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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.
Lessons
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Identifying High-availability Requirements and Constraints |
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Analyzing High-availability Requirements and Constraints |
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Determining Appropriate High-availability
Solutions |
Lab 1: Proposing a High-availability Solution
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Gathering Requirements |
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Prioritizing Requirements |
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Determining Appropriate High-availability Technology |
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Proposing a High-availability Solution |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Identify high-availability requirements and constraints. |
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Analyze high-availability requirements. |
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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.
Lessons
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Designing the Platform for Clustering |
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Designing the SQL Server Cluster Implementation |
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Designing Recovery Strategies and Test Plans for Database
Clustering |
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Migrating and Upgrading SQL Server Clusters |
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Designing an Operations Plan for Clustering |
Lab 2: Designing a Database Clustering Solution
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Designing a Cluster Topology |
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Designing an Operations Plan |
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Verifying a SQL Server Cluster Configuration |
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Monitoring a SQL Server Cluster |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Design the platform for clustering. |
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Design the SQL Server cluster implementation. |
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Design recovery strategies and test plan for database
clustering. |
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Migrate and upgrade SQL Server clusters. |
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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.
Lessons
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Determining Storage Requirements for SQL Server Databases |
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Determining Storage Requirements for SQL Server Components and
Files |
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Designing Storage Solutions for SQL Server Databases |
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Designing a Backup and Restore Strategy |
Lab 3: Designing a Highly Available Database Storage Solution
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Determining Storage Needs |
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Selecting the Storage Solution |
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Designing a RAID Solution |
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Designing a SAN Solution |
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Designing a Backup and Restore Strategy |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Determine storage requirements for SQL Server databases. |
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Determine storage requirements for SQL Server components and
files. |
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Design a highly-available storage solution for each database
resource. |
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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.
Lessons
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Introduction to Designing a Log Shipping Solution |
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Designing Log Shipping Server Roles and Topology |
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Designing a Log Shipping Upgrade Strategy |
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Designing an Operations Plan for Log Shipping |
Lab 4: Designing a Log Shipping Solution
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Selecting the Appropriate Log Shipping Architecture |
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Designing Log Shipping Database Roles and Topology |
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Designing an Operations Plan |
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Verifying and Testing a Log Shipping Solution |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Explain the different considerations for designing a log shipping
solution. |
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Design log shipping server roles and topology. |
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Design a strategy for upgrading log shipping. |
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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.
Lessons
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Introduction to Designing a Database Mirroring Solution |
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Designing Database Roles and Topology for Database Mirroring |
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Converting High-availability Solutions to Database Mirroring |
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Designing an Operations Plan for Database
Mirroring |
Lab 5: Designing a Database Mirroring Solution
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Selecting the Appropriate Mirroring Architecture |
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Designing Database Roles and Topology for Database Mirroring |
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Designing an Operations Plan |
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Evaluating Migration Options from Clustering to Mirroring |
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Evaluating Migration Options from Log Shipping to Mirroring |
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Comparing Mirroring with Clustering and Log
Shipping |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Explain the different considerations for designing a database mirroring
solution. |
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Design the database roles and topology for database mirroring. |
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Convert existing high-availability solutions to database
mirroring. |
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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.
Lessons
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Introduction to Designing a Replication Solution |
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Designing a Replication Solution |
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Designing a Replication Upgrade Strategy |
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Designing an Operations Plan for Replication |
Lab 6: Designing a Highly-availability Solution Based on
Replication
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Selecting the Appropriate Replication Architecture |
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Designing a Replication Solution |
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Designing an Operations Plan |
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Designing a Disaster Recovery Strategy By Using MERGE
Replication |
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Designing a Disaster Recovery Strategy By Using TRANSACTIONAL
Replication |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Explain the different considerations for designing a replication
solution. |
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Design a replication solution. |
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Design a strategy for upgrading replication. |
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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.
Lessons
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Evaluating Weaknesses in Each High-availability Technology |
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Maximizing Availability by Combining High-availability
Technologies |
Lab 7: Combining High-availability Technologies
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Evaluating Weaknesses in High-availability Technologies |
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Maximizing Availability by Combining
Technologies |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Evaluate the weaknesses in each high-availability technology. |
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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.
Lessons
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Documenting High-availability Solutions |
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Creating a Test Plan for High-availability
Solutions |
Lab 8: Documenting and Testing a High-availability Strategy
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Documenting the High-availability Solution |
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Creating a Test Plan |
After completing this module, students will be able to:
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Document high-availability solutions. |
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Create a test plan for high-availability
solutions. |
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