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Brian is a contributing columnist for SQL Server Standard, maintains a regular column for the database website SQLServerCentral.com, and does regular webcasts at Jumpstart TV. He is the author of nine SQL Server books. Brian is a speaker at numerous confer- ences, including PASS, SQL Connections, and TechEd, and many code camps. His blog can be found at www.pragmaticworks.com . Brian spends weekends practicing to be an amateur surgeon and proceeds from this book will help pay for the mobile CAT scan for his van. Ketan Patel, B.E., electronics engineering, MCSE, MCDBA, is a senior development manager for the Business Intelligence Center of Excellence group at Microsoft. He has worked with SQL Server and other Microsoft technologies for nearly nine years. Ketan has also spoken at TechEd. He spends his spare time with his family and friends, playing cricket and watching NFL. Wayne Snyder is recognized worldwide as a SQL Server expert and Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP), with over 25 years of experience in project management, database administration, software design, performance measurement, and capacity planning. He is a popular consultant, trainer, writer, and speaker, and produces a series of Web-based seminars on SQL Server 2005. Wayne has edited many SQL Server books, has SQL Training CDs with Learnkey, is president of PASS, the Professional Association for SQL Server ( www.sqlpass.org ), plays keyboard for a cover band named SoundBar- rier ( www.soundbarrierband.com ), and is a managing consultant for Mariner, a Business Intelligence Company ( www.mariner-usa.com ). Ross LoForte is a technical architect at the Microsoft Technology Center Chicago, focused on Microsoft SQL Server solutions. Ross has more than 16 years of experience in business development, project man- agement, and designing SQL architecture solutions. For the past eight years, Ross has been working with the Microsoft Technology Centers, and has led architecture design and proof-of-concept engagements for Microsoft’s largest and most strategic customers to design enterprise, mission-critical SQL Server solutions. Ross is a SQL Server instructor at DePaul University in Chicago, and regularly presents at TechEd, SQL PASS, Gartner, TDWI, and other conferences. A published author, he has been active with the Professional Association for SQL Server, the Chicago SQL Server Users Group, and the SQL Server community for many years. Steven Wort has been working with SQL Server for the past 14 years. He spent much of that time working as a freelance application developer and database architect building VB and Web applications on SQL Server for many of London’s largest financial institutions. He moved to the United States nine years ago, joining Microsoft over seven years ago. After three years working in PSS on the SIE team, he moved over to the SQL Server Product group, spending a year working on SQL Server scalability, followed by a year working with the SQL Playback team. Two years ago Steven moved to the Windows division, where he started work on the SQL Server side of the Watson system. When he is not involved with technology, Steven can be found doing something active somewhere outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. Geoff Hiten, a Microsoft MVP, is a senior SQL Server consultant based in Atlanta. Geoff began working with SQL Server in 1992 with version 4.2 and has used every version since. He specializes in high-availability and high-performance SQL systems. Recent projects include: system upgrades, SQL Server platform migrations, performance tuning, custom reporting solutions, and database strategy implementations. Geoff is currently on the leadership team of the Atlanta area Microsoft Database Forum Knight fabout.tex V1 - 10/01/2008 4:21am Page viii About the Authors Users group (AtlantaMDF) and can be found lurking in the halls at PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) Community Summit events. In addition, Geoff has been a Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft Training Curriculum materials and has authored articles, white papers, and podcasts on SQL Server. K. Brian Kelley (MCSE, Security+ , CISA) is a systems and security architect for AgFirst Farm Credit Bank. At AgFirst he provides infrastructure and security guidance with respect to Windows-based tech- nologies including Active Directory, Internet Information Server, and Microsoft SQL Server. Brian, author of Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring and contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005, is a regular columnist and blogger at SQLServerCentral.com focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is also a frequent contributor for SQL Server Standard Magazine. Brian is a member of the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He is also active in the Midlands PASS chapter, an official PASS chapter for South Carolina. viii [...]