1. About Me Terry Brothers

2. About IT

3. Take Away An understanding of SQL Server Log Shipping

4. Database Log Shipping Easy to configure Reliable Easy to Recover

5. Log Shipping Process

8. Create Secondary Server Build a SQL Server from scratch Clone the eAutomate VM Restore from Backup Exec to a VM Restore from AppAssure to a VM Some other method

9. Configure Log Shipping Production: ESI-EAM Secondary: ESI-EAM-BAK

10. Configure Log Shipping

28. Recover Secondary Server USE master GO EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_change_secondary_role @db_name = ‘CoESI_Test', @do_load = 1, @force_load = 1, @final_state = 1, @access_level = 1, @terminate = 1, @stopat = null

29. Rename Windows Server ESI-EAM-BAK ESI-EAM

30. Rename SQL Server sp_helpserver exec sp_dropserver 'ESI-EAM-BAK' sp_addserver 'ESI-EAM', LOCAL

31. Rename SQL Server

32. Additional DR Preparation Backup SQL Logins Backup SQL Agent Jobs

33. SQL Logins

34. SQL Agent Jobs

35. eAdmin for eAutomate

36. SQL Administration Database Integrity Reorganize Indexes Rebuild Indexes Database Mail Recap from Last Year

37. Database Maintenance Check Database Integrity The Check Database Integrity task checks the allocation and structural integrity of all the objects in the specified database.

38. Database Maintenance Reorganize Index Task The Reorganize Index task defragments and compacts indexes on tables and views. This improves index-scanning performance.

39. Database Maintenance Rebuild Index Task The Rebuild task reorganizes data on the data and index pages by rebuilding indexes. This improves performance of index scans and seeks. This task also optimizes the distribution of data and free space allowing faster future growth.

40. Maintenance Plan Wizard SQL Server Management Studio

41. Database Mail

42. Be the Hero – Not the Villain