MS2790 Troubleshooting and Optimizing Database Servers Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

This course is intended for current professional database administrators who have three or more years of on-the-job experience administering SQL Server database solutions in an enterprise environment.

The primary focus of this workshop is to teach the overall process of troubleshooting using Microsoft SQL Server 2005. . It includes establishing monitoring standards and baselines, determining performance thresholds, and focusing the investigation on specific issues.

 

Upon completion students will be able to:

Build a Monitoring Solution for SQL Server Performance Issues
Troubleshoot Database and Database Server Performance Issues
Optimize the Query Performance Environment
Troubleshoot SQL Server Connectivity Issues
Troubleshoot SQL Server Data Issues
Troubleshoot SQL Server Data Concurrency Issue

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Working knowledge of SQL Server 2005 architecture including indexing, SQL execution plans, and SQL Server basic configuration.
 
• Basic monitoring and troubleshooting skills. For example, students should have used Sysmon and Perfmon on the job.
 
• Working knowledge of the operating system and platform. Students should understand how the operating system integrates with the database, what the platform or operating system can do, and the interaction between the operating system and the database.
 
• Basic understanding of server architecture such as CPU and memory utilization and disk input/output (I/O).
 
• Basic knowledge of application architecture. Students should know how applications can be designed in three layers, what applications can do, the interaction between applications and the database, and the interaction between the database and the platform or operating system.
 
• Understanding of Transact-SQL syntax and programming logic.
 
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows networking. Students should understand how Domain Name Service (DNS) operates and how servers communicate between domains.
 
• Familiarity with SQL Server 2005 features, tools, and technologies.
 
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 credential or equivalent experience.
 

In addition, it is recommended, but not required, that students have completed:

• Course MS2778, Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Transact-SQL. (E-Learning)
 
• Course MS2779, Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.
 
• Course MS2780, Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database.
 

Unit 1: Building a Monitoring Solution for SQL Server Performance Issues

Unit 2: Troubleshooting Database and Database Server Performance Issues

Unit 3: Optimizing the Query Performance Environment

Unit 4: Troubleshooting SQL Server Connectivity Issues

Unit 5: Troubleshooting SQL Server Data Issues

Unit 6: Troubleshooting SQL Server Data Concurrency Issues