With the release of SQL Server 2012 the landscape changed with your ability to provide High Availability and/or Disaster Recoverability. In this presentation Warwick has a look at some existing technologies that you may be already using in your environment to meet your High Availability or Disaster Recoverability requirements, He then introduces you to AlwaysOn Availability Groups looking at the technologies that make up the new technology before looking at how you can manage your environment. Warwick will round out the presentation with a demo on how you can configure / build an AlwaysOn environment

1. Warwick Rudd
Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) – SQL 2008
Principal Consultant
Warwick@sqlmastersconsulting.com.au
@Warwick_Rudd

2. About Me : Warwick Rudd
• SQL Server Consultant
• MCM – SQL Server 2008
• MCSM – Data Platform
• Certified Trainer
• Reviewed 4 SQL Server 2012 Beta Exams
• Blogger on Simpletalk.com
• Presenter at:
• User Groups
• SQLSaturdays
• TechED Australia

3. HA / DR in your current environment
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn (History)
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn (Components)
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn (Managing)
Demo

5. Single SiteWSFC
Multi-SiteWSFC
Transaction Log Shipping
Database Mirroring
Virtualisation

7. WSFC
Storage
Database Mirroring
SQL Server AlwaysOn Cluster

10. Availability Replicas (Primary & Secondary)
Availability Databases
Availability Groups
Availability Modes (Synchronous & Asynchronous)
Availability Group Listeners

11. Configure Security
Primary
Secondary Replica(s)

12. T-SQL
CreateAvailabilityGroup
AlterAvailabilityGroup
Drop AvailabilityGroup
PowerShell
Setup
• New-SqlAvailabilityGroup
• New-SqlAvailabilityReplica
• Add-SqlAvailabilitGroupDatabase
• Join-SqlAvailabilityGroupDatabase
Breakdown
• Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroup
• Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroupDatabase
Management
• Suspend-SqlAvailabilityGroup
• Switch-SqlAvailabilityGroup
SSMS
VariousWizards
Dashboards

13. Licensing
Primary
Secondary

15. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh781257.aspx
http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/sql-server-2012-
alwayson/
http://simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/a-first-look-at-sql-server-2012-
availability-group-wait-statistics/

16. www.sqlmastersconsulting.com.au