... Management Server
Central Management Servers are new in SQLServer2008. They provide you with a central location to
execute multiserver queries and evaluate policies against defined server groups. ... policy.
If you are familiar with SQLServer 2005, you may have noticed that the Surface Area Configuration
tool is not available when you install SQLServer2008. The configuration of the Database ... add a few other servers to the Production group.
Importing Registered Servers and Groups
If you have groups and servers registered already, you can export your list of registered servers and
groups...
... OLAP. In SQLServer 2000, the
feature was renamed SQLServer Analysis Services (SSAS).
OLAP capabilities were underappreciated in SQLServer 7 and 2000. Between the perception that
SQL Server ... Databases 202
Processing 204
What Processing Does for Us 205
How to Initiate Processing from BIDS 208
Processing from SQLServer Management Studio 214
Processing via XMLA 215
Processing ... game-changer was to enter the OLAP server market themselves.
SQL Server Analysis Services
In 1996, Microsoft acquired OLAP technology from Panorama Software. It shipped with SQLServer 7 as
OLAP Services...
... Servers: No, you can’t install SQLServer2008 on
Windows Server2008 Core. You can install it on Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later, or Windows Server
2008.SQLServer Standard Edition can also ... to 2008 should be much easier. More important, if
you have current SQLServer 2000 installations and you are evaluating migration to SQLServer 2005, you
should move directly to SQLServer2008. ... in SQLServer2008 as compared to 2005, the migration is far smoother.
The bottom line with respect to upgrading: If you have SQLServer 2005 installations that you have
upgraded from SQL Server...
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Creating Alerts
A SQLServer Agent alert is an automatic response to a predefined event. You can configure SQLServer
Agent alerts to fire in response to SQLServer events, SQLServer performance ... VIOLATIONS
Figure 5-4. Alert System page of the SQLServer Agent Properties dialog box
Select OK to close the SQLServer Agent Properties dialog box. You must restart SQLServer Agent
before the new settings...
... action on a contained environment and capture the events that occur using
SQL Server Profiler. By using SQLServer Profiler, you can capture the exact chain of events Microsoft uses to
perform ... Contains all of the properties for the Policy-
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x Databases have sufficient free space.
x Transaction logs were backed up.
x SQLServer Agent is running.
x All SQLServer Agent jobs have notification...
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SQL Server Management Studio
Management Studio is the primary tool for DBAs working with Analysis Services. If the last time you
looked at SQLServer was the 2000 version, SQLServer ... Data Mining, DataShape (for
hierarchical record sets), Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server. Selecting a provider will load the appropriate
UI for the connection information.
Creating a data source ... 5-3. Selecting a provider for a new data source
You can see in Figure 5-3 that in addition to the SQL .NET providers, there’s also an Oracle .NET
provider. Under OLE DB we have providers for Jet...
... table.
5. Open SQLServer Management Studio.
6. Connect to the server where the Adventure Works DW2008 database is located
(Database Engine connection).
7. Open the AdventureWorks DW2008 database ... the Products hierarchy and make sure you can navigate down categories,
subcategories, and products.
27. Save the project; we’ll keep using it.
Attribute Properties
Let’s take a look at the properties ...
Organization dimension.
Product: A Product dimension will have attribute types for brands, SKUs, and product categories.
You can also add attributes for product start and end dates.
Promotion: If you...
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SQL Server Password Expiration Password Expiration Enabled ILoginOptions
SQL Server Password Policy Password Policy Enforced ILoginOptions
SQL Server ... Login
Prior to SQLServer 2008, by default, anyone who has administrative access to the server also has
administrative access to SQL Server. This administrative access is given through a SQLServer ... watermark.
CHAPTER 9 ENFORCING COMPLIANCE
SQL Server Audit
SQL Server Audit is a new feature in SQLServer2008 that captures data for a specific group of server or
database actions. Audits can...
... 204
SQL Server Login Mode policy, 198, 224, 231
SQL Server 2000
SQL Server Management Objects see SMO, 91
File Growth for SQLServer 2000 policy, 220
SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server ... prerequisites, 169
SQL Server 32-/64-bit Affinity Mask Overlap
policies, 222, 231
SQL Server Performance web site, 208
SQL Server Profiler, 205
SQL Server Affinity Mask policy, 222, 231
SQL Server service ...
how #SQLHelp works, 210
SQL Server Agent Is Running condition, 158–
160
SQLSaturday training event, 209
SQLServer.Management.DFM namespace, 92
SQL Server Agent Is Running policy, 160
SQLServer.Management.sdk.sfc...
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SQL Server Analysis
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