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Installing and Configuring Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2012

This document provides an overview of Module 3 which covers installing and configuring SQL Server 2012. It includes lessons on preparing for installation, the installation process, and upgrading and automating installations. Key topics covered include hardware and software requirements, the installation process, system configuration checker, post-installation checks, upgrading SQL Server, SQL Server servicing, and unattended installations. The module concludes with a lab exercise walking through installing a new SQL Server instance on an existing server on a temporary basis until a new server arrives.

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Installing and Configuring Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2012

This document provides an overview of Module 3 which covers installing and configuring SQL Server 2012. It includes lessons on preparing for installation, the installation process, and upgrading and automating installations. Key topics covered include hardware and software requirements, the installation process, system configuration checker, post-installation checks, upgrading SQL Server, SQL Server servicing, and unattended installations. The module concludes with a lab exercise walking through installing a new SQL Server instance on an existing server on a temporary basis until a new server arrives.

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Module 3

Installing and Configuring


SQL Server 2012
Module Overview
• Preparing to Install SQL Server

• Installing SQL Server

• Upgrading and Automating Installation


Lesson 1: Preparing to Install SQL Server
• Hardware Requirements – General

• Hardware Requirements - Memory

• Software Requirements – Operating Systems

• Software Requirements - General

• Determining File Placement

• Service Account Requirements

• Working with Collations

• Demonstration 1A: Using Collations


Hardware Requirements - General

• Processors
• Almost any processor is now fast enough
• Number of processors needs to be considered

• Disk
• Disk space requirements for SQL Server are trivial compared
to current drive sizes
• User database size is a determining factor
• Disk I/O performance is critical to SQL Server performance

• Virtualization
• SQL Server virtualization is now very common
Hardware Requirements - Memory

SQL Server 2012 Edition Maximum Memory


Enterprise Operating system max
Business Intelligence 64GB
Web 64GB for Database Engine,
4GB for Reporting Services
E
Express 1GB
Express with Advanced Services 1GB for Database Engine,
4GB for Reporting Services

• 32 bit servers h
have li
limited
it d ""visible"
i ibl " address
dd space
Software Requirements – Operating Systems
• Operating system (General Summary)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Wi d
Windows Server
S Core
C 2008 R2 SP1
• Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Windows 7 SP1
• Windows Vista SP2

• Avoid installation on domain controllers

• Prefer 64 bit SQL on 64 bit OS but WOW is supported


Software Requirements – General
• .NET
NET Framework
• .NET Framework 4.0 is required
• Some components require .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 also

• PowerShell 2.0

• SQL Server Native Client

• SQL Server Setup support files

• Windows
do s Installer
sta e 4.5
5 or
o later
ate
• Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or later

• Network software
• Shared memory
• Named pipes
• TCP/IP
Determining File Placement
File Type Consideration

Primary and • If you have tables that are frequently used


secondary data together, you should put them on separate
files filegroups and physical drives

• Create the transaction log on a physically


Transaction Logs
separate disk or RAID array

• Place the tempdb database on a fast disk drive


tempdb
subsystem to ensure good performance

Disk Planning
g and File Placement

The most important considerations are the number of disks or


spindles available to a particular volume and the speed of the
drives involved
Service Account Requirements
• Carefully consider service account requirements
• Create service accounts that have least privileges
• Generally choose domain accounts
• Local Service account might be appropriate in some
environments

• If accounts are set using SQL Server setup, minimal


permissions will be configured automatically
• Each service account has different permission
p
requirements
• Consult BOL for details of specific permissions for each
account
• Use a different account for each service
Working with Collations

A collation encodes the rules governing the proper use of


characters for a language such as Greek, or an alphabet, such as
Latin1_General
_

• Windows Collations
• Based on the rules for the associated Windows locale
• SQL Server Collations
• Matches the code page number and sort order that may
have been specified in earlier versions of SQL Server

• Default Collation and Sort Rules


• Default collation applies if you do not designate collation
and sort rules
Demonstration 1A: Using Collations
In this demonstration, you will see how collations affect
T-SQL queries
Lesson 2: Installing SQL Server
• Overview of the Installation Process

