01 Install and Configure SQL Server

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Module 1 Overview

Installation Decisions

Design the Storage for New Databases

Plan for Growth and Capacity

Service Account Configuration


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Topic: Installation Decisions

Determine the Appropriate Hardware

Select the Appropriate Windows Operating System E

Select the Appropriate Edition of SQL Server

Determine if a Separate Instance Is Required

Select the Appropriate Collation


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Determine the Appropriate Hardware

To virtualizeor notto virtualize?

CPU sockets and cores

Memory Memory support is a function ofthe Windows operating system or

edition

DAS versus SAN Consider solid state storage

Free, unsupported tools are available to help test I/O worklo SQLIOdisk subsystem benchmark tool

SQLIOSIM
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Select the Appropriate Windows Operating Edition

Specific editions of SQL Server are supported on specific ver

editions of Windows Client and Windows Server One way or another, the following operating systems are sup

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2

Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

SQL Server 2012 is supported on Windows Server 2012 coreWindows Server 2008 R2 core

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Select the Appropriate Edition of SQL Serve

Editionsto choose from are: Principal Editions

Enterprise

Business Intelligence

Standard

Evaluation

Specialized Edition(s) Web

Breadth Editions Express

Developer
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Determine if a Separate Instance Is Requ

Each instance will have its own set ofservices and service settings

Separate administration requirements

Separate instance-level configurationsettings

Separate SLAs

Support for separate collations

Support for multiple versions of SQLServer

Know which features can be installedas instances


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Select the Appropriate Collation

What is a collation?

What is the impact ofcollation choice duringinstallation?

Where can collation bespecified?


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DEMOSpecifying Collation at the Instance, Database, Cand Query Levels


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Topic: Design the Storage for New Datab

Drive Layout: Design

Windows File System forExpected I/O Patterns

Consider MultipleFilegroup and Multiple

Data File Designs Table Partitioning

Design


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Drive Layout: Design Windows File System foExpected I/O Patterns

Separate I/O activity on systems

with heavy workloads: OS vs. data file(s) vs. log file

Consider separating TempDBworkload

Consider adding multiple data filesto TempDB

Use appropriate RAID levelsandparity when appropriate

Consider adding multiple data filesto TempDBfor large workloads
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Consider Multiple Filegroup and Multiple Data Fi

Use this advanced design

technique for two reasons: Performance

More read/write headsinvolved in reading andwriting

Maintenance Smaller units of data backed

up/restored, indexesreorganized/rebuilt

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Table Partitioning Design

Table partitioning spreads thedata of a single table over

multiple filegroups

Purpose Use more read/write heads to

separate I/O activity over separatepartitions

Efficiently load new data into a (large)table

Perform index maintenance on apartition by partition basis

Concept of index alignment

References Designing Partitions to Manage

Subsets of Data

SlidingWindow example
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DEMOCreating a Database with an Advanced Design


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Topic: Plan for Growth and Capacity

Two DBA Cardinal Sins

Manual File Growth

File Autogrow Options

Growth Monitoring

Shrinking Databases and Files

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Two DBA Cardinal Sins

Running out of space in a SQL Server data or log file

Allowing a data or log file to fill up a volume when auused

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Manual File Growth

Why manual?

Timing and control

Methods GUI

Code

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File Autogrow Options

Why autogrow?

Percent vs. fixed size

Should maximum file size be set?

Methods

GUI Code

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Growth Monitoring

If/when to shrink or grow

Monitoring tools and techniques Code in agent jobs

Performance object alert

Management Data Warehouse

Catalogs and DMVs

sys.database_files sys.dm_os_volume_stats

Stored procedures sp_SpaceUsed

sp_Databases

DBCC SQLPerf(logspace)

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Databases (all files) can be shrunk

Individual data and log files can be shrunk

Autoshrink can be set as a database option Just say No

Turned off by default

Manual shrinking only relevant in one context


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DEMOGrowing File Size Manually Using the GUI and C


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Topic: Service Account Configuration


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Topic: Service Account Configuration

Account Selection During Installation

Changing Account Choices After Installation Which tool? Why that tool?

On What Basis Do I Select Accounts to Run Services?



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Builtin Account Local Service

Network Service

Local System

Created Account Machine Local

omain General rule: create a separate

account for each service, for eachinstancereally!

Changing Account Choices After Installa


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Changing Account Choices After Installa

Use SQL Server Configuration Manager

Dont use the Services management console in Wind

On What Basis Do I Select Accounts to Run


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On What Basis Do I Select Accounts to Run

Database engine can use a low-privileged account

Browser and Full-Text Services shouldnt require a doaccount either

SQL Server Agent may need access to: Mailbox

UNC shares and file systems Other SQL Servers

Reference: Configure Windows Service Accounts andPermissions
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DEMOChanging Service Account Assignment

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