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2.  I has over 25 year experience as an Information Technology Professional. He has a vast array of abilities in the field in the areas of Network, Desktop Support, DBA, Staff Project Management, Application Software Development, Business Analysis and Quality Assurance. I have Microsoft certifications as a MCTS, MCPS, and MCNPS, and multiple certifications from the Insurance Institute of America. Current Said is a DBA at Unitrin Direct Insurance.

3. DateTopicsLocation 10/13/2010 at 5:30PMSSRS R2 Parallel Data Warehouse Microsoft Malvern Office 10/18/2010 at 6:00PMSystem Tables part 1Live Meeting event 10/26/2010 at 5:30PMDyn Config Packages SQL 2008 R2 Overview Haddon Heights Library (South Jersey) 11/10/2010 at 5:30PMTBAMicrosoft Malvern Office 11/08/2010 - 11/12/2010PASS SummitSeattle, WA 11/15/2010 at 6:00PMSystem Tables part 2Live Meeting event 12/08/2010 at 5:30PMTBAMicrosoft Malvern Office March 2011Philly SQL SaturdayTBA Specializing in Database and Business Intelligence topics for Philly and SJ For More Info: http://www.pssug.org

4.  What is Database Snapshot  Why use Database Snapshot  What can be done with Database Snapshot  How does a Database Snapshot work  Review basic T-SQL syntax  Demo  Q&A

5.  Microsoft – “A database snapshot is a read- only, static view of a database, called the source database. In Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and later versions, you must use Transact-SQL statements for creating, reverting to, and deleting a database snapshot. However, you can use SQL Server Management Studio to view existing database snapshots.”

6.  A database snapshot is a point in time read only snapshot. It looks like a copy of the database but normally takes up less than 10% space.

9.  Enterprise only  can not backup a snapshot  The source database cannot be dropped, detached, or restored.  Performance is reduced  Snapshots of the model, master, and tempdb databases are prohibited

10.  CREATE DATABASE ssAdventureWorks_MySnap ON ( NAME = AdventureWorks_Data, FILENAME = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\AdventureWorks _MySnap.ss' ) AS SNAPSHOT OF AdventureWorks; GO

11.  SELECT * FROM [ssAdventureWorks_MySnap].[HumanResour ces].[Employee]

12.  RESTORE DATABASE AdventureWorks from DATABASE_SNAPSHOT = 'ssAdventureWorks_MySnap'; GO

13.  DROP DATABASE [ssAdventureWorks_MySnap]

14.  Demo

19.  Microsoft http://msdn.microsoft.com/en- us/library/ms175158.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en- us/library/ms175158.aspx  Limts: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en- us/library/ms189940.aspxhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en- us/library/ms189940.aspx  Performance: http://sqlcat.com/whitepapers/archive/2008/0 2/11/database-snapshot-performance- considerations-under-i-o-intensive- workloads.aspx http://sqlcat.com/whitepapers/archive/2008/0 2/11/database-snapshot-performance- considerations-under-i-o-intensive- workloads.aspx  http://www.timelordshangout.com http://www.timelordshangout.com

20. DateTopicsLocation 10/13/2010 at 5:30PMSSRS R2 Parallel Data Warehouse Microsoft Malvern Office 10/18/2010 at 6:00PMSystem Tables part 1Live Meeting event 10/26/2010 at 5:30PMDyn Config Packages SQL 2008 R2 Overview Haddon Heights Library (South Jersey) 11/10/2010 at 5:30PMTBAMicrosoft Malvern Office 11/08/2010 - 11/12/2010PASS SummitSeattle, WA 11/15/2010 at 6:00PMSystem Tables part 2Live Meeting event 12/08/2010 at 5:30PMTBAMicrosoft Malvern Office March 2011Philly SQL SaturdayTBA Specializing in Database and Business Intelligence topics for Philly and SJ For More Info: http://www.pssug.org