When the new hardware arrives, you need to do hardware validation, install the right OS updates, validate the cluster, do failure tests, configure SQL Server correctly, and test with corrupt databases. We lay out a four-week plan with homework for each week.
17. Go-Live Checklists and Testing (22m)
When the new hardware arrives, you need to do hardware validation, install the right OS updates, validate the cluster, do failure tests, configure SQL Server correctly, and test with corrupt databases. We lay out a four-week plan with homework for each week.
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- 01. Architecture Design: Building a Strategy for RPO and RTO (18m)
- 02. Architecture Design: Tactics – Clustering, Always On, Mirroring, and More (29m)
- 03. Architecture Design: Are Always On Availability Groups Right for You? (40m)
- 04. Hardware: How to Build Fast SQL Servers (30m)
- 05. Hardware: Server Sizing (23m)
- 06. Hardware: Find the Old Server’s Bottleneck with Wait Stats (28m)
- 07. Virtualization: How VMware and Hyper-V Manage Resources (20m)
- 08. Virtualization: Planning for Consolidation and Virtualization (32m)
- 09. Virtualization: Configuring SQL Server for Virtualization (47m)
- 10. Virtualization: Backup Mistakes with Virtual SQL Servers (11m)
- 11. Storage: How to Test and Compare Your Storage (34m)
- 12. Storage: SAN Pathing (21m)
- 13. Storage: How to Set Up Your SAN for SQL Server (22m)
- 14. Storage: Using Solid State Drives with SQL (30m)
- 15. Storage Advanced Features: Tiering (12m)
- 16. Storage Advanced Features: Snapshots, Replication, Migrations (22m)