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Installing Microsoft SQL 2008 on Windows 2008 This document outlines the steps necessary to install and configure Microsoft SQL 2008 64-bit on a single Windows 2008 64-bit based server. The steps for a SQL 2008 cluster installation can be found in LPNMSQ0052 Creating a Windows 2008 Cluster with SQL 2008. The intended audience is ELEKTA customers that will use this procedure as a guide for installation and configuration.

Customers can familiarize themselves with the differences between SQL 2008 Standard and Enterprise Editions by reviewing the Microsoft comparison chart at: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/editions-compare.aspx.

US ENGLISH REQUIREMENT FOR SQL ...............................................................................2

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS ....................................................................................2

INSTALLATION CHECKLIST ..................................................................................................2

PRE-SQL INSTALLATION STEPS ...........................................................................................2 Drive Array Configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Microsoft Resources ................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Windows 2008......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 SQL 2008 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Other ELEKTA Reference Documents ................................................................................................................................... 3 Other SQL Resources ................................................................................................................................................................. 3

UPGRADING FROM SQL 2005..................................................................................................4

INSTALLING SQL 2008 ..............................................................................................................4

INSTALLING SERVICE PACK 1 ............................................................................................10

CONFIGURATION CHANGES ................................................................................................13 Memory Settings........................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Connection Settings.................................................................................................................................................................. 15 TempDB Files ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15

Move TempDB...................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Resize TempDB.................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Splitting TempDB into Multiple Files Advanced........................................................................................................ 17

Lock Pages in Memory (SQL 2008 Enterprise Only) for Advanced Use Only ............................................................. 18 Verify the amount of RAM available to SQL with Perfmon ............................................................................................. 18 Enable SQL 2008 Backup Compression (SQL 2008 Enterprise Only) ........................................................................... 19

INSTALLING DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION COORDINATOR ...................................20

SQL 2008 PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION..............................................................23

Installing Microsoft SQL 2008 US English Requirement for SQL


US English Requirement for SQL At this time, the US English language version of SQL must be installed for MOSAIQ to operate. The underlying OS can be local language (i.e German, French, Spanish, etc) with the regional settings configured.

Supported Operating Systems

Supported Not Supported

Windows 2008 64-bit Windows 2008 32-bit

Windows 2008 R2 64-bit Windows 2003 32-bit or 64-bit

Please refer to LSR99001, MOSAIQ System Requirements for specific versions, RAM, CPU, OS and disk requirements.

Customers can familiarize themselves with the Microsoft Windows 2008 Server version differences at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-specs.aspx

Note: The Enterprise version of Windows 2008 is required for clustering.

Installation Checklist The following requirements must be met to successfully install SQL 2008:

The system hardware must meet ELEKTAs hardware requirements listed in LSR99001, MOSAIQ System Requirements.

US English SQL 2008 installation CD and associated service pack files.

Valid SQL 2008 license key.

Pre-SQL Installation Steps On the system to be used by SQL 2008, configure a Domain account with local administrator rights for use

during installation and to start services.

Create a directory structure for SQL 2008 data and log files. In this document, the following drives are only used as examples:

For MOSAIQ SQL Data Files - D:\MOSAIQ_SQL\Data

For MOSAIQ SQL Log Files - C:\MOSAIQ_SQL\Logs

Patch your Windows OS to the latest hot-fixes before installing SQL.

Installing Microsoft SQL 2008 Pre-SQL Installation Steps


Drive Array Configuration The array configuration must meet RAID array specifications outlined in LSR99001, MOSAIQ System Requirements. If your SQL server is hosting non-MOSAIQ databases, then the APP file-share must be on a separate file server.

Sites performing large numbers of medical imaging should consider placing their images on a dedicated RAID 5 array/LUN separate from the MQ DB. For an idea of the drive sizes required, please refer to the Image Sizing table and the MOSAIQ Storage Calculator included in the MOSAIQ System Requirements document.

SQL I/O performance suffers substantially when transaction log files are installed on a RAID 5 array/LUN. ELEKTA does not support transaction log files on RAID5 arrays unless they are META-LUN/Multi-disk arrays.

On a Microsoft SQL cluster, the MOSAIQ executables should be installed in a separate cluster group and moved to a different node than the SQL cluster group. Refer to the Cluster documentation for additional information.

