M2072: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database Administration

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have:

Experience using the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system to:

Connect clients running Windows 2000 to networks and the Internet.
Configure the Windows 2000 environment.
Create and manage user accounts.
Manage access to resources by using groups.
Configure and manage disks and partitions, including disk striping and mirroring.
Manage data by using NTFS.
Implement Windows 2000 security.
Optimize performance in Windows 2000.

An understanding of basic relational database concepts, includes:

Logical and physical database design.
Data integrity concepts.
Relationships between tables and columns (primary key and foreign key, one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many).
How data is stored in tables (rows and columns).

Course Description:

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills required to install, configure, administer, and troubleshoot the client-server database management system of Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000. Course 2072 is a revision of Course 832, System Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. The course content is being revised to reflect changes in the product.

This course includes the following modules:

SQL Server Overview

• What Is SQL Server
• SQL Server Integration
• SQL Server Databases
• SQL Server Security
• Working with SQL Server

Planning to Install SQL Server

• Hardware Installation Considerations
• SQL Server 2000 Editions
• Software Installation Considerations
• Methods of Installing SQL Server
• Verifying the Installation
• Configuring SQL Server Enterprise Manager
• Troubleshooting

Managing Database Files

• Introduction to Data Structures
• Creating Databases
• Managing Databases
• Placing Database Files and Logs
• Optimizing the Database Using Hardware-based RAID
• Optimizing the Database Using Filegroups
• Optimizing the Database Using Filegroups with Hardware-based RAID
• Capacity Planning
• Performance Considerations

Managing Security

• Implementing an Authentication Mode
• Assigning Logins to Users and Roles
• Assigning Permissions to Users and Roles
• Managing Security Within SQL Server
• Managing Application Security
• Managing SQL Server Security in the Enterprise

Performing Administrative Tasks

• Configuration Tasks
• Routine SQL Server Administrative Tasks
• Automating Routine Maintenance Tasks
• Creating Alerts
• Troubleshooting
• SQL Server Automation
• Automating Multiserver Jobs

Backing Up Databases

• Preventing Data Loss
• Setting and Changing a Database Recovery Model
• SQL Server Backup
• When to Back Up Databases
• Performing Backups
• Types of Backup Methods
• Planning a Backup Strategy
• Performance Considerations

Restoring Databases

• SQL Server Recovery Process
• Preparing to Restore a Database
• Restoring Backups
• Restoring Databases from Different Backup Types
• Restoring Damaged System Databases

Monitoring SQL Server for Performance

• Why to Monitor SQL Server
• Performance Monitoring and Tuning
• Tools for Monitoring SQL Server
• Common Monitoring and Tuning Tasks

Transferring Data

• Introduction to Transferring Data
• Tools for Importing and Exporting Data in SQL Server
• Introduction to DTS
• Transforming Data with DTS

Maintaining High Availability

• Introduction to Availability
• Increasing Availability Using Failover Clustering
• Standby Servers and Log Shipping

Introducing Replication

• Introduction to Distributed Data
• Introduction to SQL Server Replication
• SQL Server Replication Agents
• SQL Server Replication Types
• Physical Replication Models