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Windows Server Failover Clustering for the SQL Server DBA

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Class Description
High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) is an area that every SQL Server
professional and IT administrator need to be comfortable with. And with features like
Availability Groups and Failover Clustered Instances relying heavily on Windows Server
Failover Clustering, a deep understanding of the underlying principles and fundamental
technologies spell the difference between successful implementations and horrible
disasters. This course is designed, created and delivered by SQL Server MVP, Microsoft
Certified Master, author and consultant Edwin Sarmiento. It is designed for both
beginners as well as advanced SQL Server professionals and IT administrators who are
responsible for architecting, deploying and managing mission-critical and highly available
SQL Server databases.

$995.00 USD

This class will focus on the use of Windows 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014, but the
concepts also apply to Windows 2008 and higher as well as SQL Server 2008 and higher.

Class Dates
Monday, April 20, 2015 thru Thursday, April 23, 2015
1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT each day - 4 days of classes

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Whats the value?

Live session
Live demos
Live Q & A
Extended learning after the session in an exclusive forum
Small class size
Downloadable materials
No nonsense learning with practical examples
Establish building blocks for future development
Learn from an industry leader
Pre-training meeting to get feedback from students
Post-training meeting to answer follow-up questions

Who should attend?

Senior IT administrators
System architects
SQL Server DBAs
Anyone that needs to learn more about clustering for SQL Server

Who's the trainer?

Edwin Sarmiento
Edwin M. Sarmiento is the Managing Director of 15C, a consulting and training company
that specializes on designing, implementing and supporting SQL Server infrastructures. He
is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Certified Master from Ottawa, Canada
specializing in high availability, disaster recovery and system infrastructures running on the
Microsoft server technology stack ranging from Active Directory to SharePoint and
anything in between. He is very passionate about technology but has interests in music,
professional and organizational development, and leadership and management matters
when not working with databases. Edwin lives up to his primary mission statement: "To
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Course Outline

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Course Outline
Module 1: High Availability and Disaster Recovery Fundamentals
The need for high availability and disaster recovery
Non-technology aspects of high availability and disaster recovery
BIA, RPO, RTO, SLA, etc. Acronyms That Need To Drive HA/DR Projects
The Lion, The Switch and the Wardrobe

Module 2: Introduction to Clusters

Overview of Clustering Technologies
Benefits of Using Clustering Technologies
Introduction to Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC)

Module 3: Windows Server Failover Clustering Fundamentals

How Windows Server Failover Clustering Works
Windows Server Failover Clustering Components
Nodes
Cluster Resources
Resource Groups
Storage
Failover
Dependencies AND versus OR
Quorum
Heartbeat
Cluster Shared Volumes

Module 4: Planning and Installing a Windows Server Failover Cluster

Requirements for Installation
Network and Active Directory Dependencies and Permissions
Shared Storage
Planning the installation
Number of Nodes
Quorum Model
Virtual IP addresses and network names
Shared storage allocation
Clustered applications
Adding the Failover Cluster Feature and Failover Cluster Validation
Installing Windows Server Failover Cluster
Pre-staging virtual computer objects
Granting permissions in Active Directory
Installing Active Directory-detached WSFC (Windows Server 2012 R2)
Installing WSFC in Windows Server Core

Module 5: Configuring WSFC

Modifying Quorum Disk
Modifying Quorum Types
Configuring Dynamic Witness (Windows Server 2012 R2)
Configuring Network Adapters
Renaming Adapters
Configuring NIC Teaming
Testing Failover
Adding and Removing Clustered Disks
Using Mountpoints
Configuring Cluster Shared Volumes
Configuring DNS Registration Behavior for Multi-subnet Clusters

Module 6: Planning and Installing SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance

Single Instance versus Multi-Instance
Planning the installation
Number of Nodes
Virtual IP addresses and network names
Shared storage allocation
Using SMB File Share
tempdb on local disk versus shared storage
Installing SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance in a Single Subnet
Installing SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance in Multiple Subnets
Adding/Removing Nodes to a SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance
Fixing Installation versus Starting From Scratch
Installing SQL Server Analysis Services on WSFC

Module 7: Configuring SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance

Testing Failover of SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance
Configuring permissions for local tempdb
Configuring Instant File Initialization
Cluster Resource Group Configuration
Configuring SQL Server
Failover Clustered Instance DNS settings for Multi-subnet Clusters
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Module 8: SQL Server Availability Groups

Architecture Overview
Dependencies on WSFC
Configuring SQL Server Availability Groups
Configuring Backups on Secondary Replicas
Configuring Readable Secondaries

Module 9: Managing SQL Server Failover Clustered Instances

Adding and Removing Clustered Disks
Adding and Removing Dependencies
Changing virtual IP Addresses of SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance
Fixing Broken SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance
Changing SQL Server service account
To Backup or not to Backup the WSFC
Upgrading/Migrating a SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance

Module 10: Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Understanding the Failover Policies for SQL Server Failover Clustered Instances
Understanding the sp_server_diagnostics
The Old LooksAlive and IsAlive Checks
Configuring the FailureConditionLevel property
Configuring the HealthCheckTimeOut property
Reading the Cluster Log
Force Start a WSFC Without Quorum
Recover from Failover Cluster Instance Failure

Course Prerequisites
In order to take full advantage this course, attendees need to have:
A working knowledge of basic relational database concepts
Experience with administering and managing a SQL Server instance
Basic knowledge of the Windows Server 2008 and higher server operating system

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