Microsoft Resources Windows 2008

Windows Server 2008 Step by Step guides: http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=518D870C-FA3E-4F6A-97F5-ACAF31DE6DCE&displaylang=en

SQL 2008 Planning an SQL Server Installation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb500442.aspx

Getting started with SQL 2008 Clustering: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189134.aspx

Other ELEKTA Reference Documents For hardware requirements: MOSAIQ System Requirements LSR99001. For information about configuring backup jobs: Backup, Maintenance, and Restoration Procedures for

MOSAIQ LPN99001.

Other SQL Resources Useful SQL Server Websites :

Steps to install SQL 2008: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/dba/Steps_to_Install_SQL_Server_2008_p1.aspx

SQL Server 2008 Installation Process: http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1678

www.sswug.com

www.sqlmag.com



Upgrading from SQL 2005 A clean install of SQL 2008 is recommended. Therefore, uninstall SQL 2005 and then re-install SQL 2008. However, Elekta does support in-place upgrades only from SQL 2005 64-bit to SQL 2008 64-bit. The upgrade process is equivalent to the installation process - there is no separate upgrade documentation. It is recommended to run the SQL 2008 upgrade advisor tool prior to beginning the installation: http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/dba/How_to_Use_the_SQL_Server_2008_Upgrade_Advisor_p1.aspx

Installing SQL 2008

To install SQL 2008 in a remote desktop session, you must be connected to the Windows 2008 in admin mode i.e. mstsc servername /admin.

1. Click OK to continue.

2. Type your product key, then click Next to continue.



3. Click I accept the license terms , then click Next to continue.

4. Click Install to continue.

5. Check for any sub-components that have failed, then click Next to continue.



6. At the Feature Selection screen, click all of the following:

Database Engine Services

Client Tools Connectivity

Integration Services (removed in a later step)

Client Tools Backwards Compatibility (if you have SQL 2005 in your environment)

Management Tools Basic and Complete

Change the Shared features directories if needed, then click Next to continue.

7. Change the SQL Instance name at this screen. It is not recommended to change the SQL instance unless you have a defined need to do so. If you are upgrading from SQL 2005, you need to keep the same instance name or MOSAIQ and other related applications will not function without making changes. If you use Backup Exec, check with Symantec for SQL 2008 compatibility and upgrades. Click Next to continue.

8. Click Next to continue.



9. Change the Service Account Na me to NT Authority\Network Service or provide a service account and password if needed. Change Startup Types to: SQL Server Agent Automatic SQL Server Database Engine Automatic SQL Server Integration Services Manual Integration Services is not used by MOSAIQ, but could be used by Client Services to extract data for analysis. Click Next to continue.

Changing Collation to US English is no longer a requirement for MOSAIQ.

10. Click Mixed Mode , then type the SA password.

11. Click the Add Current User button to add the currently logged in Windows user as a SQL administrator. Click Next to continue

12. Optional: click send information/feedback to Microsoft. Click Next to continue.



13. Verify that all tests have passed installation analysis. Click Next to continue.

14. Click Install to begin software installation.

15. Verify that all modules have installed successfully. Click Next to continue.



16. Click Close to complete the installation.

17. Unless prompted to reboot, continue with the installation of SQL Service Pack 1 outlined in the next section.

Installing Microsoft SQL 2008 Installing Service Pack 1


Installing Service Pack 1

Download SQL 2008 SP1 from Microsoft at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae7387c3-348c -4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4&displaylang=en

1. Right-click the installation package, then click Run as Administrator to start the installation.

2. Click Run to continue.


4. Click I accept the license terms , then click Next to continue.





7. Click Update to begin installation.




9. Click Close to complete.

10. Reboot the Server.

Installing Microsoft SQL 2008 Configuration Changes


Configuration Changes There are 3 areas that require configuration changes with the standard installation of SQL.

1. Memory Settings

a. Server Memory

b. Minimum Query Memory

2. Connection Settings

a. Arithmetic Abort

b. Quoted Identifiers

3. Temp DB Files

a. Relocate log and data files

b. Size Properly

Memory Settings SQL 2008 64-bit Standard and Enterprise editions use as much RAM as the Windows OS can provide.

Windows 2008 64-bit OS Addressable RAM

Standard 32GB

Enterprise 2TB

Servers with Intel Nehalem processors (55xx) RAM configurations may have 36GB or 72GB installed. However, the OS cannot address more than the chart listed above.

