SQL Server High Availability & Disaster Recovery Mastery

Course Description

This comprehensive 5-day course equips database professionals with advanced skills to design, implement, and manage high availability and disaster recovery solutions for SQL Server. Participants will gain hands-on experience with AlwaysOn Availability Groups, Failover Cluster Instances, and various replication techniques to ensure continuous database operations and minimize downtime in critical business environments.

Learning Objectives

• Understand SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery concepts and architectures
• Implement and manage AlwaysOn Availability Groups for enhanced database availability
• Configure and maintain Failover Cluster Instances for SQL Server
• Design and implement effective backup and recovery strategies
• Master various replication techniques for data distribution and disaster recovery

Course Modules

Day 1: Introduction to SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery

• HA/DR concepts and terminology
• SQL Server HA/DR feature overview
• Assessing business requirements for HA/DR
• Planning HA/DR architectures

Day 2: Implementing AlwaysOn Availability Groups

• AlwaysOn Availability Groups architecture
• Configuring and managing availability groups
• Implementing read-scale availability groups
• Monitoring and troubleshooting availability groups

Day 3: Failover Cluster Instances and Windows Server Failover Clustering

• Failover Clustering concepts and architecture
• Installing and configuring a Failover Cluster Instance
• Managing and maintaining FCIs
• Implementing multi-subnet clustering

Day 4: Backup and Recovery Strategies

• Designing effective backup strategies
• Implementing advanced backup techniques
• Point-in-time recovery and log shipping
• Database snapshots and recovery models

Day 5: Replication and Additional HA/DR Techniques

• SQL Server replication architecture and types
• Implementing transactional and merge replication
• Database mirroring and log shipping
• Combining HA/DR technologies for comprehensive solutions

Practical Wins for Participants

• Ability to design and implement robust HA/DR solutions for SQL Server environments
• Hands-on experience with configuring and managing AlwaysOn Availability Groups
• Proficiency in implementing and maintaining Failover Cluster Instances
• Skills to optimize backup and recovery strategies for minimal data loss and downtime