MS SQL DBA Course Content

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1) Overview of SQL Server

 History of SQL Server versions and Editions


 Responsibilities of Database Administrator/DBA Operations
 Over view of SQL Services
 SQL server software life cycle
 Interview Q&A

2) Installation and Configuration

 Pre installation steps


 Installation
 Post installations steps
 Adding/removing features
 Issues & Troubleshooting
 Interview Q&A

3) Patching/Service pack installation

 Over view of SQL Server service packs, CU and hotfix


 Pre patch/service pack installation steps
 Patching on standalone servers
 Patching on Cluster servers ( Active/Passive & Active/Active)
 Post patch/service pack installation steps
 Removing the service pack
 Issues & troubleshooting
 Interview Q&A

4) Overview of Databases

 Server Architecture
 Creating Databases & Over view of database properties
 Database Architecture
 Log Architecture
 Over view of System databases
 Interview Q&A
5) Backup and Restoration

 Backup types
 Performing Backup and Restoration
 Recovery Model
 Data Recovery Methods for user & system databases
 Page level restore
 Database movement methods ( Attach/Detach, Import/export, copy only & Script Generation)
 Database file movement
 Linked server and creation
 Interview Q&A

6) Security

 Authentication modes
 Creating logins and users
 Understanding server and Database roles
 Assigning/Removing roles to logins/users
 Granting/revoking object level access
 Security Auditing
 Issues & Troubleshooting
 Interview Q&A

7) Migration and Up gradation

 Side by side upgrade


 Inplace up grade
 Database Refresh
 Edition upgrade
 Interview Q&A

8) Automation

 Maintenance plan
 Jobs and alerts
 Database mail configuration
 Interview Q&A

9) Disaster Recovery and High Availability


1) Logshipping

 Overview
 Pre requisites
 Configuration
 Failover process
 DR Test
 DB Refresh
 Patching on Log shipping databases
 File Adding and users adding
 Issues & Troubleshooting
 Interview Q&A

2) Database mirroring

 Overview
 Types of mirroring
 Pre requisites
 Configuration
 Failover process
 DR Test
 Patching
 DB Refresh on mirroring
 File Adding and users adding
 Snapshot creation
 Issues & Troublingshooting
 Interview Q&A

3) Replication (Snapshot, Transactional and Merge replication)

 Overview
 Pre requisites
 Types of Replication
 Configuration
 Tables adding & removing
 Patching
 Issues & Troubleshooting
 Interview Q&A

4) Always ON

 Overview
 Pre requisites
 Configuration
 Failover process
 Patching
 DB Refresh on always on
 File Adding and users adding
 DR Test
 Issues & Troubleshooting
 Interview Q&A

5) Clustering

 Overview
 Pre requisites
 Configuration (Active-Active & Active – Passive)
 Failover process
 Disk adding
 Patching
 Issues & Troubleshooting
 Interview Q&A

10) Performance tunings

 DBCC and DMV's


 Locks
 Isolation levels
 Blocking
 Dead locks
 Indexes
 Update stats
 Fragmentation
 Query Execution
 Query store
 Interview Q&A

11) SQL Server 2012, 2014 and 2016, 2017 & 2019 DBA New features

12) Real time scenarios/Issues

13) DBA Course Test Scenarios

14) Ticketing process

15) Tools
Ticketing Tool: Remedy,SM9

Backup Tool: Lite speed backup tool and Networker

Monitoring Tool: SCOM and Idera performance tool

Performance Tool: Perfmon, Profiler and Extended Events

16) Security features

TDE

Always encryption

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