The document outlines a comprehensive SQL Server DBA course syllabus covering architecture, installation, configuration, security, automation, monitoring, backup, restore, high availability, replication, performance optimization, and recent enhancements in SQL Server versions. Each module provides detailed tasks and best practices for database administration, including transaction management, troubleshooting techniques, job scheduling, and migration methodologies. The course also highlights practical applications like managing tempdb issues, monitoring job performance, and understanding replication and clustering strategies.

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Course /SyllabusFor SQL Server DBA 2012
Module 1 : Architecture
History of SQL server and various versions: SQL Server 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2014
What is a database and a database management system(DBMS)
Tasks of a Database Administrator [DBA daily activities]
Database Transactions
ACID Properties
SQL Server Transactions
The Life Cycle of a Query
The Relational and Storage Engines
The Buffer Pool
A Basic Select Query
A Simple Update Query
Recovery
The SQLOS (SQL Operating System)
Features of SQL Server 2012 &SQL Server 2008,2008R2,SQL 2005
Difference between Checkpoint and LazyWriter
Dirty Pages----sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors
Types of System Dbs
Handle corruption
Startup Parameters
Licencing of SQL Server

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Pages &Extents
Pages & Types of Pages
Extents and Types of Extents
Managing Extents
Tracking the Free Space
File and File Groups
Primary File Groups
Secondary File Groups
Log Files
Log file Architecture
Virtual Log files and DMVs for troubleshooting
How Truncations works
Shrinking the Log files
Real Time handling Log file issues
Module 2: Installation ,Upgradation,Configuration
Installation of SQL Server 2012,2008 R2
Prerequisites for Installation
Business standards for Installation of SQL Server and Planning
Troubleshooting the failed Instance
Moving the System Dbs

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Upgradation
Upgradation of the SQL Server by Applying the Patches
Real Time Approach while doing the Service Pack upgradations
Prerequisites before doing the Service Pack installation
Post Check after Service Pack installation.
Inplace Upgradation
Best Practice for Upgradation
Upgradation : Side by Side Migration
Steps for doing the Side by Side Migration
Migration with Backup and Restore Method
Migration with Copy Database Wizard
Migration with Attach and Detach Method
Migration of the Logins and Fixing Orphan users
Crosscheck after Migration
Process Plan for doing the Migration
Steps to be taken Prior to Migration
Troubleshoot if any issues with Migration
Merits/Demirits of theSide by Side Migration
Migration of the Jobs and SSIS packages
Migration of The DTS packages
Import and Export utility
Scripts for copying the tables with data

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Configuration of the SQL Server 2012
Configuration of the Network Protocols
Dedicated Administator Connection(DAC) configuration
Configuration of the Database Mails,Operators,Alerts
What is RAID Levels and chosing the Best suited for All DBs
Database Configurations
What is the difference between SQL Server instance and database.
Client-Server Communication.
Attaching and detaching SQL Server databases.
TempDB
What is TempDB
Optimization of TempDB
Corroption of TempDB
Realtime issues with TempDB
How SQL Server uses tempdb for internal and user created
temporary objects
How to troubleshoot and avoid common tempdb issues
How to monitor and tune tempdb performance
SQL Server Database objects
SQL Server Database objects
Understanding Schemas
Understanding SQL Server data types
Understanding column properties

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Creating tables, altering tables and adding constraints, relationships.
Managing The Services
Starting and Stopping the SQL Server Services
Configuration Manager
Net commands
Command Prompts and SQL CMD
Starting the Dbs in Single user Mode
Starting in Minimal Mode and case study
Resolving the issues SystemDBs
Collation Settings for Databases
Rebuilding the System Dbs and Master Db
Module 3: Security ,Automation and Monitoring
Security
Security Architecture
Fixing the Server Roles
Creating Logins
Creating the Credentials
Creation of the Alias
Creation of the Proxys
Fixed Database Roles
Database Users
Permissions
Grating object level permissions

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Contained Database
SSIS job Execution Permissions
SA Password recovery
Automation Administrative Tasks
SQL Server Agent and Monitoring the Agent logs
Troubleshooting the Jobs with help of Logs and Event Logs
Steps for creation of Jobs with different steps(CMD,SSIS etc)
Create the Maintenace Jobs
Example for creating the Maintenace plan for backups
Example for some maintenace jobs for integrity and optimazation
Best Practice for Job Maintenace
Monitoring SQL Server
Monitoring tools used for SQL Server Monitoring
Log file Viewer and Maintenace of Log File Viewer
Activity Monitor
Database reports
Monitoring Processes in T-SQL
sp_who and sp_who2
sys.dm_exec_connections
sys.dm_exec_sql_text
Multiserver Management
Central Management Servers and Server Groups
SQL Server Utility
Trace Flags

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Getting Help from Support
Resource Governer and Policy Based Management
Module 4 : Backup and Restore
Backups and restore
How Backup Works
Types of the Backup
Recovery Models
Recovery States
Copy only backups
Scenarios for recoving the Databases
How to recover database without Log files
How to repair the suspect Db
Realtime issuse with backup management
Module 5: High Availability and Replication
Log Shiping
Log Shipping Overview
Configutation of the Log Shipping
Deploy Log Shiping
Log Shipping Role Changing
How to deal with Log Sync issues