1. Launch SQL Server Management Studio.

2. Type the Server name, then click Connect.



3. If you have a named instance of SQL 2008, type the Server name followed by: \instance name.

4. Right-click the server, then click Properties .

5. Click Memory. 64-bit SQL does NOT require Use AWE to allocate memory checked.

6. Set the Minimum and Maximum server memory (in MB) to the values shown in the chart below:

RAM (GB) Min Max

4-12 2048 Total RAM minus 2GB

12-24 4096 Total RAM minus

3GB

Add an additional 1GB RAM to the OS for every 13GB RAM installed on server. Add the rest to SQL.

In this example, the server has 16GB of RAM, so the Maximum setting is 13000.



7. Change the Minimum Memory per query (in KB) to 4096 .

Connection Settings 1. Click Connections .

2. Below Default connections options click: Arithmetic Abort Quoted Identifier

3. Click OK to exit Server Properties.

TempDB Files MOSAIQ heavily uses the TempDB and proper configuration in SQL improves MOSAIQ performance. Refer to Appendix A, Drive Array Configuration, to determine the best location of the TempDB. If the SQL installation did not place the associated files on the correct drive letter, use the following instructions to move them.

Move TempDB At a minimum, move the TempDB to the same RAID1/10 array as the MOSAIQ log files.

1. Expand System databases and click tempdb.

2. Right-click tempdb, then click Properties .

3. Locate the current drive/folder location for the existing tempdb files.

4. Create a \SQLDATA folder on the drive where the TempDB files will be moved.

5. Run the following query in SQL. Modify to match your drive configuration based on Appendix A.



-- moving tempdb from it's current location to use master go alter database tempdb modify file(name=tempdev, filename=':\SQLDATA\tempdb.mdf') go alter database tempdb modify file(name=templog, filename=':\SQLDATA\templog.ldf') go

6. Results should look similar.

7. Restart SQL. Right-click Server, then click Restart.

8. Click Yes to restart .

9. Delete the OLD tempDB files.

10. You can verify that SQL is using the new tempDB location by running the following query:

SELECT name, physical_name FROM sys.master_files WHERE database_id = DB_ID('tempdb');

Resize TempDB

1. Expand System databases , then click tempdb.

2. Right-click TempDB, then click Properties .

3. Click Files.

4. Resize the files accordingly: Tempdev Templog

< 100 SQL users

5000 2000

> 100 SQL users

10000 5000

5. Click OK to start resizing.



Splitting TempDB into Multiple Files Advanced For larger sites (100 + users), splitting the TempDB into multiple data files (one per CPU core) can improve performance. At this time, Elekta has not benchmarked the effectiveness, and is basing this claim using Microsoft/industry recommendations.

Here are the recommendations for multiple TempDB files:

1. All files must be the same size. This example shows 2048MB, but larger file sizes can be created.

2. Resize the TempDB to 2048 prior to starting this process.

3. Create as many files as there are logical CPUs.

4. The recommended naming convention for multiple files is .NDF (vs. MDF for single files).

5. Autogrowth must be disabled on the .NDF files.

Note: In a perfect scenario, each TempDB data file would be on a separate disk platter, but that is not very economically feasible in most cases .

1. Create a new query similar to the following.

2. Increment the file number: Name = tempdev# and Filename = \SQLDATA\tempdev#.ndf for each file that needs to be created. -- creating multiple TempDB files Use tempdb Go ALTER DATABASE tempdb ADD FILE ( NAME = tempdev2, FILENAME = '\SQLDATA\tempdev2.ndf', SIZE = 2048MB, FILEGROWTH = 0 ) Go ALTER DATABASE tempdb ADD FILE ( NAME = tempdev3, FILENAME = '\SQLDATA\tempdev3.ndf', SIZE = 2048MB, FILEGROWTH = 0 ) Go

3. When you run the command, you should see these results.

4. Files should be created in the \SQLDATA folder.

5. TempDB properties should show there are multiple files.



6. Restart SQL Server.

Lock Pages in Memory (SQL 2008 Enterprise Only) for Advanced Use Only Enabling Locked Pages can improve performance of SQL. However, if this is done inaccurately, it may have a negative performance impact on your system. Care fully consider any potential effects before you use Locked Pages, even on Enterprise editions. For more information about the effects of using Locked Pages with SQL Server, read the following article number from the Microsoft Knowledge Base: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918483.

