SQL Server Recovery Models (2008R2) ..................................................................................

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What is a Recovery Model ? ................................................................................................... 2
Full Recovery Model ............................................................................................................... 2
Bulk Logged Recovery Model ................................................................................................. 3
Simple Recovery Model .......................................................................................................... 5
Backup .................................................................................................................................... 5
Steps Of Restore & Recover Database ................................................................................... 6
Which Databases Are Needed To Be Included For Backup .................................................... 6
HA - SQL Server High Availability............................................................................................ 7
Database Mirroring ............................................................................................................... 7
Log Shipping ........................................................................................................................... 8
Replication .............................................................................................................................. 8
1. Server - to - Server.............................................................................................................. 9
2. Server - to - Client............................................................................................................... 9
Types Of Replication ............................................................................................................. 10
Roles In Replication ............................................................................................................. 10
SQL Agent And Its Role ......................................................................................................... 12
Replication - Push And Pull................................................................................................... 12
Resource Governor............................................................................................................... 13
Performing Data Management Tasks ................................................................................... 13
Importing and Exporting Data .............................................................................................. 13
Maintaining Indexes ............................................................................................................. 14
Data Compression ................................................................................................................ 14
Performance Monitoring...................................................................................................... 14
When do we need SQL Profiler / SQL Trace ? ...................................................................... 15
SQL Server Monitoring Tools Comparison ........................................................................... 15

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SQL Server Recovery Models (2008R2)

The following are the Recovery Models (2008R2) :
Full, Bulk Logged and Simple Recovery Model
What is a Recovery Model ?
Determines what's available to be backed up what you are saving

Where do you find which Recovery Model was being used to a Database?
Right Click on Database and Select Properties Window and here you can see the last backup
and Recovery Model.
Full Recovery Model
What is the use of Full Recovery Model ?
For example the System crashes at 7pm. You can restore the database to this point

When do you use this Full Recovery Model?

Bulk Logged Recovery Model

It is an adjunct to Full Recovery Model

So what gets lost ?

Let's say you are doing bulk load operation

So, first we do full back and also log back up
Started some bulk load operation. Things are cool if it is successful !

If some disaster happened, let's say, some changes to database etc. So, what do you
lose now? Entire thing until that last log backup
What we do to reduce this loss or fix such loss?
Backup your Log just before you do bulk operation and also after bulk operation

When to use this Bulk Logged Recovery Model ?

Note :
As soon as a set of bulk operations finished, immediately switch back to the Full Recovery
Model

Simple Recovery Model

When do you use simple recovery model ?

Backup

Steps Of Restore & Recover Database

Apply the base backup, then Differential and the Log Backup

Which Databases Are Needed To Be Included For Backup

HA - SQL Server High Availability

Replication is the preferred choice !!!

Failover Clustering :
Expensive and the License costs go high
Database Mirroring

Log Shipping

Replication

Comparisons

Two Main Categories :

1. Server - to - Server
Note : two way arrows indicate Replication in both directions

2. Server - to - Client

The big question is what gets where and when ? This leads to

Types Of Replication

Roles In Replication

SQL Agent And Its Role

SS Agent plays a major player in automating Replication. Some other Agents are :

Replication - Push And Pull

Resource Governor

Performing Data Management Tasks

Importing and Exporting Data

Maintaining Indexes

Importing and Exporting Data

Navigation :
Right click on <User Database> - -> tasks --> export data

Maintaining Indexes

Data Compression

Performance Monitoring
The Tools are :

When do we need SQL Profiler / SQL Trace ?

SQL Server Monitoring Tools Comparison