Designing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Infrastructure and Services

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.Course contentModule 1: Analyzing Capacity NeedsThis 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

• Estimating Storage Requirements
• EstimatingCPURequirements
• Estimating Memory Requirements
• Estimating Network Requirements

Lab 1: Analyzing Capacity Needs

• Gathering Requirements that Impact or Affect Capacity Needs
• Estimating Capacity Needs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Estimate disk storage requirements
• EstimateCPUrequirements
• Estimate memory requirements
• Estimate network bandwidth requirements

Module 2: Designing a Strategy for Data ArchivingThis 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

• Identifying Requirements that Affect Data Archiving
• Determining the Structure of Archival Data
• Creating a Data Archival Plan

Lab 2: Designing a Strategy for Data Archiving

• Designing an Archiving Solution
• Defending Your Archiving Solution

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the requirements that affect data archiving
• Determine the structure of archival data
• Create a data archival plan

Module 3: Designing a Strategy for Database Server ConsolidationThis module describes the benefits of consolidating database servers in various ways and explains how to use multipleSQLServer instances to optimize the design of a database server infrastructure. It also details the process of designing a database server consolidation plan.
Lessons

• Overview of Database Server Consolidation
• Designing a Strategy forSQLServer Instances
• Designing a Database Server Consolidation Plan

Lab 3: Designing a Database Server Consolidation Strategy

• Designing a Consolidation Strategy
• Defending Your Consolidation Strategy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the benefits of different ways to consolidate database servers
• Design a strategy forSQLServer instances
• Design a database server consolidation plan

Module 4: Designing a Strategy for Data DistributionThis module describes the various tools that are provided bySQLServer 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

• Overview of Data Distribution
• Creating a Data Distribution Plan Using Replication

Lab 4: Designing a Data Distribution Strategy Using Replication

• Designing a Data Distribution Strategy
• Defending Your Data Distribution Strategy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Select an appropriate tool for data distribution
• Create a data distribution plan using replication

Module 5: Designing a Database Server InfrastructureThis 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

• Evaluating the Current Database Server Infrastructure
• Gathering Requirements for Changing a Database Server Infrastructure
• Designing Modifications to a Database Server Infrastructure

Lab 5: Designing a Database Server Infrastructure

• Choosing a Database Server Hardware and Software
• Defending Your Database Server Hardware and Software Choices

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Evaluate the current database server infrastructure
• Gather requirements for changing a database server infrastructure
• Design modifications to a database server infrastructure

Module 6: Designing a Strategy for Data RecoveryThis 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

• Creating a Backup and Restore Strategy
• Creating a Database Disaster Recovery Plan

Lab 6: Designing a Data Recovery Solution

• Devising a Recovery Strategy
• Sharing Lessons Learned from Disaster Recovery

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create a backup and restore strategy
• Create a database disaster recovery plan

Module 7: Establishing Database Conventions and StandardsThis 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

• Establishing Database Naming Conventions
• Defining Database Standards

Lab 7: Establishing Database Conventions and Standards

• Proposing Improved Object Naming Conventions
• Proposing Improved Coding Standards

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create database naming conventions
• Define database infrastructure standards