under new management

Under New ManagementUnder New Management

Andrew FryerMicrosoft UKAndrew FryerMicrosoft UK

What is Manageability?

• Control• Reliability• Automation• Predictability

Why the need to change?

SQL Server 2008 Manageability Overview

ConfigureConfigure

ScaleScale

MonitorMonitor

ReportReport

TroubleshootTroubleshoot

TuneTune

AuditAudit

MANAGEMENT STUDIO

Policy-Based Management

Facets

Categories

Targets

PoliciesCondition

s

POLICY BASED MANAGEMENT

Programmatic Management• Command Line, SQLCmd• Server Management Objects (SMO)• Powershell

POWERSHELL

Performance

• Existing Tools− SQL Trace− Performance counters

• Tune under pressure• Plan Guides• Historical performance collection• Compression

• Existing Tools− SQL Trace− Performance counters

• Tune under pressure• Plan Guides• Historical performance collection• Compression

RESOURCE GOVERNOR

End-to-End System Health InsightPerformance Studio

DATA COLLECTION

PLAN GUIDES

DATA COMPRESSION

What happened to my Database?• Change Tracking• Change Data Capture• Audit

Audit Feature ComparisonChange Tracking Change Data Capture

(CDC)Auditing

Scope DML DMLCertain DDL

Login, LogoutDML, SelectDDLPermissions (grant, etc.)

Change Data

Net-changes – a row changedPrimary key values only

All changesAll column values

All changesActionTargetSuccess/failure

Change Info

DML Operation, Columns Updated

DML Operation, Columns Updated, Transaction info

WhenWho

Change Availability

Immediate - inline with DML

Later - separate capture process reads the transaction log

Extended Events

Key Scenarios

Sync Applications: one-way or two-way

Incremental ETL for data warehouse

Auditing / Compliance

Editions All editions Enterprise edition only Enterprise edition only

AuditSecurity Event LogApplication Event

Log

File syste

m0..1Server audit specification per Audit object

0..1DB audit specificationper database per Audit object

CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION SvrACTO SERVER AUDIT HIPAA_Audit    ADD (FAILED_LOGIN_GROUP);

CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION SvrACTO SERVER AUDIT HIPAA_Audit    ADD (FAILED_LOGIN_GROUP);

CREATE DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION AuditACTO SERVER AUDIT HIPAA_Audit    ADD (SELECT ON Customers BY public)

CREATE DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION AuditACTO SERVER AUDIT HIPAA_Audit    ADD (SELECT ON Customers BY public)

Server Audit

Specification

Server Audit Action

Server Audit Action

Server Audit Action

Server Audit Action

Server Audit Action

Server Audit Action

Database Audit ComponentsDatabase Audit

Components

Database Audit

Specification

Database Audit Action

Database Audit Action

Database Audit Action

Database Audit Action

Database Audit Action

Database Audit Action

File

AUDITAUDIT

XEVENTSXEVENTS

Protect your Data

• Backup Compression

• Transparent Data Encryption:SQL Server 2008

Key

Client Application

Encrypted data page

BACKUP COMPRESSION & TRANSPARENT DATA ENCRYPTION

BACKUP COMPRESSION & TRANSPARENT DATA ENCRYPTION

XEvents

• Integrated• Lightweight• Precise

Summary

Call to Action

• Download the trial version• Use the new management tools• Ask me about Momentum if you want

to evaluate SQL Server 2008 in your organisation

• Please fill in your on-line surveys

Momentum

IT Pro specific program for early adoptersIT Pro specific program for early adopters

Resources

• UK SQL Server 2008 Server Site http://www.microsoft.com/uk/sql

• US SQL Server Sitehttp://www.microsoft.com/sql

• SQL Server White papershttp://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/white-papers.aspx

• SQL Server on TechNethttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sqlserver/bb895880.aspx

• UK SQL Server Communityhttp://www.sqlserverfaq.com

• Me http://blogs.technet.com/andrew

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