• System Configuration Checker

• Post-installation Checks

• Demonstration 2A: Using System Configuration Checker


Overview of the Installation Process

Component Update

SQL Setup MSI

System Configuration Checker

Feature Selection

Server Configuration

Install
System Configuration Checker

Checks Installation Requirements:

Software Requirements

Hardware Requirements
q

Security
y Requirements
q

System State Requirements


Post-installation Checks
• Verify that installed SQL Server services are running
• SQL Server Configuration Manager is a good place to do this

• If errors occur during


d i setup, log
l files
fil are helpful
h l f l
• Every setup creates a new timestamped log folder
• Location is:
%programfiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log

• Detail, summary, and additional logs created as needed at


each phase:
• Global rules text
• Component update
• User-requested action
Demonstration 2A: Using System Configuration
Checker
In this demonstration you will see how to run the first phase
of SQL Server installation, the System Configuration
Checker. You will see the rules that the SCC implements
Lesson 3: Upgrading and Automating Installation
• Upgrading SQL Server

• SQL Server Servicing

• Unattended Installation

• Demonstration 3A: Creating an Unattended Installation File


Upgrading SQL Server

In-place Upgrade Side-by-side Upgrade


• Easier, mostly automated • More granular control over process

• System data upgraded • Can be used to perform test migration

• No additional hardware • Relatively straightforward rollback

• Apps pointing to same names • Can leverage failover/switchover

• Side-by-side
y installs of some SQL
Q Server versions have
additional considerations:
• Shared components are upgraded to the latest version if the
major
j build of the two installations is the same ((i.e.: 2008 and
2008 R2)
SQL Server Servicing
• SQL Server can be configured to receive automatic updates
directly from Microsoft Update
• Caution needs to exerted on this for large production environments

• SQL Server feedback should be recorded at


http://connect.microsoft.com
• Bug notifications
• Suggestions for improvements

• SQL Server updates are released in several ways


• Hotfixes
• Cumulative Updates
• Service Packs
Unattended Installation
• Can install SQL Server from the command line

Setup.exe /q /ACTION=CompleteImage /INSTANCENAME=MYNEWINST


/INSTANCEID=<MYINST> /SQLSVCACCOUNT="<DomainName\UserName>"
/SQLSVCPASSWORD="<StrongPassword>"
/SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="<DomainName\UserName>"
/AGTSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\Network Service"
/
/IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS

• Can also upgrade SQL Server from the command line

Setup.exe /q /ACTION=upgrade /INSTANCENAME=MSSQLSERVER


/RSUPGRADEDATABASEACCOUNT="<Provide a SQL
/ Q Server logon
g account
that can connect to the report server during upgrade>"
/RSUPGRADEPASSWORD="<Provide a password for the report server
upgrade account>" /ISSVCAccount="NT Authority\Network Service"
/IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS
Demonstration 3A: Creating an Unattended
Installation File
In this demonstration, you will see an unattended
installation file that could be used to configure SQL Server
Lab 3: Installing and Configuring SQL Server
• Exercise 1: Review Installation Requirements

• Exercise 2: Install the SQL Server Instance

• Exercise 3: Perform Post-installation Setup and Checks

• Challenge Exercise 4: Configure Server Memory (Only if


time permits)

Logon information

Virtual machine 10775A-MIA-SQL1

User name AdventureWorks\Administrator


d k \ d
Password Pa$$w0rd

Estimated time: 45 minutes


Lab Scenario
The development group within the company has ordered a
new server for the work they need to do on the Proseware
system. Unfortunately, the new server will not arrive for a
few weeks and the development group cannot wait that
long to start work.
The new server that was provisioned by the IT Support
department already has two instances of SQL Server
installed. The support team have determined that the new
server will be able to support an additional instance of SQL
p
Server on a temporary y basis,, until the server for the
development group arrives.
You need to install the new instance of SQL Server and if
you have time,
time you should configure the memory of all
three instances to balance their memory demands, and you
should create a new alias for the instance that you install.
Lab Review
• When the DEV instance is no longer required, what actions
would be needed when removing it from the server?
• What does CI indicate as part of the name of a collation?
Module Review and Takeaways
• Review Questions

• Best Practices

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