Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Jump Start
- Install and Configure - 33 questions
- Maintain Instances and Databases - 24 questions
- Optimize and Troubleshoot - 27 questions
- Manage Data - 35 questions
- Implement Security - 25 questions
- Implement High Availability - 16 questions
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As of February 18, 2016, this exam includes content
covering both SQL Server 2012 and 2014. Please note that this exam does not
include questions on features or capabilities that are present only in the SQL
Server 2012 product. For more information, please download and review this document.
· Plan
installation
o
Evaluate installation requirements; design the installation of SQL Server
and its components (drives, service accounts, etc.); plan scale-up vs.
scale-out basics; plan for capacity, including if/when to shrink, grow,
autogrow, and monitor growth; manage the technologies that influence SQL
architecture (for example, service broker, full text, scale out, etc.); design
the storage for new databases (drives, filegroups, partitioning); design
database infrastructure; configure a SQL Server standby database for reporting
purposes; Windows-level security and service level security; Core mode
installation; benchmark a server before using it in a production environment
(SQLIO, Tests on SQL Instance); choose the right hardware
· Install SQL
Server and related services
o
Test connectivity; enable and disable features; install SQL Server database
engine and SSIS (not SSRS and SSAS); configure an OS disk
· Implement a
migration strategy
o
Restore vs detach/attach; migrate security; migrate from a previous
version; migrate to new hardware; migrate systems and data from other sources
· Configure
additional SQL Server components
o
Set up and configure all SQL Server components (Engine, AS, RS and
SharePoint integration) in a complex and highly secure environment; configure
full-text indexing; SSIS security; filestream; filetable
· Manage SQL
Server Agent
o
Create, maintain, and monitor jobs; administer jobs and alerts; automate
(setup, maintenance, monitoring) across multiple databases and multiple
instances; send to "Manage SQL Server Agent jobs"
Preparation resources
· Manage and
configure databases
o
Design multiple file groups; database configuration and standardization:
autoclose, autoshrink, recovery models; manage file space, including adding new
filegroups and moving objects from one filegroup to another; implement and
configure contained databases; data compression; configure TDE; partitioning;
manage log file growth; DBCC
· Configure SQL
Server instances
o
Configure and standardize a database: autoclose, autoshrink, recovery
models; install default and named instances; configure SQL to use only certain
CPUs (affinity masks, etc.); configure server level settings; configure many
databases/instance, many instances/server, virtualization; configure clustered
instances including MSDTC; memory allocation; database mail; configure SQL
Server engine: memory, filffactor, sp_configure, default options
· Implement a
SQL Server clustered instance
o
Install a cluster; manage multiple instances on a cluster; set up subnet
clustering; recover from a failed cluster node
· Manage SQL
Server instances
o
Install an instance; manage interaction of instances; SQL patch management;
install additional instances; manage resource utilization by using Resource
Governor; cycle error logs
Preparation resources
· Identify and
resolve concurrency problems
o
Examine deadlocking issues using the SQL server logs using trace flags;
design reporting database infrastructure (replicated databases); monitor via
DMV or other MS product; diagnose blocking, live locking and deadlocking;
diagnose waits; performance detection with built in DMVs; know what affects
performance; locate and if necessary kill processes that are blocking or claiming
all resources
· Collect and
analyze troubleshooting data
o
Monitor using Profiler; collect performance data by using System Monitor;
collect trace data by using SQL Server Profiler; identify transactional
replication problems; identify and troubleshoot data access problems; gather
performance metrics; identify potential problems before they cause service
interruptions; identify performance problems;, use XEvents and DMVs; create
alerts on critical server condition; monitor data and server access by creating
audit and other controls; identify IO vs. memory vs. CPU bottlenecks; use the
Data Collector tool
· Audit SQL
Server instances
o
Implement a security strategy for auditing and controlling the instance;
configure an audit; configure server audits; track who modified an object;
monitor elevated privileges as well as unsolicited attempts to connect;
policy-based management
Preparation resources
· Configure and
maintain a back-up strategy
o
Manage different backup models, including point-in-time recovery; protect
customer data even if backup media is lost; perform backup/restore based on
proper strategies including backup redundancy; recover from a corrupted drive;
manage a multi-TB database; implement and test a database implementation and a
backup strategy (multiple files for user database and tempdb, spreading
database files, backup/restore); back up a SQL Server environment; back up
system databases
· Restore
databases
o
Restore a database secured with TDE; recover data from a damaged DB
(several errors in DBCC checkdb); restore to a point in time; file group
restore; page level restore
· Implement and
maintain indexes
o
Inspect physical characteristics of indexes and perform index maintenance;
identify fragmented indexes; identify unused indexes; implement indexes;
defrag/rebuild indexes; set up a maintenance strategy for indexes and statistics;
optimize indexes (full, filter index); statistics (full, filter) force or fix
queue; when to rebuild vs. reorg and index; full text indexes; column store
indexes
· Import and
export data
o
Transfer data; bulk copy; bulk insert
Preparation resources
· Manage logins
and server roles
o
Configure server security; secure the SQL Server using Windows Account /
SQL Server accounts, server roles; create log in accounts; manage access to the
server, SQL Server instance, and databases; create and maintain user-defined
server roles; manage certificate logins
· Manage
database security
o
Configure database security; database level, permissions; protect objects
from being modified; auditing; encryption
· Manage users
and database roles
o
Create access to server / database with least privilege; manage security
roles for users and administrators; create database user accounts; contained
login
· Troubleshoot
security
o
Manage certificates and keys; endpoints
Preparation resources
· Implement AlwaysOn
o
Implement AlwaysOn availability groups; implement AlwaysOn failover
clustering
· Implement
replication
o
Troubleshoot replication problems; identify appropriate replication
strategy
Preparation resources
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