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SQL Server 2008: Failover Clustering

This document provides an overview and syllabus for a 3-day training workshop on SQL Server 2008 failover clustering. The workshop covers topics such as SQL Server high availability options, Windows Server 2008 failover clustering basics, configuring distributed transaction coordinator, planning and implementing SQL Server failover clusters, rolling upgrades, and maintenance and troubleshooting of SQL Server failover clusters. The target audience is SQL Server database administrators and developers who require an in-depth understanding of SQL Server failover clustering.

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SQL Server 2008: Failover Clustering

This document provides an overview and syllabus for a 3-day training workshop on SQL Server 2008 failover clustering. The workshop covers topics such as SQL Server high availability options, Windows Server 2008 failover clustering basics, configuring distributed transaction coordinator, planning and implementing SQL Server failover clusters, rolling upgrades, and maintenance and troubleshooting of SQL Server failover clusters. The target audience is SQL Server database administrators and developers who require an in-depth understanding of SQL Server failover clustering.

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SQL Server 2008: Failover Clustering


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Overview
planning to keep your IT
The SQL Server 2008: Failover Clustering WorkshopPLUS course provides
systems up and running. database administrators the knowledge and skill on how to install, administer,
and troubleshoot Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering on Windows
Server 2008 R2. The workshop introduces the new features available in SQL
Server 2008 Failover Clustering and includes various hands-on labs designed to
provide the students with the practical experience and confidence required to
manage SQL Server 2008 Failover Clusters in a daily work environment.
The workshop contains Level 300 content. Please review the Target Audience
information, and contact your Microsoft Services representative to ensure that
this workshop is appropriate to the student’s experience and technical expertise.

Technical Highlights
 Covers SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2008 R2
 SQL Server High Availability Options
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering Basics
 Configuring Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator
 Planning
 Implementing and Upgrading
 Maintaining
 Troubleshooting
 Best Practices

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from Microsoft, contact your
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Module 3: Configuring Microsoft Distributed
Target Audience Transaction Coordinator. This module introduces you to
This workshop is intended for SQL Server database Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC). It
administrators (DBAs) or database developers who are covers step by step details for configuring MSDTC as a
working with SQL Server and require a deeper clustered resource, best practices and troubleshooting
understanding of SQL Server Failover Clustering. To ensure techniques for MSDTC on a Windows Server 2008 R2
the high-quality knowledge transfer expected by the Failover Cluster.
attendees of this three-day workshop, class size is limited Module 4: Planning SQL Server 2008 Failover
to a maximum of 16 students who have some basic Clustering Basics. This module introduces you to SQL
knowledge of Windows Failover Cluster and at least 1-2 Server 2008 Failover Clustering basics. You will learn the
years of experience working with SQL Server as database new enhancements of SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering,
administrators (DBAs) or database developers. Other how it works and understand the different topologies This
common target audience job titles include: module takes a deep dive in planning SQL Server 2008
 SQL Server Database Administrator Failover Clustering. It covers software, hardware and
 Database Architect security requirements and discusses all the following
 Capacity Planning Specialist considerations - scalability, memory, processor, instance
 Quality Assurance Tester names, network, storage, Windows on Windows (WOW)
 Senior Help Desk Specialist mode, side-by-side clustered instances and best practices.
 Database Application Developers Module 5: Implementing a SQL Server Failover Cluster.
 ISV Program Managers This module covers the different ways to install SQL Server
Syllabus 2008 failover cluster, prerequisites, slipstreaming and post-
installation tasks. At the end of the module you will install
This workshop runs a full 3 days. Students should a two node SQL Server 2008 failover cluster using
anticipate consistent start and end times for each day. slipstream on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Early departure on any day is not recommended.
Module 6: Rolling Upgrade to SQL Server 2008. This
Module 1: SQL Server High Availability Options. This module introduces the new Rolling Upgrade and Update
module focuses on the various SQL Server 2008 High features of SQL Server 2008. Both of these features
Availability (HA) options. After completing this module, minimize downtime. This module explains how to perform
you will have a good understanding of SQL Server 2008 a rolling upgrade from a previous version of SQL Server. It
Failover Clustering, Database Mirroring, Log Shipping and also explains how to perform a rolling update on a
Replication. You will be able to compare the available HA clustered instance of SQL Server 2008. At the end of the
options and understand which HA option/s best suit your module you will perform a rolling upgrade of a clustered
business needs. instance of SQL Server 2005.
Module 2: Clustering Windows Server 2008 R2. This Module 7: Maintaining and Troubleshooting a SQL
module introduces you to Microsoft Failover Cluster Server 2008 Failover Cluster. This module covers the
technology. You will learn some cluster terminology and common SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering maintenance.
the main components of Microsoft Windows server 2008 It also provides you with troubleshooting techniques with
R2 Failover Cluster. This module will give you a foundation installation and post installation of SQL Server 2008
and basics of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Failover Clustering. It covers the most common reasons for
Cluster and allow you to work with Failover Cluster a clustered instance of SQL Server 2008 to fail and
effectively as a SQL Server expert. At the end of the discusses some common failover cluster problems
module, you will create a two node Windows Server 2008
R2 Failover Cluster.

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