MCSA Training : SQL DBA

Develop a backup strategy

• Back up very large databases, configure alerting for failed backups, back up databases to Azure, manage transaction log backups, configure database recovery models, configure backup automation

Restore databases

• Perform piecemeal restores, perform page recovery, perform point-in-time recovery, restore file groups, develop a plan to automate and test restores

Manage database integrity

• Implement database consistency checks, identify database corruption, recover from database corruption

Monitor database activity

• Monitor current sessions, identify sessions that cause blocking activity, identify sessions that consume tempdb resources, configure the data collector

Monitor queries

• Manage the Query Store, configure Extended Events and trace events, identify problematic execution plans, troubleshoot server health using Extended Events

Manage indexes

• Identify and repair index fragmentation, identify and create missing indexes, identify and drop underutilized indexes, manage existing columnstore indexes

Manage statistics

• Identify and correct outdated statistics, implement Auto Update Statistics, implement statistics for large tables

Monitor SQL Server instances

• Create and manage operators, create and manage SQL Agent alerts, define custom alert actions, define failure actions, configure database mail, configure Policy-Based Management, identify available space on data volumes, identify the cause of performance degradation

Implement log shipping

• Configure log shipping, monitor log shipping

Implement AlwaysOn Availability Groups

• Configure Windows clustering, create an availability group, configure read-only routing, manage failover, create distributed availability groups

Implement failover cluster instances

• Manage shared disks, configure cluster shared volumes

Deploy a Microsoft Azure SQL Database

• Choose a service tier, create servers and databases, create a sysadmin account, configure elastic pools

Plan for SQL Server installation

• Plan for an IaaS or on-premises deployment, select the appropriate size for a virtual machine, plan storage pools based on performance requirements, evaluate best practices for installation, design a storage layout for a SQL Server virtual machine

Deploy SQL Server instances

• Deploy a SQL Server instance in IaaS and on-premises, manually install SQL Server on an Azure Virtual Machine, provision an Azure Virtual Machine to host a SQL Server instance, automate the deployment of SQL Server databases, deploy SQL Server by using templates

Deploy SQL Server databases to Azure virtual machines

• Migrate an on-premises SQL Server database to an Azure virtual machine, generate benchmark data for performance needs, perform performance tuning on Azure IaaS, support availability sets in Azure

Configure secure access to Microsoft Azure SQL Databases

• Configure firewall rules, configure Always Encrypted for Azure SQL Database, configure cell-level encryption, configure dynamic data masking, configure transparent data encryption (TDE)

Configure SQL Server performance settings

• Configure database performance settings, configure max server memory, configure the database scope, configure operators and alerts

Manage SQL Server instances

• Create databases, manage files and file groups, manage system database files, configure tempdb

Manage SQL Storage

• Manage SMB file shares, manage stretch databases, configure Azure storage, change service tiers, review wait statistics, manage storage pools, recover from failed storage

Perform database maintenance

• Monitor DMVs, maintain indexes, automate maintenance tasks, update statistics, verify database integrity, recover from database corruption