SQL Server Failover Clustering Essentials
Course Code: SSFCE
Course Duration: 1 Day
Overview
This one day Essentials course is designed to demystify failover
clustering and help SQL Server DBA's understand SQL Server
availability through failover clustering to ensure
that mission critical SQL Server environments are highly available.
The course focuses on deploying SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 on a
version of Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2.
The course covers what options and features are available, how
to plan for a clustered implementation of SQL Server and reviews
the best practices for deploying and administering those features;
as well as providing practical advice on the architectures and
scenarios to use the clustering technology.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for experienced SQL Server
Administrators want to upgrade their skills to cover SQL
Server failover clustering on SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
platforms.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the SQL Server Availability Technologies
- Understand How Failover Clustering Works
- Understand Windows Failover Clustering
- Understand What Can and Cannot be Clustered
- Plan the Network Configuration for a Failover Cluster
- Configure a Windows Failover Cluster
- Plan a SQL Server Cluster Deployment
- Implement a Clustered SQL Server instance
- Administer a SQL Server cluster
Course Prerequisites
Before attending this course, participants should have:
- Experience in administering SQL Server databases