensitive data for organizations If an organization’s system is breached,

hackers can gain access to confidential information including, but not limited

to, credit card numbers, social security numbers, and marketing information

As such, it is imperative that database administrators secure both the SQL

Server implementation and the data residing in it This chapter provides an

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overview of how to harden a SQL Server implementation based on industry

best practices so that vulnerabilities and security breaches are minimized

Some of the security and hardening topics that the chapter delves into

include: choosing the appropriate authentication mechanism, hardening the

SA account, enforcing strong passwords, leveraging the configuration tools to

lock down a SQL Server, configuring the Windows Server 2008 advanced

firewall for secure access, selecting the correct service account, and applying

security templates with Active Directory

Chapter 9: Administering SQL Server Security and Authorization

After the SQL Server installation is hardened, the next step involves

adminis-tering security and granting authorization to the SQL Server environment

Chapter 9 is all about security administration topics: creating logons,

grant-ing access and authorization, understandgrant-ing SQL Server roles, administergrant-ing

password policies, endpoint authentication, SQL Server and database

princi-pals, role-based security, and user and schema separation

Chapter 10: Administering Policy Based Management

Enforcing best practices and standardization on large SQL Server

installa-tions was extremely difficult in previous versions of SQL Server To ensure

standardization, SQL Server 2008 introduces Policy Based Management,

which allows a DBA to define policies that can be applied to one or more

SQL Server instances, databases, and objects Policy Based Management

works on SQL Server 2000 and all its successors

New concepts, components, terminology, and reporting with Policy Based

Management as well as best practices are discussed in Chapter 10 The

reader’s attention is then turned to real-world step-by-step examples of how

to implement Policy Based Management in their environment

Chapter 11: Encrypting SQL Server Data and Communications

Organizations and DBAs are facing excessive pressure from regulatory

agen-cies to ensure that mission-critical data stored within SQL Server is

encrypted Not only is it important to ensure that data stored within SQL

Server is encrypted, but it is equally important to ensure that data in transit is

encrypted, database encryption can be implemented without making changes

to an application, data can be encrypted at the cell level, and finally, SQL

Server volumes can also be encrypted

Chapter 11 shares many strategies, tips, and best practices on how to leverage

the encryption-based technologies included in SQL Server 2008 and

Windows Server 2008 for end-to-end data protection Among these strategies

are: leveraging transparent data encryption, integrating security with a

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Hardware Security Module (HSM), using certificates to encrypt data in

transit, and encrypting SQL Server volumes with BitLocker

Part III: SQL Server 2008 High-Availability Alternatives

DBAs typically feel compelled to choose just the right technologies to achieve

high availability when designing a SQL Server infrastructure Some of the

challenges they face are illustrated in their questions: Should I use failover

clustering, database mirroring, log shipping, or replication? Which alternative

provides the best protection? How does Windows Server 2008 impact my

deci-sion? This part of the book will alleviate pressure and concerns by providing

DBAs with best practices and tips on how to design and choose the right SQL

Server 2008 high-availability alternative to meet their organization’s needs

In this part, the chapters aim to teach DBAs how to select the appropriate HA

technology when designing and implementing SQL Server 2008

Technologies include failover clustering, log shipping, peer-to-peer

replica-tion, and database mirroring, based on Windows Server 2008

Chapter 12: Implementing and Managing Failover Clustering

The main focus of Chapter 12 is on how to design, configure, and manage a

single-instance or multiple-instance high-availability failover cluster with

SQL Server 2008

The chapter is also based on Windows Server 2008 As a result, it includes

the new features and prerequisites associated with implementing failover

clustering with SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008 Step-by-step

procedures for both the Windows Server 2008 failover cluster and SQL

Server 2008 failover cluster are also provided

Chapter 13: Implementing and Managing Database Mirroring

Chapter 13 deals with configuring and managing database mirroring so that

organizations can enhance the availability of their SQL Server databases,

increase business continuity, and maintain a hot standby of their database in

another geographic location The chapter includes detailed step-by-step

instructions for configurations of all three database mirroring modes: high

availability, high protection, and high performance

This chapter also includes best practices from the field, case studies, and

discussions of how to integrate database mirroring with other high-availability

alternatives such as failover clustering and how to recover from a failed server

Chapter 14: Implementing and Managing Log Shipping

The focus of Chapter 14 is on configuring and managing log shipping This

chapter supplies step-by-step instructions on how to configure and maintain

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one or more warm standby databases, typically referred to as secondary

data-bases Like the other high-availability chapters in this part, this chapter

includes real-world examples and industry best practices

Chapter 15: Implementing and Managing SQL Server Replication

SQL Server Replication is another way of distributing data from a source SQL

Server to either one or more target SQL Servers This chapter focuses on

replication components and provides a prelude to the different types of

repli-cation scenarios that a database administrator can manage, such as snapshot,

merge, and transactional replication Step-by-step replication configurations,

including the peer-to-peer replication scenario, a new form of high

availabil-ity, are also presented

Part IV: Monitoring and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008

Part IV of this book covers monitoring, troubleshooting, and

performance-tuning techniques to ensure that SQL Server 2008 is optimized and

perform-ing at the highest possible levels

Chapter 16: Managing Workloads and Consumption with Resource

Governor

Unfortunately, with the previous releases of SQL Server, there was no way to

effectively mitigate performance issues associated with SQL Server

work-loads Thankfully, with SQL Server 2008, Microsoft introduced Resource

Governor, which provides persistent performance to end users and

applica-tions by giving Database Administrators the potential to define resource limits

