1. What is the BI DBA?
Jorge Segarra
Sr. DBA Consultant, SQL Server MVP
Sqlchicken.com | @sqlchicken

2. About Me
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3. What Is a BI DBA?
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4. What is a BI DBA?
• Still a DBA!
• Base Skills
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Configuration
Backup/Recovery
Security
Performance Tuning
Troubleshooting
 Expectations
 Configure/Deploy
 Troubleshoot
 Monitor

5. Business Intelligence Stack
• Integration Services (SSIS), Analysis Services
(SSAS), Reporting Services (SSRS)
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Configuring
Deploying Solutions
Securing
Maintaining (Backups/Restores)
• SharePoint
 Different beast!
 SharePoint for the DBA webcast – Bradley Schacht

6. Tools of the Trade
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7. Know Your Tools
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Business Intelligence Developer Studio (BIDS)
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SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
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2005-2008 R2
Version specific!
Development
2012+
Developer-focused
Development
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
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2005-2012
Administration tool

8. Integration Services
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9. Integration Services
• Integration Services (SSIS)
 Most common BI service offering
• Deploy/Configure
 Environment Configs
• Environment Variables
• Configuration tables
• XML files

10. Integration Services
• Service Accounts/Permissions
 SQL Agent service account
 Needs access to sources/destinations/resources
 Additional rights as needed (e.g. execute procs)
• Drivers
 Oracle, DB2, Office, etc.
 Security
 Accounts/Rights in other systems
 32/64-bit

11. Integration Services
• Deployments
 Methods
 Package store/msdb
 File system
 Project (2012)
 File Structures
 Options
 Single package at a time (manual)
 Deployment Manifests
 Project Deployments
 Source Control (helpful!)
 Backups
 Msdb
 File system
 Database (2012)

12. Integration Services
• Databases
 Script it out!
 Security
 AD Groups helpful
 Mappings
• Automation
 SQL Agent Jobs
 Job owner
 Run as (default = Agent service)
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Automating SSIS Execution Using SQL Server Agent (video link)
 3rd Party Schedulers
 Job ownership
 Package roles
 Msdb roles – Agentuser, ssisuser, etc.

13. Integration Services
• Troubleshooting
 Learn SSIS!
 Basics
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Variables/Expressions
Package Configurations
 Free learning resources
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PASS Virtual Chapter
Webinars
Websites / Bloggers
 Troubleshooting Steps
 Agent job errors
 Logging/Auditing in package
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Native
3rd Party
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SQL Server 2012 (limited)
3rd party tools
 Notifications
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Alert on fail (job)
Build into package

14. Analysis Services
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15. Analysis Services
• Deployments
 Scripted (XMLA)
 Check data sources
 Verify permissions
 Source Control (helpful!)
 Processing
 Dimensions and Facts
 Queries source database
 Developer may include processing task in ETL
 Security
 Know your roles!

16. Analysis Services
• Backup/Restores
 It Depends!
 Small cubes (<10GB) may “not need backups”
 May be faster to just redeploy
 TEST!
 Configuring
 SSAS is different
 Memory by percentage
 Be careful when sharing (Setting Memory Limits blog)
 Low, Hard, Total – SSAS Operations Guide
 Drillthrough Limits (Advanced)
 Monitoring
 DMVs
 Perfmon counters, Extended Events, Profiler

17. Reporting Services
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18. Reporting Services
• Configure
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Native vs SharePoint
Still SQL database
2008+ no IIS requirement
Performance Optimizations (SQLCAT)
• Drivers
 Oracle, DB2, Office, etc.
 Security
 Accounts/Rights in other systems
 32/64-bit

19. Reporting Services
• Data Sources
– KERBEROS!!!!
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Multi-hop configuration
My Kerberos Checklist (Adam Saxton, Microsoft)
Still SQL database
2008+ no IIS requirement
Performance Optimizations (SQLCAT)
• Security
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Internet Explorer (run as admin)
SSRS Roles
Folder Permissions (Inheritance)
Web vs SSMS

20. Reporting Services
• Deployment
– One at a time + data sources
– All or nothing (BIDS)
– 3rd party
• Backups
 SQL backups (databases)
 Source control

21. Contact Me
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Email: jsegarra@pragmaticworks.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/sqlchicken
Blog: http://sqlchicken.com
Bat Signal, #sqlhelp
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22. For more information…
Jorge Segarra
jsegarra@pragmaticworks.com
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