IT System Administration Dr Jeffrey A Robinson

Kaplan id – DrRobinson – AIM ID – DrJARobinson Office Hours 8-10 Saturday (MST)… 11am-1pm EDT

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Overview of Course Week 1 – Introduction Week 2 – Installation of SQL and management Tools Week 3 - SQL Server Configuration and Internals Week 4 - SQL Server Security Week 5 - Data Transfer and Task Automation Week 6 - Disaster Recovery Week 7 - Performance Monitoring Week 8 - Performance Optimization Week 9 - High Availability

Issues XP versus Vista versus System 7 The DBMS (MySQL vs SQLServer) SQL Express vs Enterprise Version ORACLE vs MicroSoft Course Details – DOC SHARE Project details Extended Readings (e-books, help online and many web aids available)

Recommendations Read Ahead –The sooner the better Ask lots of Questions –What you learn is in direct proportion to the questions you ask Collaborate –Share problems and successes with your classmates on the DQ board Experiment and Play –Learn by Doing Look it up on the Web – Don’t trust a single source; look up different solutions Don’t fall behind –It is much harder to catch up than keep up

Unit 1 assignment 200–300 word - Discuss two of the four areas of server hardware (memory, processor, disk, or network). –If you were choosing hardware for these areas, for a high-end database server, what factors would influence your decision about the type and/or amount for each area? Compare the relative importance of the two areas you choose.

Unit 2 assignment 200–300 word - Describe the requirements of MS SQL Server 2008 and the process you must follow prior to the installation of MS SQL Server (Hint - Before installing MS SQL Server 2008 an installation plan should be created…. )

Unit 2 assignment (cont) Project – Install a default instance of SQL Server Project – Install a default instance of SQL Server –a. For directions, see Chapter 1. –b. Create the NWTraders Database using instructions in the file in Doc Sharing called "Create NWTraders Database –c. Run the scripts from the file in DocSharing called “Create NWTraders Objects and Data.” –c. Run the scripts from the file in DocSharing called “Create NWTraders Objects and Data.”

Next week Installing SQL Server and management tools (compare notes XP versus Vista installations)