PLANNING AN INSTALLATION OF

SQL SERVER 2012

INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION TOPICS

Installation of SQL Server Instances. Planning Installation.

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Planning For Storage & Growth

Benchmarking SQL Server

Installation Install an Instance

Command Line Install

Configuration File Install

Installation of Features. Reporting Services Native

Analysis Services

Reporting Services Native or SharePoint

Configure SQL Server Instances.

Manage & Configure Databases.

PLANNING AN SQL SERVER INSTANCE

Requirements

OS Requirements

Processor

MemoryHard Disk

Software

CRITERIA OF RESOURCES

Criteria's are based on

The Edition of SQL Server

The bit depth of SQL Server

X64

X86

Editions

Enterprise

BI

Standard

Web

Express/Express + tools

Developer

MAIN POINTS

X64 Versions of SQL 2012 supports only x64 OS only

X86 Versions of SQL 2012 supports both x64/x86 OS’s

OS Service Pack level is also important

Major OS Supports

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Windows Server 2008 SP2

Windows Vista SP2

Windows 7 SP1

Windows Server 2003 is not Supported

DEVELOPER/ EXPRESS / EXPRESS WITH

ADVANCED SERVICES / EXPRESS WITH

ADVANCED TOOLS

Developer/ Express/

Express With Advanced tools /Express with

advanced Services

Server 2008R2 Enterprise/ DC/

Standard/ Foundation/

Web

Server 2008 DC/ Enterprise/ Std/

Web

Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate

/Professional/ Home Premium/

Basic

Windows Vista SP2 Ultimate/

Enterprise/ Business/Home Premium/Home

Basic

SQL S. STANDARD

SQL Server

Standard

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard,

Foundation, Web

Windows Server 2008

SP2DC/Enterprise/ Standard/ Web

Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate,

Enterprise, Professional

Windows Vista SP2 Ultimate / Enterprise /Business

SQL S. ENTERPRISE/ BI / WEB

SQL S. Enterprise/BI/Web

Windows Server 2008R2

Enterprise, DC, Standard, Web

Windows Server 2008 SP2

Enterprise/ DC/ Standard/ Web

PROCESSOR & RAM REQUIREMENTS (X64) –

ENTERPRISE/BI/WEB/STANDARD/DEVELOPER

Processor Types

Intel

Intel Xeon with EM64T Support

Intel P4 with EM64T

AMD

AMD Opteron

AMD Athlon 64T

Speed

Min 1.4 GHz

Recommended 2GHz

RAM

Min 1Gb

Recommended 4Gb or more

PROCESSOR & RAM REQUIREMENTS (X64) –

EXPRESS/EXPRESS WITH TOOLS/EXPRESS WITH

ADVANCED SERVICES

Same Processor Requirements

RAM

Min 512Mb

1Gb Recommended

PROCESSOR & RAM REQUIREMENTS (X86) –

ENTERPRISE/BI/WEB/STANDARD/DEVELOPER

P3 Compatible or Newer version

Processor

Min – 1GHz

Recommended 2GHz

RAM

Min 1Gb

Recommended – 4Gb or more

PROCESSOR & RAM REQUIREMENTS (X86) –

EXPRESS/EXPRESS WITH TOOLS/ EXPRESS WITH

ADVANCED SERVICES

Same as above

RAM

Min 512Mb

Recommended 1Gb

HARD DISK REQUIREMENTS

•811MbDatabase Engine/Full Text Search/Replication

•345MbAnalysis Services

•1823MbClient Components

•591MbIntegration Services

•243MbMaster Data Services

•304MbReporting Services & Report Manager

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS &

VIRTUALIZATION

.Net Framework 3.5 SP1

.Net Framework 4.0

IE 7 or above

Windows Power Shell 2.0

Virtualization

Hyper-v on Windows Server 2008R2 SP1 or Windows

Server 2008 SP2

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS IN SQL SERVER

2012

Database Size < 524272 Terabytes

Maximum Data File Size < 16 Terabytes

Maximum Number of Instances 32767

Maximum 16 Columns per Primary Key

Maximum 253 Foreign Key References Per table

Maximum 32767 Connections Per instance

50 instances of Database Engine on a host

25 Instances of Database Engine on host if peer

to peer replication is used.