Only perform this change if you are an experienced SQL administrator.

If you are using a Local system account, you do not need to change this setting.

If you are not using SQL 2008 Enterprise, then do not change this setting.

Verify the amount of RAM available to SQL with Perfmon This example shows a server with 8GB RAM and a 6GB RAM maximum memory allocation to SQL.

1. From the START menu, type RUN to open the Run dialog box, then type perfmon in the Open field. Click OK to continue.

2. Click the Perfmonance Monitor section, then click the green + icon to add a counter.

3. Scroll down to Available Counters and click the + next to SQLServer:Memory Manager to expand the list.



4. Double-click Target Server Memory(KB) and Total Server Memory (KB). Click the Add button to continue.

5. Click the dropdown button to change graph type, then click Report.

6. If Target Server Memory does not equal the maximum amount of memory that was allocated under SQL Memory, then you must restart the SQL services and check again.

7. Close Perfmon.

Enable SQL 2008 Backup Compression (SQL 2008 Enterprise Only) SQL 2008 Enterprise has the ability to compress backup files. You can set this to let all backup jobs automatically be compressed by default. If you are running SQL 2008 Enterprise, Elekta recommends that you set this option as follows:

1. Run the query: USE master GO EXEC sp_configure 'backup compression default', '1' RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE

2. You should see the resulting message.

SQL 2008 does have the ability to compress data. Elekta is currently investigating the performance ramifications, but does not support it at this time.

Installing Microsoft SQL 2008 Installing Distributed Transaction Coordinator


Installing Distributed Transaction Coordinator These instructions detail the process of installing DTC on a stand-alone Windows 2008 based SQL server. If you are running a Windows Cluster, refer to the document LPNMSQ0052 Creating a Windows 2008 Cluster with SQL 2008.

1. To begin installing the associated Server Roles for DTC, click Start | Settings | Control Panel | Programs and Features.

2. From the Programs and Features window,

click the task.

3. From the Service Manager window, click

.




5. Click Application Server to add this role to the server.

6. At the Add Roles Wizard dialog box, click the Add Required Features button to confirm the additional features.



9. Click Distributed Transactions, then click WS-Atomic Transactions to remove the checkmark.




11. Click Install.

12. After the installation has completed successfully, click Close.

13. Perform steps 1 and 2 to re-launch the Server Manager.

14. Expand the sections shown until you see the Local DTC under Distributed Transaction Coordinator.

15. Right-click Local DTC, then click Properties .

16. Make sure the following are clicked: Allow Remote Clients Allow Remote Administration Allow Inbound/Outbound No Authentication Required

17. Click Apply.

18. DTC must be restarted. Click Yes.

Installing Microsoft SQL 2008 SQL 2008 Performance Data Collection


19. Click OK.

20. Close Server Manager.

SQL 2008 Performance Data Collection Microsoft has improved the SQL Dashboard reports included with SQL 2005 and relabeled them as Performance Data Collection.

Reference this Microsoft Technet Webcast for more information on the capabilities of Performance Data Collection: https://msevents.microsoft.com/ cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032349947&CountryCode=US.

Sample Management Views

Disk Use Query Collection Server Activity

Identify the drive/folder where the data warehouse database is to reside, and make sure it has sufficient space available prior to the installation.

1. Right-click Data Collection, then click Configure Management Data Warehouse. Note: The red arrows on the Data Collection icon indicate that data collection is not enabled.



2. Click Next.

3. Click Next.

4. You must create a new database to house the performance data. Click New.

5. Type a database name (for example, DATACollection). Change the Initial Size(MB) for the database to 5,000MB and the Log size to 2000MB Change the directory where the files are located to the correct drive\folder location.

6. Click OK to continue.



7. Click Next.

8. Map a login and role(s) to users. If only a single user will monitor the system, you can use the service account.


10. Click Finish.

11. Click Close.



Configure Data Collection

12. Verify the SQL Agent is running.

13. Right-click Data Collection, then click Configure Management Data Warehouse.

14. Click Next until you see this screen.

15. Click Set up data collection .

16. Click Next.

17. When you do not provide a Cache Directory, the %temp% location is used.

18. Click Next.

19. Click Finish.

20. Click Close.

Installing Microsoft SQL 2008


21. To run reports, right-click Data Collection , then click Reports.