SQL Server 70-462 Exam Short Note. Planning SQL Server Install

1. PLANNING AN INSTALLATION OF
SQL SERVER 2012

2. INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION TOPICS
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Installation of SQL Server Instances.
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Planning Installation.
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Installation
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Install an Instance
Command Line Install
Configuration File Install
Installation of Features.
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Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Planning For Storage & Growth
Benchmarking SQL Server
Reporting Services Native
Analysis Services
Reporting Services Native or SharePoint
Configure SQL Server Instances.
Manage & Configure Databases.

3. PLANNING AN SQL SERVER INSTANCE
OS
Requirements
Software
Processor
Requirements
Hard Disk
Memory

4. CRITERIA OF RESOURCES
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Criteria's are based on
The Edition of SQL Server
 The bit depth of SQL Server
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X64
 X86
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Enterprise
Developer
BI
Editions
Express/Express
+ tools
Standard
Web

5. MAIN POINTS
X64 Versions of SQL 2012 supports only x64 OS
only
 X86 Versions of SQL 2012 supports both x64/x86
OS’s
 OS Service Pack level is also important
 Major OS Supports
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Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Windows Vista SP2
Windows 7 SP1
Windows Server 2003 is not Supported

6. DEVELOPER/ EXPRESS / EXPRESS WITH
ADVANCED SERVICES / EXPRESS WITH
ADVANCED TOOLS
Server 2008R2
Enterprise/ DC/
Standard/
Foundation/
Web
Windows Vista
SP2 Ultimate/
Enterprise/
Business/Home
Premium/Home
Basic
Developer/
Express/
Express With
Advanced tools
/Express with
advanced
Services
Windows 7 SP1
Ultimate
/Professional/
Home Premium/
Basic
Server 2008 DC/
Enterprise/ Std/
Web

7. SQL S. STANDARD
Windows Server
2008 R2 SP1
Datacenter,
Enterprise,
Standard,
Foundation, Web
Windows Vista SP2
Ultimate /
Enterprise
/Business
SQL
Server
Standard
Windows 7 SP1
Ultimate,
Enterprise,
Professional
Windows Server
2008
SP2DC/Enterprise/
Standard/ Web

8. SQL S. ENTERPRISE/ BI / WEB
Windows Server
2008R2
Enterprise, DC,
Standard, Web
SQL S.
Enterprise/BI/Web
Windows Server
2008 SP2
Enterprise/ DC/
Standard/ Web

9. PROCESSOR & RAM REQUIREMENTS (X64) –
ENTERPRISE/BI/WEB/STANDARD/DEVELOPER
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Processor Types
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Intel
Intel Xeon with EM64T Support
 Intel P4 with EM64T
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AMD
AMD Opteron
 AMD Athlon 64T
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Speed
Min 1.4 GHz
 Recommended 2GHz
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RAM
Min 1Gb
 Recommended 4Gb or more
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10. PROCESSOR & RAM REQUIREMENTS (X64) –
EXPRESS/EXPRESS WITH TOOLS/EXPRESS WITH
ADVANCED SERVICES
Same Processor Requirements
 RAM
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Min 512Mb
 1Gb Recommended
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11. PROCESSOR & RAM REQUIREMENTS (X86) –
ENTERPRISE/BI/WEB/STANDARD/DEVELOPER
P3 Compatible or Newer version
 Processor
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Min – 1GHz
 Recommended 2GHz
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RAM
Min 1Gb
 Recommended – 4Gb or more
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12. PROCESSOR & RAM REQUIREMENTS (X86) –
EXPRESS/EXPRESS WITH TOOLS/ EXPRESS WITH
ADVANCED SERVICES
Same as above
 RAM
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Min 512Mb
 Recommended 1Gb
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13. HARD DISK REQUIREMENTS
Database Engine/Full
Text Search/Replication
•811Mb
Analysis Services
•345Mb
Client Components
•1823Mb
Integration Services
•591Mb
Master Data Services
•243Mb
Reporting Services &
Report Manager
•304Mb

14. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS &
VIRTUALIZATION
.Net Framework 3.5 SP1
 .Net Framework 4.0
 IE 7 or above
 Windows Power Shell 2.0
 Virtualization
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Hyper-v on Windows Server 2008R2 SP1 or Windows
Server 2008 SP2

15. CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS IN SQL SERVER
2012
Database Size < 524272 Terabytes
 Maximum Data File Size < 16 Terabytes
 Maximum Number of Instances 32767
 Maximum 16 Columns per Primary Key
 Maximum 253 Foreign Key References Per table
 Maximum 32767 Connections Per instance
 50 instances of Database Engine on a host
 25 Instances of Database Engine on host if peer
to peer replication is used.
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16. SELECTION OF FEATURES
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Instance Features
Can operate Side by side
 Act as separate instances of SQL Server
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Shared Features
Shared among Instances
 Need to install only once
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17. INSTANCE FEATURES
Data Quality Services
Full Text Search/Semantic
Extractions for Search
Replication
Database Engine Services
Analysis Services
Reporting
Services Native

18. SHARED FEATURES
Reporting
Services –Share
Point
Integration
Services
Distributed
Replay
Controller
SSMS Basic/
Comprehensive
Data Quality
Client
SQL Server
Data tools/
Master Data
Services
Client tools
Connectivity/SQL
client
connectivity

19. SCALE UP VS. SCALE OUT
Scale Out
Increase
capacity by
using
multiple
instances of
SQL
SERVER
Peer to
Peer
replication/
Always on
Availability
groups
Scalability – How well application
users increased resources to increase
capacity.

20. DATABASE GROWTH
Database size can be fixed / auto grow
 Fixed databases minimize file fragmentation
 Auautogrowth leads to file fragmentation.
 Sp_spaceused to query space allocation in DB
 Can Decrease the size by auto shrink property
 Autoshrink leads to index fragmentation
 Also can use dbccshrinkfile/dbccshrinkdatabase
 Both require membership sysadmin fixed server
role or db_owner
 Cant make a DB smaller than the initially
specified size.
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21. DESIGN OF STORAGE
Primary
Secondary
Contain startup information &
pointers
Optional
Store Objects & Data
Tx Log
Store Data
Tx information
Change Vectors
Every Database has a file
..ndf extension
.mdf ext
Spead across disk to improve
performance
.ldf ext
Always in primary file group
Can be in a primary or
Secondary file group

22. MSA VS. VIRTUAL ACCOUNTS
Managed
Service Account
(MSA)
Virtual Account
/ Managed
Local Account
Domain managed
Account
Local Accounts
Pw managed by
domain controller
Can access domain in
network environment
Use a $ prefix
(Contos/Ms$)
Pw not required
Service Principal
registered under
Active Directory
NT
Service/Servicename

23. WINDOWS & SERVICE LEVEL SECURITY
Windows Vista/
Windows
Server 2008
Network Service
•DE
•Agent
•Analysis
•SSIS
•RPT Service
•DRC
•DR Client
Local Service
• SQL Browser
• FD Launcher
Local system
•SQL S VSS Writer

24. WINDOWS & SERVICE LEVEL SECURITY
Windows 7 /
Windows
Server 2008 R2
Managed
Service Account
Virtual Account
/ Managed
Local Account

25. MSA VS. VIRTUAL ACCOUNTS (WINDOWS
7 & WINDOWS SERVER 20088 R2)
MSA / Local
Service
Account
Database
Engine
SSIS
Integration
Service
FD Launcher
DRC / Dis
Replay Client
SQL Server
Agent
Local System
SQL S.
Browser
Local Service
SQL S. VSS
Writer

26. INSTALL SQL SERVER ON A DOMAIN
CONTROLLER
Not Recommended by Microsoft
 SQL S. in a domain controller can’t run under a
local service account
 Member Server with SQL S. Can’t be promoted to
a domain controller
 Can’t demote a SQL S. with domain controller as
a member server
 In a RODC sql server cant create necessary
accounts and groups then installation fails.
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27. CORE MODE INSTALLATION
SQL S. can be installed on Windows Server
2008r2 sp1 Core version
 Osedtions Datacenter , Enterprise, Web &
Standard are supported
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28. CORE MODE INSTALLATION
REQUIREMENTS
.net
Franework 2.0
sp1
.NET
Framework
3.5 sp1
Powershell 2.0
Requirements
Windows
installer 4.5
.net
Framework
4.0

29. CORE MODE INSTALLATION FEATURES
SUPPORTED
DE
Integration
Service
Replication
Core
Mode
Support
Client tools
connectivity
Full Text
Search
Analysis
Services

30. BENCHMARKING SQL SERVER
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Prior to Installing SQL Server DBA must perform an
Benchmarking process
Validate the Server Resources against the
Requirements of the Installation
SQLIO is tool dtermine the capacity of the IO
Subsystem
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Measures
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Measure I/O per/sec
Throughput Mb/sec
Latency
By reading & writing files of different sizes
Saturation point can be identified by increaseing the load
SQLIOSIM – is included in SQL 2012 instance
SQLIOSIM perform similar task it replaces
SQLIOStress utility in earlier versions of SQL Server