SELECTION OF FEATURES

Instance Features

Can operate Side by side

Act as separate instances of SQL Server

Shared Features

Shared among Instances

Need to install only once

INSTANCE FEATURES

Data Quality Services

Full Text Search/Semantic Extractions for Search

Replication

Database Engine Services

Analysis Services

Reporting Services -

Native

SHARED FEATURES

Reporting Services –Share

Point

Data Quality Client

SQL Server Data tools/

Master Data Services

Client tools Connectivity/SQL

client connectivity

SSMS Basic/ Comprehensive

Distributed Replay

Controller

Integration Services

SCALE UP VS. SCALE OUT

Scale Out

Increase capacity by

using multiple

instances of SQL

SERVER

Peer to Peer

replication/ Always on

Availability groups

Scalability – How well application

users increased resources to increase

capacity.

DATABASE GROWTH

Database size can be fixed / auto grow

Fixed databases minimize file fragmentation

Auautogrowth leads to file fragmentation.

Sp_spaceused to query space allocation in DB

Can Decrease the size by auto shrink property

Autoshrink leads to index fragmentation

Also can use dbccshrinkfile/dbccshrinkdatabase

Both require membership sysadmin fixed server

role or db_owner

Cant make a DB smaller than the initially

specified size.

DESIGN OF STORAGE

Primary

Contain startup information & pointers

Store Objects & Data

Every Database has a file

.mdf ext

Always in primary file group

Secondary

Optional

Store Data

..ndf extension

Spead across disk to improve performance

Can be in a primary or Secondary file group

Tx Log

Tx information

Change Vectors

.ldf ext

MSA VS. VIRTUAL ACCOUNTS

Managed Service Account

(MSA)

Domain managed Account

Pw managed by domain controller

Use a $ prefix (Contos/Ms$)

Service Principal registered under Active Directory

Virtual Account / Managed

Local Account

Local Accounts

Can access domain in network environment

Pw not required

NT Service/Servicename

WINDOWS & SERVICE LEVEL SECURITY

Windows Vista/ Windows

Server 2008

Network Service

•DE

•Agent

•Analysis

•SSIS

•RPT Service

•DRC

•DR Client

Local Service

• SQL Browser

• FD Launcher

Local system

•SQL S VSS Writer

WINDOWS & SERVICE LEVEL SECURITY

Windows 7 / Windows

Server 2008 R2

Managed Service Account

Virtual Account / Managed

Local Account

MSA VS. VIRTUAL ACCOUNTS (WINDOWS

7 & WINDOWS SERVER 20088 R2)

MSA / Local Service Account

Database Engine

SSIS

Integration Service

FD Launcher

DRC / Dis Replay Client

SQL Server Agent

Local System

SQL S. Browser

Local Service

SQL S. VSS Writer

INSTALL SQL SERVER ON A DOMAIN

CONTROLLER

Not Recommended by Microsoft

SQL S. in a domain controller can’t run under a

local service account

Member Server with SQL S. Can’t be promoted to

a domain controller

Can’t demote a SQL S. with domain controller as

a member server

In a RODC sql server cant create necessary

accounts and groups then installation fails.

CORE MODE INSTALLATION

SQL S. can be installed on Windows Server

2008r2 sp1 Core version

Osedtions Datacenter , Enterprise, Web &

Standard are supported

CORE MODE INSTALLATION

REQUIREMENTS

Requirements

.netFranework 2.0

sp1

.NET Framework

3.5 sp1

.netFramework

4.0

Windows installer 4.5

Powershell 2.0

CORE MODE INSTALLATION FEATURES

SUPPORTED

Core Mode

Support

DE

Replication

Full Text Search

Analysis Services

Client tools connectivity

Integration Service

BENCHMARKING SQL SERVER

Prior to Installing SQL Server DBA must perform an Benchmarking process

Validate the Server Resources against the Requirements of the Installation

SQLIO is tool dtermine the capacity of the IO Subsystem Measures

Measure I/O per/sec

Throughput Mb/sec

Latency

By reading & writing files of different sizes

Saturation point can be identified by increaseing the load

SQLIOSIM – is included in SQL 2012 instance

SQLIOSIM perform similar task it replaces SQLIOStress utility in earlier versions of SQL Server