and priorities on different SQL Server workloads This chapter focuses on

introducing, implementing, and configuring Resource Governor from a

data-base administrator perspective

Chapter 17: Monitoring SQL Server 2008 with Native Tools

SQL Server 2008 includes a tremendous number of native tools that should be

leveraged in order to monitor a SQL Server database and infrastructure This

chapter first teaches a DBA how to use native tools to gain quick insight into a

SQL Server system It then focuses on how to leverage the new SQL Server audit

functionality to monitor events and SQL Server activity and how to configure

database mail The final technologies described in this chapter are Performance

Studio, and Performance and Reliability Monitoring, which are new monitoring

technologies introduced with SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008

Chapter 18: Proactively Monitoring SQL Server 2008 with System

Center Operations Manager 2007

Database Administrators and IT managers are under constant pressure to ensure

that their SQL Server systems are operating at optimal levels This can be very

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challenging when managing a large SQL Server infrastructure It is

recom-mended for DBAs to leverage Operations Manager 2007 to proactively monitor

and provide a comprehensive view of the health of a SQL Server infrastructure

The discussion in this chapter focuses on the Operations Manager

compo-nents, installing the SQL Server management pack, and on how to use the

operations console to effectively monitor a SQL Server infrastructure By

gaining the upper hand in monitoring and managing a SQL Server

infrastruc-ture, Database Administrators can achieve the agility necessary to be

success-ful and focus on other tasks

Chapter 19: Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008

After SQL Server 2008 is placed in operation and is being monitored, it is

important to take action on the findings It is often difficult to anticipate

real-world loads during the development phase of application deployment; thus, it

is critical to adjust the parameters of the SQL Server 2008 platform to

opti-mize the performance after it is deployed Frequently, DBAs need to

trou-bleshoot the performance of SQL Server 2008 to address problems that are

uncovered by monitoring

This chapter focuses on how to tune, optimize, and troubleshoot the performance

of the SQL Server 2008 system Specific tools and components include Windows

Server 2008 System Monitor, performance thresholds, SQL Server Profiler,

Database Engine Tuning Advisor, Query Analysis, and Extended Events

Part V: SQL Server 2008 Bonus Content

The final part of the book offers bonus content, including leveraging

PowerShell to administer SQL Server and implementing Hyper-V to virtualize

a SQL Server infrastructure

Chapter 20: Administering SQL Server 2008 with PowerShell

SQL Server 2008 introduces support for Windows PowerShell PowerShell is

a new command-line shell and scripting language for automating server

administration Microsoft is beginning to integrate this new scripting language

into all of their server products This chapter discusses how to install

PowerShell, provides an overview of the language and how it is integrated

into SQL 2008, and then dives into how PowerShell can be leveraged to

undertake common SQL Server tasks

Chapter 21: Consolidating and Virtualizing SQL Server 2008 with

Hyper-V

Tremendous efforts are being made in the IT industry and the world to sustain

the environment Going green by consolidating and virtualizing servers is a

great way to simplify management, minimize data center costs, reduce power

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consumption, and make the world a better place for future generations By

consolidating SQL Server instances and leveraging Windows Server 2008

Hyper-V for consolidating and virtualizing SQL Server databases and

instances, organizations can reduce the number of SQL Server systems within

the infrastructure This chapter focuses on how to plan and implement

Hyper-V and create virtualized guest sessions so that SQL Server systems can be

consolidated and virtualized In addition, SQL Server virtualization

considera-tions are also discussed

Sample Databases

To facilitate running the steps introduced throughout the book, all of the

examples are based on either the AdventureWorks2008 or Customer database

Both of these database samples can be downloaded directly from Microsoft’s

SQL Server sample website at http://www.codeplex.com/SqlServerSamples

The website and downloads also include the step-by-step instructions on how

to install the sample databases on SQL Server 2008

The exact link to the OLTP Adventureworks2008 sample can be found at

http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTDBProdSamples/Release/ProjectReleases.asp

x?ReleaseId=18407 Be sure to choose the correct MSI file based on the 2008

schema and the processor type of your system

The Customer database can be downloaded from the sample Integration

Services Product Samples website at

http://www.codeplex.com/MSFTISProdSamples The package sample name is

“Execute SQL Statements in a Loop Sample Package” and the customer data

which needs to be imported into a newly created Customer database is located

in Customer.txt file

In addition, the book is based on SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition running

on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition The following elements were

used for the scenarios of the book

Domain Controller TOR-DC01.companyabc.com

SQL Server Name TOR-SQL01\Instance01

TOR-SQL01\Instance02 Secondary Site San Francisco, California

SQL Server Name SFC-SQL01\Instance01

SFC-SQL02\Instance02 Disaster Recovery Site New York, New York

NYC-SQL01\Instance01 NYC-SQL02\Instance02

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with Integration Services

2008 Indexes

Search

2008 Database Engine