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Adding the Data files in Log Shipping
DR drill for Log shipping
SQL Server Mirroring
Overview of Database Mirroring
Operating Modes of Database Mirroring
Database Mirroring In Action
Preparing the Endpoints
Preparing the Database for Mirroring
Initial Synchronization Between Principal and Mirror
Establishing the Mirroring Session
High-Safety Operating Mode Without Automatic Failover
High-Safety Operating Mode with Automatic Failover
High-Performance Operating Mode
Database Mirroring and SQL Server 2012 Editions
Database Mirroring Catalog Views
sys.database_mirroring
sys.database_mirroring_witnesses
sys.database_mirroring_endpoints
Database Mirroring Role Change
Automatic Failover
Manual Failover
Forced Failover
Database Availability Scenarios
Principal Is Lost
Mirror Is Lost
Witness Is Lost

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Mirror and Witness Are Lost
Monitoring Database Mirroring
Monitoring Using System Monitor
Monitoring Using Database Mirroring Monitor
Setting Thresholds on Counters and Sending Alerts
Troubleshooting Database Mirroring
Troubleshooting Setup Errors
Troubleshooting Runtime Errors
Automatic Page Repair
Awayson Avaliability Groups
Architecture
Availability Group Replicas and Roles
Availability Modes
Types of Failover Supported
Allowing Read-Only Access to Secondary Replicas
Availability Group Example
Confi gure a New Availability Group
Confi gure an Existing Availability Group
Availability Group Failover Operation
Suspend an Availability Database
Resume an Availability Database
Client Application Connections
Active Secondary for Secondary Read-Only
Read-Only Access Behavior
Secondary Replica Client Connectivity
Performance

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Backup on the Secondary Replica
Evaluate Backup Replicas Metadata
AlwaysOn Group Dashboard
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Clustering
What Clustering Can Do
What Clustering Cannot Do
Choosing SQL Server 2012 Clustering for the Right Reasons
Alternatives to Clustering
Clustering: The Big Picture
How Clustering Works
Clustering Options
Getting Prepared for Clustering
Preparing the Infrastructure
Preparing the Hardware
Clustering Windows Server 2008 and 2012
Before Installing Windows 2011 Clustering
Installing Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering
Preparing Windows Server 2008 for Clustering
How to Approach Windows Failover Clustering
Troubleshooting
Doing It Right the First Time
Gathering Information
Resolving Problems

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Replication
Replication Overview
Replication Components
Replication Types
Replication Enhancements in SQL Server 2012
Replication Models
Single Publisher, One or More Subscribers
Multiple Publishers, Single Subscriber
Multiple Publishers Also Subscribing
Updating Subscriber
Peer-to-Peer
Implementing Replication
Setting Up Snapshot Replication
Setting Up Distribution
Implementing Snapshot Replication
Implementing Transactional and Merge Replication
Peer-to-Peer Replication
Setting Up Peer-to-Peer Replication
Confi guring Peer-to-Peer Replication
Scripting Replication
Monitoring Replication
Replication Moniton
Performance Monitor
Replication DMVs
sp_replcounters

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Module 6: Performance and Optimization
Understanding the Memory
Windows and Memory
Physical Memory
Virtual Address Space
Virtual Memory Manager
Tuning 32-Bit Systems
Tuning 64-Bit Systems
SQL Server Memory
Memory Nodes
Memory Clerks, Caches, and the Buffer Pool
Waits
SQL Server Execution Model
Understanding Wait Statistics
Wait Types
Locking and Latches
Locks an currency
Lock Types
Lock Excalations
Isolation types
Snapshot Isolations
Optimistic and Pessimestic Locking
Latches and Spin Locks

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Blocking and how to monitor the blocking
DMVs for monitoring the blocking
Impact of blocking and how to improve the blocking
DeadLocks
What is Deadlock
Tace flag 1204 and 1222
capture teh Deadlocks from graph and Profilers
Reading the Deadlock and common types DeadLocks
Bookmark lookup deadlock
How the deadlocks are cleared
How the deadlocks managed by SQL Server
Performance counters
Indexes Architecture
Table and Index Architecture
CLuster and Non Cluster indexes
What is Heap
Cluster index structure
Non Cluster index structure
Bookmark lookups and RID lookups
What is covering Index?
What is Column Store Index
What is Fileterd Index
Index fragementation
Scan and Seek in indexes.

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Missing indexes.
DMVs for checking the indexes
What is DTA
Impact of Missing Indexes
SQL Trace and Server Trace
What is Wait stats and DMVs
CPU Utilization
Common Causes of High CPU Usage
Missing indexes
Outdated statistics
Non-SARGable predicates
Parameter sniffing
Inappropriate parallelism
I/O
oNetwork
Disks
Performance counters for Disk I/Os
What is Paging and Page Fault
Types for Page Fault
Designing a Storage System
Large Storage System Considerations: SAN Systems
Investigating CPU Pressure
Performance Monitor
SQL Trace.
Dynamic Management Views
Task Status

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CXPACKET waits
SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD
CMEMTHREAD waits
SQL Query Tuning
Physical Query Processing
Compilation
Tools and Commands for Recompilation Scenarios
Parser and Algebrizer
Optimization
Tuning Process
Database I/O Information
Working with the Query Plan
Join Algorithms
Index Access Methods
Data Modification Query Plan
Query Processing Enhancements on Partitioned Tables and Indexes
Gathering Query Plans for Analysis with SQL Trace
Module 7: Miscellaneous
Whats new in SQL server 2014 and 2016