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2788: Designing High Availability Database Solutions Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Course Length: 3 Days

Overview:
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.

Prerequisites:
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

Course Content

Lesson 1: Selecting the Appropriate High-availability Solution

• Identifying High-availability Requirements and Constraints
• Analyzing High-availability Requirements and Constraints
• Determining Appropriate High-availability Solutions
• Lab 1: Proposing a High-availability Solution
• Gathering Requirements
• Prioritizing Requirements
• Determining Appropriate High-availability Technology
• Proposing a High-availability Solution

Lesson 2: Designing a Clustering Solution

• 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
• Lab 2: Designing a Database Clustering Solution
• Designing a Cluster Topology
• Designing an Operations Plan
• Verifying a SQL Server Cluster Configuration
• Monitoring a SQL Server Cluster

Lesson 3: Designing a Highly Available Database Storage Solution

• 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
• Lab 3: Designing a Highly Available Database Storage Solution
• Determining Storage Needs
• Selecting the Storage Solution
• Designing a RAID Solution
• Designing a SAN Solution
• Designing a Backup and Restore Strategy

Lesson 4: Designing a Log Shipping Solution

• 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
• Lab 4: Designing a Log Shipping Solution
• Selecting the Appropriate Log Shipping Architecture
• Designing Log Shipping Database Roles and Topology
• Designing an Operations Plan
• Verifying and Testing a Log Shipping Solution

Lesson 5: Designing a Database Mirroring Solution

• 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
• Lab 5: Designing a Database Mirroring Solution
• 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

Lesson 6: Designing a Highly Available Solution Based on Replication

• Introduction to Designing a Replication Solution
• Designing a Replication Solution
• Designing a Replication Upgrade Strategy
• Designing an Operations Plan for Replication
• Lab 6: Designing a Highly-availability Solution Based on Replication
• 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

Lesson 7: Combining High-availability Technologies

• Evaluating Weaknesses in Each High-availability Technology
• Maximizing Availability by Combining High-availability Technologies
• Lab 7: Combining High-availability Technologies
• Evaluating Weaknesses in High-availability Technologies
• Maximizing Availability by Combining Technologies

Lesson 8: Documenting and Testing a High-availability Strategy

• Documenting High-availability Solutions
• Creating a Test Plan for High-availability Solutions
• Lab 8: Documenting and Testing a High-availability Strategy
• Documenting the High-availability Solution
• Creating a Test Plan

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