Course 55153-A: Microsoft SQL Always On and High Availability

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Course 55153-A: Microsoft SQL Always On and High Availability

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This two-day instructor-led course is designed for database administrators to familiarize them with the concepts in SQL Always On and High Availability. The course utilizes SQL 2014, but explains the differences from SQL 2012.

Audience Profile

This course is intended for SQL DBAs and IT Professionals.

Prerequisites

Course outline

Module 1: Course Overview

Module Overview

This module explains how the class will be structured and introduces course materials and additional administrative information.

Lessons

Introduction
Course Materials
Facilities
Prerequisites
Course Overview

Lab Sessions

Course Overview

Lab Lessons

Lab lessons not available

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Successfully log into their virtual machine.
Have a full understanding of what the course intends to cover.

Module 2: Always On and High Availability Concepts and Terminology

Module Overview

In this module, we will cover concepts and terminology to help you better understand the purpose of Always On and help you utilize its flexibility. We will also explain common methods used to provide high availability solutions.

Lessons

Concepts and Terminology
Edition Changes from SQL 2012
Failover Clusters
Log Shipping
Replication
Database Mirroring
Database Snapshots

Lab Sessions

Always On and High Availability Concepts and Terminology

Lab Lessons

Lab lessons not available

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand and utilize Always On and high availability concepts and terminology.
Understand edition changes from SQL 2012.
Understand failover clusters.
Understand log shipping.

Module 3: Always On

Module Overview

In this module, we will discuss SQL failover cluster implementation, multi-site clustering, and explain the flexible failover policy provided with SQL Server Always On.

Lessons

SQL Failover Cluster Implementation
Multi-Site Clustering
Flexible Failover Policy

Lab Sessions

Always On

Lab Lessons

Lab lessons not available

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand SQL failover cluster implementation.
Understand multi-site clustering.
Understand flexible failover policy.
Understand and utilize Always On.

Module 4: Understanding Quorums

Module Overview

Quorums determine the number of failures that a cluster can sustain, and if additional failures occur, the cluster will stop running. In this module, we discuss how to configure the quorum, and explain the options available.

Lessons

Node Majority
Node and Disk Majority
Node and File Share Majority
No Majority
Configuration

Lab Sessions

Understanding Quorums

Lab Lessons

Creating a Windows Failover Cluster

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand node majority.
Understand node and disk majority.
Understand node and file share majority.
Understand no majority.
Understand configuration options.
Understand and utilize quorums.

Module 5: Always On Availability Groups

Module Overview

SQL Server Always On Availability Groups provide us the capability to group two or more databases and perform a failover of both as a logical unit. In this module, we will explore how to configure and utilize Availability Groups.

Lessons

Application Failover
Availability Group (AG)
Availability Replica

Lab Sessions

Always On Availability Groups

Lab Lessons

Enable Always On in SQL Server
Testing Failover Cluster and Adding Sample Databases
Create the High Availability Group
Add Replica and Listener

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand application failover.
Understand availability groups.
Understand availability replicas.
Understand and utilize Always On availability groups.

Module 6: Secondary Availability Group Actions

Module Overview

In Always On Availability Groups, an active secondary can be used for things like redirecting the read-only workload, off-loading the backup load, and other tasks. In this module, we discuss how an active secondary replica operates, and explore a few tasks that can be tackled using a secondary.

Lessons

Active Secondary Replicas
Readable Secondary Replicas
Backups on Secondary Replicas

Lab Sessions

Secondary Availability Group Actions

Lab Lessons

Lab lessons not available

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand active secondary replicas.
Understand readable secondary replicas.
Understand backups on secondary replicas.
Understand and utilize secondary availability group actions.

Module 7: Monitoring

Module Overview

In this module, we will explain monitoring Always On Availability Groups, explore and utilize the Dashboard, and discuss troubleshooting tools.

Lessons

Monitoring Always On Availability Groups
Dashboard
Troubleshooting Tools

Lab Sessions

Monitoring

Lab Lessons

Dashboard

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand how to monitor Always On Availability Groups.
Understand how to utilize the Dashboard.
Understand the tools available for troubleshooting.

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