... to SQL Server 2008 In-Place Upgrading Side-by-Side Upgrade In-Place Upgrade versus Side-By-Side Upgrade Considerations Pre-Upgrade Checks SQL Server Upgrade Advisor Installing the SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Advisor Using the Upgrade Advisor Scripting the Upgrade Advisor Resolving Upgrade Issues SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Assistant Backward Compatibility Unsupported and Discontinued Features SQL Server 2008. .. Solutions SQL Server 2008 Data Mirroring Windows Failover Clustering SQL Server 2008 Replication Removing Log Shipping Removing Log Shipping with Management Studio Removing Log Shipping with T -SQL Commands Log-Shipping Performance Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 Log Shipping Minimum Downtime Approach With Downtime Approach Deploy Log Shipping Approach Summary Chapter 20: Clustering SQL Server 2008 Clustering... Windows Server 2008 Before Installing Windows 2008 Clustering Installing Windows Server 2008 Clustering Configuring Windows Server 2008 for Clustering 800 800 801 801 801 802 802 802 803 803 803 804 804 804 807 808 808 809 810 810 812 812 814 817 817 817 817 819 819 819 820 821 823 823 824 827 xxvii Page xxvii Knight ftoc.tex V1 - 10/01 /2008 Contents Clustering SQL Server 2008 Clustering SQL Server Installing... Tuning SQL Server Memory Windows 2008 Hot-Add CPU Configuring SQL Server 2008 for Dynamic Memory on an X86 Platform 64-bit Versions of SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor CPU Considerations Data Locality Cache Coherency Affinity Mask Max Degree of Parallelism (MAXDOP) Affinity I/O Mask Max Server Memory Index Creation Memory Option Minimum Memory per Query Summary Chapter 13: Monitoring Your SQL Server. .. Other SQL Server 2008 Changes Affecting Behavior xiv 45 45 46 47 47 50 51 52 52 53 53 54 56 57 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 60 61 63 63 64 65 65 66 67 67 69 69 69 70 72 73 75 77 77 78 78 4:36am Page xiv Knight ftoc.tex V1 - 10/01 /2008 4:36am Contents SQL Server Component Considerations Upgrading Full-Text Catalog to SQL Server 2008 Upgrading Reporting Services Upgrading Analysis Services Upgrading DTS to SQL Server. .. 10/01 /2008 4:22am Page xii Knight ftoc.tex V1 - 10/01 /2008 4:36am Contents Introduction Chapter 1: SQL Server 2008 Architecture The Expanding Role of a DBA Production DBA Development DBA Business Intelligence DBA Hybrid DBA New Things You Need to Learn SQL Server Architecture Transaction Log and Database Files SQL Native Client System Databases Schemas Synonyms Dynamic Management Views SQL Server 2008. .. Servers and Server Groups Startup Parameters Startup Stored Procedures Rebuilding the System Databases Management Studio Reports Configuring SQL Server Filtering Objects Error Logs Activity Monitor Monitoring Processes in T -SQL Trace Flags Getting Help from Support SQLDumper.exe SQLDiag.exe Summary Chapter 5: Automating SQL Server Maintenance Plans Maintenance Plan Wizard Maintenance Plan Designer SQL. .. the SQL Server Database Engine Common Installation Issues Installing Client Tools from a Network Share Admin Tools Not Installed by Default on Remote Cluster Nodes Minimum Configuration Warning Troubleshooting a Failed Install Summary Chapter 3: Upgrading SQL Server 2008 Best Practices Why Upgrade to SQL Server 2008? Risk Mitigation — The Microsoft Contribution Independent Software Vendors and SQL Community... step-by-step guide to clustering your SQL Server and Windows 2008 server This edition of the book covers all the same great information we covered in the last book, and we’ve added loads of new content for SQL Server 2008, which adds numerous new features to improve the DBA’s life In short, the new version of SQL Server focuses on improving your efficiency, the scale of your server, and the performance of... xxi Knight ftoc.tex V1 - 10/01 /2008 Contents What’s New in Monitoring for SQL Server 2008 Data Collection SQL Server Extended Events Choosing the Appropriate Monitoring Tools Performance Monitor CPU Resource Counters Isolating Processor Bottlenecks Disk Activity Memory Usage Performance Monitoring Tools Monitoring Events The Default Trace SQL Trace Event Notifications SQL Server Extended Event Notifications . ffirs.tex V1 - 10/01 /2008 4:16am Page i Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration Introduction xxix Chapter 1: SQL Server 2008 Architecture 1 Chapter 2: SQL Server 2008 Installation. iii Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration Knight ffirs.tex V1 - 10/01 /2008 4:16am Page iv Knight ffirs.tex V1 - 10/01 /2008 4:16am Page v Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration Brian. 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