SQL Server Database Administration
Course Outline
Help protect your organization by using the knowledge gained in this course to correctly manage business databases. With this training, you learn the essential skills for administering SQL Server databases, and gain extensive experience using SQL Server tools to perform real-world administrative tasks with SQL Server Management Studio and Transact-SQL.
SQL Server Database Administration Benefits
Configure and manage SQL Server databases
Ensure SQL Server security with logins, roles, users, and permissions
Develop backup strategies and recover from disasters
Leverage SQL Server Agent to automate administrative tasks
Isolate and repair fragmentation and database corruption
SQL Server Database Administration Course Outline
Important SQL Server Database Administration Course Information
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Prerequisites
- Relational database experience
- Working knowledge of computers and a familiarity with Microsoft Windows
- SQL programming experience is helpful, but not required
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Audience Profile
This course is helpful to those who are new to SQL Server administration and who will be responsible for administering SQL Server. A basic understanding of SQL Server or experience at the level of Microsoft SQL Server Training Course is required..
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Exam Information
Optional Learning Tree exam is available at the end of class.
SQL Server Database Administration Course Outline
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Getting Started with SQL Server
Setting up SQL Server
- Selecting installation options
- Installing a named instance
Leveraging essential tools
- SQL Server Management Studio
- Configuration Manager
- Transact-SQL
- sqlcmd
- PowerShell
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Constructing and Managing Databases
Inspecting storage structures
- Relating servers, databases and files
- Creating databases and transaction logs
Designing file groups
Upgrading and moving databases
- Maximizing storage utilization
- Placing tables on file groups
- Choosing between upgrade and migration
- Detaching and attaching databases
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Controlling database space
- Permitting automatic database growth
- Adding database files to expand databases
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Handling Server and Database Security
Implementing server security
- Comparing authentication modes
- Defining logins
- Creating user-defined server roles
- Enforcing password policy
Granting database access
- Contrasting users and logins
- Adding users
- Defining new roles
- Delegating privileges with predefined roles
- Repairing mis-mapped logins
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Granting and Revoking Permissions
Managing database-scoped privileges
- Permitting object creation
- Giving blanket permissions
Defining object-level permissions
- Limiting object access
- Meeting complex permission requirements with roles
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Backup and Recovery
Backing up databases
- Selecting a recovery model
- Investigating the transaction log
- Running full, log and differential backups
Restoring databases
- Performing a post-crash log backup
- Rebuilding the master database
- Recovering user and system databases
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Streamlining Tasks with Jobs, Alerts and Database Mail
Configuring SQL Server Agent
- Setting agent properties
- Implementing database mail
Defining jobs to handle routine tasks
- Creating alerts and operators
- Initiating multi-step jobs
- Associating alerts with jobs
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Database Maintenance and Monitoring
Handling fragmentation and database corruption
- Identifying and curing fragmentation
- Repairing database corruption
Building database maintenance plans
- Scheduling plan execution
- Notifying operators of success or failure
Resolving contention problems
- Identifying blocked processes
- Killing blockers
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