Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration

Professional Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Administration
SQL Server 2008 represents a significant jump forward in scalability and performance. Database administrators — and developers as well — will need to master new methods for effectively managing increasingly large and complex SQL Server environments.
This author team of SQL Server experts arms you with unique tips, tricks, and workarounds, including managing and monitoring SQL Server, automating administration, clustering, performance tuning, handling backup and recovery, and more. You′ll learn the various tools that are available to you with the 2008 release, as well as new features such as Performance Studio, Change Data Capture, Policy–based Management, and Query Governor. With a solid understanding of SQL Server 2008, you′ll be able to confidently handle even the most difficult SQL Server admin issues.
What you will learn from this book
Best practices for SQL Server 2008 installation
Tips for troubleshooting and securing the database engine
How to automate SQL Server
Ways to index your database
Methods for monitoring your SQL Server instance
How to performance tune your SQL Server instance
Who this book is for
This book is for experienced database administrators who are interested in learning best pratices for administering SQL Server 2008.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real–world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Spis treści:
Forward.
Chapter 1. SQL Server 2005 Architecture.
Chapter 2. SQL Server 2005 Installation Best Practices.
Chapte r 3. Upgrading SQL Server 2008 Best Practices.
Chapter 4. Managing and Troubleshooting the Database Engine.
Chapter 5. Automating SQL Server.
Chapter 6. Integration Services Administration and Performance Tuning.
Chapter 7. Analysis Services Administration and Performance Tuning.
Chapter 8. Administering the Development Features.
Chapter 9. Securing the Database Engine.
Chapter 10. Change Management.
Chapter 11. Configuring the Server for Optimal Performance.
Chapter 12. Optimizing SQL Server 2005.
Chapter 13. Monitoring Your SQL Server.
Chapter 14. Performance Tuning T–SQL.
Chapter 15. Indexing Your Database.
Chapter 16. Replication.
Chapter 17. Database Mirroring.
Chapter 18. Backup and Recovery.
Chapter 19. SQL Server 2005 Log Shipping.
Chapter 20. Clustering SQL Server 2005.

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Professional Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Administration
SQL Server 2008 represents a significant jump forward in scalability and performance. Database administrators — and developers as well — will need to master new methods for effectively managing increasingly large and complex SQL Server environments.
This author team of SQL Server experts arms you with unique tips, tricks, and workarounds, including managing and monitoring SQL Server, automating administration, clustering, performance tuning, handling backup and recovery, and more. You′ll learn the various tools that are available to you with the 2008 release, as well as new features such as Performance Studio, Change Data Capture, Policy–based Management, and Query Governor. With a solid understanding of SQL Server 2008, you′ll be able to confidently handle even the most difficult SQL Server admin issues.
What you will learn from this book
Best practices for SQL Server 2008 installation
Tips for troubleshooting and securing the database engine
How to automa te SQL Server
Ways to index your database
Methods for monitoring your SQL Server instance
How to performance tune your SQL Server instance
Who this book is for
This book is for experienced database administrators who are interested in learning best pratices for administering SQL Server 2008.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real–world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.