Overview
This 2-day instructor-led course is designed for database administrators to familiarize them with the concepts in SQL AlwaysOn and High Availability. This course utilizes SQL 2014, but explains the differences from SQL 2012.
Course Objectives
- Understand and utilize AlwaysOn and high availability concepts and terminology.
- Understand edition changes from SQL 2012.
- Understand failover clusters.
- Understand log shipping.
- Understand replication.
- Understand database mirroring.
- Understand database snapshots.
- Understand SQL failover cluster implementation.
- Understand multi-site clustering.
- Understand flexible failover policy.
- Understand and utilize AlwaysOn.
- Understand node majority.
- Understand node and disk majority.
- Understand node and file share majority.
- Understand no majority.
- Understand configuration options.
- Understand and utilize quorums.
- Understand application failover.
Who Should Attend?
This course is highly recommended for SQL Database Administrators and IT Professionals.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Course Materials
- Facilities
- Prerequisites
- Course Overview
- Concepts and Terminology
- Edition Changes from SQL 2012
- Failover Clusters
- Log Shipping
- Replication
- Database Mirroring
- Database Snapshots
Lab: AlwaysOn and High Availability
- SQL Failover Cluster Implementation
- Multi-Site Clustering
- Flexible Failover Policy
Lab: AlwaysOn
- Node Majority
- Node and Disk Majority
- Node and File Share Majority
- No Majority
- Configuration
Lab: Understanding Quorums
- Application Failover
- Availability Group (AG)
- Availability Replica
Lab: AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- Active Secondary Replicas
- Readable Secondary Replicas
- Backups on Secondary Replicas
Lab: Secondary Availability Group Actions
- Monitoring AlwaysOn Availability Groups
- Dashboard
- Troubleshooting Tools
Lab: Monitoring
