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How to Feed & Care for a SQL Server

SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach

2014

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Bio• Brian Garraty• Solutions Architect at TPMG• Former DBA, Developer• 15 years with SQL Server

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7:30 - 8:30 - Registration(Lobby) Breakfast (Sponsor Hall)8:30 - 8:45 - Welcome 9:00 - 10:15 – 1st Sessions10:30 - 11:45 – 2nd Sessions11:45 - 12:30 – Lunch (Sponsor Hall)12:30 - 1:45 - 3rd Sessions2:00 - 3:15 – 4th Sessions3:30 - 4:45 – 5th Sessions5:00 - 5:30 - Closing & Giveaways

Welcome to SharePoint Saturday

Virginia BeachJan 11, 2014

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Itinerary• SQL Server Administration 101

• Free Tools (that make it look easy)

• SQL and SharePoint

• SQL Community

• Q&A

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SQL Server Administration 101

It’s about the data

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Show of Hands

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Pillars• Data Recovery

• Data Integrity

• Performance

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Recovery - Models• Simple

• Full

• Bulk Recovery

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Recovery - Backups• Full

• Differential

• Transaction Log

• Snapshot

• Third Party

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Recovery - Restores• First - Full

• Then - Diff

• Then - Log

• STOPAT

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Recovery – Post-restore

• Reset Database Owner

• Remap Users

• Reset Recovery Model

• Restart Backup Chain

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Recovery - What Can Go Wrong

• Permissions

• Disk Space

• Corrupt Database Backups files

• Missing link

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Recovery - Practice• Practice

• Often

• Tough to learn during an outage

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Database Integrity• DBCC CHECKDB

• Regularly

• Scheduled

• Monitor Results

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Integrity – SQLIOSim• SQLIOSim – tests validity of storage

• Download from support.microsoft.com

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What Can Go Wrong• Corruption Detected

• REPAIR_REBUILD – no data loss

• REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS – data loss possible

• Don’t be afraid to call Microsoft Support

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Performance• Index Maintenance

o Rebuild

o Reorganize

• Online - Enterprise Edition

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Performance - tempdb• Common bottleneck

• Dedicated LUN – RAID 1+0, SSD

• Multiple data files

• Consistent size and growth settings

• Trace Flag 1118

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Performance - storage• Deep topic

• Basicso RAID 1+0o Multiple LUNso Dedicated LUNso SSD for tempdb

• Ask your vendor for their SQL best practices

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Free Toolsthat make it look easy

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ola.hallengren.com• Backup script

• Integrity Check script

• Index Maintenance script

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sp_whoisactive• Monitoring script

o Active connectionso Sleeping connectionso Blockingo Current queryo CPUo Readso Writeso More

• Written and maintained by Adam Machanic

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sp_blitz• Server Health Check

o Securityo Configurationo Performance

• sp_blitz.exe – Gui version

• Written and maintained by BrentOzar.com

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SQL and SharePointCan’t we all just get along?

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Not Always on Same Page

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Alas, a Whitepaper!• Search “Paul Randal SharePoint white paper”

• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262731.aspx

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Do What You Do• Regular DB Maintenance Applies

o Backupso DBCC CHECKDBo Index maintenance

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Health Analyzer• Database maintenance rules

• Does not cover all databases

• I never bothered

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Shrink Not• Cause for earlier disagreement

• Should be done sparingly

• Should be done fully informed

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Other Best Practices• Windows Only Authentication

• Enterprise Edition

• MAXDOP 1

• Backup Compression on

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Other – con’t• Tempdb

o Dedicated driveso #o Size

• Dedicated disk for log files

• Autogrowth settings

• Instant File Initialization

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Disclaimer• Actual results may vary

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SQL CommunityFriends in a Digital Age

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#sqlhelp• Twitter hashtag

• Monitored by SQL experts and enthusiasts

• Spam at own risk

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SQL Blogosphere• SQLBlog.com

• SQLSkills.com

• BrentOzar.com

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SQL Publications• Simple-talk.com

• SQLServerCentral.com

• DatabaseWeekly.com

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User Groups• PASS

o PASS Summito SQL Saturdayo Virtual Chapterso Local Chapters

• HRSSUG

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Q& A

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Resources• TechNet SharePoint 2010 SQL Config check

• Paul Randal's Blog

• Adam Machanic’s Blog

• BrentOzar.com

• Microsoft presentation

• NULLgarity.wordpress.com