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... a SQLServer 2005 default instance to a SQLServer2008 named instance called Phobos on a server named MARS. The application that uses the SQLServer sits on its own server, ConfiguringSQLServer2008ãChapter3 ... Implement SQLMailB. Implement Database MailC. Install a 3rd-party SMTP mailerD. Implement Service Broker13. You’ve just upgraded to SQLServer2008 from SQLServer 2000, and you’ve dropped SQLMail ... It is available in all SQLServer editions12. A business user has just phoned to say that his data wasn’t updated overnight. You check SQLServerand see that a SQLServer Agent job that runs...
... Privilege”UsersSchemasPermissionsAuditingThe SQLServer Configuration ManagerSecurity andSQL AgentManaging SecurityChapter 4MCTS SQLServer2008 Exam 432 ManagingSecurityãChapter4 125 SQL Server- level principals SQL Server ... scope and how they fit into the SQLServer2008 hierarchy.RolesLike Windows groups, SQLServer provides two roles, server- and database-level roles into which logins and users can be added. Server- level ... 125 SQL Server- level principals SQL Server login SQL Server login mapped to a Windows login SQL Server login mapped to a certificate SQL Server login mapped to an asymmetric keyDatabase-level...
... method of keeping your SQLServer online. Microsoft has supported log shipping within SQLServer since at least SQLServer 2000. By using standard T /SQL backup and restore commands you could have ... laid out exactly the same. SQL Server2008 includes log shipping in all the Editions of SQLServer that you have to pay for in other words, Web, Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise Editions. ... not a SQL Server. If you have a file server on the same spindles as a SQL Server, that can be fine, unless the file server is defragging the hard drive, in which case the disks will perform...
... indexes for tables and views. Finally, data compression can be configured for individual partitions that tables and indexes are stored across. For example, if a table is partitioned into current and ... or not to implement data compression. To take the guesswork out of this decision, SQLServer2008 provides a handy stored procedure: sp_estimate_data_compression savings. This stored procedure ... optional index number (specify NULL for all indexes or 0 for the heap), optional partition number, and the type of data compression to calculate the estimate for. This stored procedure is also...
... continue to read and write to and from the database while the backup is being performed. However, backup is a resource and time intensive operation, especially for large databases. Therefore, backups ... learn about various types of backup available with SQL Server, best practices for performing backups, and restoring databases from backup.Understanding Database Recovery ModelsThe database recovery ... to perform a high performance nonlogged operation, they would temporarily switch the recovery model to Bulk-Logged, perform the operation, switch the recovery model back to Full, and perform...
... standards on the naming and configuration of SQL Servers andSQLServer objects.Using SQLServer Agent SQL Server Agent is a service installed with SQLServer2008. This service allows you to schedule ... monitor and configure any number of SQL Servers and databases for configuration settings and compliance. Using this feature, you can also enforce compliance rules and standards on the naming and ... maintaining your SQLServer s health and performance. These tasks include database validation, index maintenance, and backup. SQLServer2008 makes it easy to follow best practices for ongoing maintenance....
... to Collect Performance Data SQL Server2008 includes a Data Collector feature: a powerful set of scheduled SQL Agent jobs, data structures, and tools designed for collecting and analyzing data ... Policy-Based Management. For security reasons, your organization prohibits SQLServer Authentication mode on any of its 27 SQL Servers. You create a policy with a condition for the Server Security ... on demand and quickly identify all servers that have not had the required service pack applied.Ex a m Wa r n i n gPolicy-Based Management is a new and exciting feature of SQLServer2008. ...
... administrative privileges on the SQLServer instance you are working with, that you have the AdventureWorks2008 sample database installed on your SQLServer instance, and that you are running the ... from the same computer where the SQLServer instance is installed.1. Launch SQLServer Management Studio and open a new query window in the AdventureWorks2008 database.2. Create the target ... hands dirty and try a BULK INSERT.EXERCISE 8.2Us i n g BULK iNSERTIn this exercise, you will export and import the data file that you created previously in Exercise 8.1 back into SQL Server. ...
... with FOR REPLICATION and NOT FOR REPLICATION settings.Q: Is it possible to replicate a SQLServer2008 database with a SQLServer 7 database?A: No. The database should be at least SQLServer ... example, a SQLServer 2000 Publisher can have SQLServer2008 Subscribers, and a SQLServer2008 Publisher can have SQLServer 2000 Subscribers. For merge replication, a Subscriber to a merge ... SQL Ü Server 2008, and the highest number of peer originator id wins when there is a conflict.DDL ReplicationDDL Replication is enabled by default. ÜDDL Replication will be failed at SQL Server...
... MonitoringandTroubleshootingãChapter10 465Performance MonitorThe Performance Monitor includes hundreds of performance counters related directly to the performance of the SQLServer instance. Like the SQLServer Profiler, ... hit ratio and page life expectancy, the better the chances that SQL Server will be able to find what it is looking for in RAM and will not need to read data from the disk. The less SQLServer ... under the SQLServer:Buffer Manager group. The buffer cache hit ratio and page life expectancy tells you how long the data is staying in the buffer cache and what the odds are that SQLServer will...
... column can only contain unique values.Foreign Key Constraints These constraints enforce a relationship between two tables. For example, you can use a FOREIGN KEY con-straint to specify that ... structure created on a table to optimize sort and query performance. Indexes are created on a particular column or columns, and store the data values for this column or columns in order. When ... the unique identifier column that will enforce the uniqueness of each row. For example, you can designate the CustomerID column as the PRIMARY KEY for the Customers table. If you get two customers...
... In SQLServer 2005 and earlier, the Full-Text Engine was its own service, known as full-text search. In SQLServer 2008, the Full-Text Engine is part of the database engine (running as the SQL ... column and their relative weight and position, and links these words with the database page contain-ing the actual data. Full-text indexes are built using a dedicated component of SQL Server 2008 the ... when this column starts with a certain value. However, standard indexes are inadequate for fulfilling more complex text-based queries. For example, creating an index on StarType will not help...