M55246: SQL 2016 Always On High Availability

3 Day Course
Hands On
Official Microsoft Curriculum
Code M55246

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Classroom Virtual Classroom Private Group - Virtual Self-Paced Online

Overview

This three-day instructor-led course is designed for database administrators and Windows engineers to familiarize them with the concepts in SQL AlwaysOn and High Availability. The course utilizes SQL 2016, but explains the differences from SQL 2012- SQL 2014.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Understaand AlwasyOn High Availability
  • Employ Server 2016 Failover Clustering
  • Deploy SQL Failover Clusters
  • Work with Availability Groups
  • Perform maintenance
  • Monitor and Troubleshoot Availability Groups

Target Audience

Experienced DBAs, Windows Server pros, team leads.

We designed this course based on our experience of having taught hundreds of classes to literally thousands of students. We tried very hard to make the labs, of which there are over 30, very oriented to a single concept such as Adding a Replica or Transferring Logons. We did this because it is common in technical courses to write long labs with multiple exercises which in our opinion is not effective as they turn into “click streams”. We assume the student is new to the technology and that the instructor is knowledgeable in it.

Additional Information

To help you prepare for this exam, Microsoft recommends that you have hands-on experience with the product and that you use the specified training resources. These training resources do not necessarily cover all topics listed in the "Skills measured" section.

Training Partners

We work with the following best of breed training partners using our bulk buying power to bring you a wider range of dates, locations and prices.

Modules

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Always On and High Availability Concepts and Terminology (29 topics)

  • Concepts and Terminology
  • Table of Availability
  • High Availability
  • Causes of Downtime
  • Planned downtime
  • Unplanned downtime
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
  • Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
  • Recovery Level Objective (RLO)
  • Storage Area Networks (SAN)
  • Edition Changes from SQL 2012
  • SQL Server 2014 Changes
  • SQL Server 2016 Changes
  • Legacy Solutions prior to Always On
  • Failover Cluster Instances
  • Log Shipping
  • A Typical Log Shipping Configuration
  • Monitor Server
  • Replication
  • Database Mirroring
  • Database Mirroring Terminology
  • Principle
  • Mirror
  • Witness (red box in image above)
  • Database Snapshots
  • Limitations of legacy solutions:
  • What do we mean by Always On?
  • Table of Always On Comparison

Windows Server 2016 Failover Clustering (35 topics)

  • Understanding Failover Clustering in Server 2016
  • Statefull High Availability Solution
  • Supported in both Standard and Datacenter
  • Servers should run similar hardware
  • Should run same edition
  • Hyper-V best with datacenter
  • Certified for Windows server logo
  • Shared Storage
  • Quorums
  • Node Majority
  • Node and Disk Majority configuration:
  • Node and File Share Majority
  • No Majority
  • Configuration
  • Cluster Networks Best Practices
  • Connection to nodes to shared storage
  • Private network for internal cluster
  • Public network for client connections
  • Cluster Aware Updating
  • Virtual Machine Failover Clustering
  • Preferred Owners
  • Failover Failback
  • Resources
  • Dependences
  • Heartbeat
  • Lab: Set up iSCSI Server
  • Lab: Install the iSCSI VMS
  • Lab: Add Servers to Server Manager for Ease of Management
  • Lab: Add the Windows Cluster Feature to SQL1, SQL2 And SQL3
  • Lab: Create the iSCSI Initators to add the shared storage
  • Lab: Create the Windows Cluster
  • Lab: Add a Clustered Service
  • Lab: Test The Failover Of The Windows Service
  • Lab: Delete Role
  • Lab: Examine the Quorum Settings

SQL 2016 Failover Cluster Instances (6 topics)

  • Failover Cluster Instance
  • As A FCI Appears To A Client
  • Lab: Create A Configuration File By Running The Advanced Cluster Preparation Wizard
  • Lab: Complete The SQL Cluster Installation On SQL1
  • Lab: Install The Cluster On SQL2 And SQL3
  • Lab: Test the SQL Cluster

SQL 2016 Always On Availability Groups (18 topics)

  • Availability Groups and Replicas
  • Primary Replica
  • Secondary Replicas
  • Availability Group Listener
  • Availability Mode
  • Synchronous Commit Mode
  • Asynchronous Commit Mode
  • Failover Modes
  • Automatic Failover Without Data Loss
  • Automatic Failover Requirements:
  • Manual
  • Manual Failover Requirements
  • Common Topologies
  • Lab: Create a SQL Instance For The Availability Group
  • Lab: Enable the SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Group Feature
  • Lab: Set Up For Availability Groups
  • Lab: The Availability Group Wizard
  • Lab: SSMS and Availability Groups

The Dasboard (7 topics)

  • The Dashboard
  • How to view logs
  • Using replication with Logins
  • Using partially contained databases
  • Lab: The Dashboard
  • Lab: Replicating Logins and Jobs
  • Lab: Contained or Partially Contained Databases

Active Secondary Availability Group Actions (10 topics)

  • Reporting with Secondary Replicas
  • Configuring a Readable secondary
  • Read-Only Routing
  • Load Balancing
  • Lab: Configure a Read-Only Secondary
  • Database Backups with Secondary
  • Steps of Backup Using secondary
  • Backup Preference Options
  • Lab: Database Backup Using Secondary Replica
  • Lab: Configure a Read-Only secondary

Maintenance (6 topics)

  • DBCC Checks
  • Database Adding and Removing
  • Lab: Add a Database
  • Lab: Remove a Database
  • Lab: Add a Replica
  • Lab: Remove a Replica

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Availability Groups (15 topics)

  • The Dashboard in Depth
  • Events
  • Policy Based Managemnt for Availability Groups
  • Lab: Dashboard Wizards
  • Lab: Create an Extended Event Session
  • Lab: Using T-SQL
  • Lab: Policy based management for Availability Groups
  • Lab: Observe a Policy In Action
  • Lab: Create Three Conditions To Be Used In The RTO And RPO Policies
  • Lab: Create Two Policies RTO and RPO
  • Lab: Test The Policies
  • Lab: Change Endpoint Owner
  • Migrating Settings by using Windows Easy Transfer
  • Configuring a Reference Image of Windows 7
  • Configuring a Reference Image

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

  • Experience as SQL DBA
  • Experience as Windows IT PRO

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