Restoring a Database

USE [master]
RESTORE DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014] FROM DISK = N'C:\DBA\
AdventureWorks2014.bak'
WITH FILE = 1, MOVE N'AdventureWorks2014_Data' TO
N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\
AdventureWorks2014_Data.mdf',
MOVE N'AdventureWorks2014_Log' TO
N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\
AdventureWorks2014_Log.ldf'
Backing up Database
BACKUP DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014] TO DISK = N'C:\DBA\AdventureWorksBackup2'
WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'AdventureWorks2014-Full Database Backup', SKIP,
NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO

Change Recovery Model

ALTER DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014] SET RECOVERY FULL WITH NO_WAIT
GO

Backing up in SSMS
BACKUP DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014]
TO DISK = N'C:\DBA\AdventureWorksBackup2' WITH DIFFERENTIAL
, NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'AdventureWorks2014-Full Database Backup'
, SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10

BACKUP LOG [AdventureWorks2014] TO DISK = N'C:\DBA\AdventureWorksBackup2'

WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'AdventureWorks2014-Full Database Backup',
SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10

Using NORECOVERY and RECOVERY

restore database [AdventureWorks2014] with recovery

BACKUP LOG [AdventureWorks2014] TO DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\AdventureWorks2014_LogBackup_2018-07-
31_18-35-51.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME =
N'AdventureWorks2014_LogBackup_2018-07-31_18-35-51', NOSKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD,
STATS = 5
RESTORE DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014backup2] FROM DISK = N'C:\DBA\
AdventureWorksBackup2' WITH FILE = 2, MOVE N'AdventureWorks2014_Data' TO N'C:\
Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\
AdventureWorks2014backup2_Data.mdf', MOVE N'AdventureWorks2014_Log' TO N'C:\
Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\
AdventureWorks2014backup2_Log.ldf', NORECOVERY, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 5
RESTORE DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014backup2] FROM DISK = N'C:\DBA\
AdventureWorksBackup2' WITH FILE = 5, NORECOVERY, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 5
RESTORE LOG [AdventureWorks2014backup2] FROM DISK = N'C:\DBA\
AdventureWorksBackup2' WITH FILE = 6, NORECOVERY, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 5
RESTORE LOG [AdventureWorks2014backup2] FROM DISK =
N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\
AdventureWorks2014_LogBackup_2018-07-30_22-21-00.bak'
WITH FILE = 1, NORECOVERY, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 5
RESTORE LOG [AdventureWorks2014backup2] FROM DISK =
N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\
AdventureWorks2014_LogBackup_2018-07-30_22-28-32.bak'
WITH FILE = 1, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 5
13d. Recover from a corrupted Drive
ALTER DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014backup3] SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK
IMMEDIATE
DBCC CHECKDB ([AdventureWorks2014backup3], REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS)
ALTER DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014backup3] SET MULTI_USER;

Logins and Users

17c. Create Login accounts
CREATE LOGIN [DESKTOP-KBB0EE5\SQLTest] FROM WINDOWS WITH
DEFAULT_DATABASE=[AdventureWorks2014]
GO
17b. Secure the SQL Server with server roles
ALTER SERVER ROLE [sysadmin] ADD MEMBER [DESKTOP-KBB0EE5\SQLTest]
GO

17e. Create and Maintain User-Defined Server Roles

CREATE SERVER ROLE [MyServerRole2]
GO

ALTER SERVER ROLE [MyServerRole2] ADD MEMBER [DESKTOP-KBB0EE5\SQLTest]

GO

use [master]
GO

DENY ALTER ANY LOGIN TO [MyServerRole2]

GO

19c. Create Database User Accounts

USE [AdventureWorks2014]
GO
CREATE USER [SQLTest] FOR LOGIN [DESKTOP-KBB0EE5\SQLTest] WITH
DEFAULT_SCHEMA=[dbo]
GO

Add Users to Fixed Database Roles

ALTER ROLE [db_datareader] ADD MEMBER [SQLTest]
GO
Create User Database-Level Roles
USE [AdventureWorks2014]
GO
CREATE ROLE [MyNewDatabaseRole]
GO
USE [AdventureWorks2014]
GO
ALTER ROLE [MyNewDatabaseRole] ADD MEMBER [SQLTest]
GO
use [AdventureWorks2014]
GO
DENY SELECT ON [HumanResources].[Employee] TO [MyNewDatabaseRole]
GO
use [AdventureWorks2014]
GO
GRANT SELECT ON [HumanResources].[Department] TO [MyNewDatabaseRole]
GO

Schema
USE [AdventureWorks2014]
GO
CREATE SCHEMA [MyNewSchema] AUTHORIZATION [SQLTest]
GO
15d. Implement indexes
USE [AdventureWorks2014]

GO

CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX [IX_NewTable_ID] ON [dbo].[NewTable]

[ID])

GO

CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_NewTable_Color] ON [dbo].[NewTable]

(ColorName] ASC)
INCLUDE ([ObjectName])

GO

DROP INDEX [IX_NewTable_Color] ON [dbo].[NewTable]

GO
15e. Defrag/Rebuild indexes
USE [AdventureWorks2014]
GO
ALTER INDEX [IX_NewTable_ID] ON [dbo].[NewTable] REBUILD WITH (ONLINE = ON)
GO
ALTER INDEX [IX_NewTable_ID] ON [dbo].[NewTable] REORGANIZE
GO

select *
from sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(DB_ID('AdventureWorks2014')
,object_id(N'[Person].[Address]'),null,null,null) as stats
join sys.indexes as i
on stats.object_id = i.object_id and stats.index_id = i.index_id

USE [AdventureWorks2014]
GO
ALTER INDEX [PK_Address_AddressID] ON [Person].[Address] REORGANIZE WITH (
LOB_COMPACTION = ON )
GO
ALTER INDEX [AK_Address_rowguid] ON [Person].[Address] REORGANIZE WITH (
LOB_COMPACTION = ON )
GO
ALTER INDEX
[IX_Address_AddressLine1_AddressLine2_City_StateProvinceID_PostalCode] ON
[Person].[Address] REORGANIZE WITH ( LOB_COMPACTION = ON )
GO
ALTER INDEX [IX_Address_StateProvinceID] ON [Person].[Address] REORGANIZE WITH (
LOB_COMPACTION = ON )
GO
15c. Identify unused indexes
select object_name(u.object_id) as [Object Name], *
from sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats as U
join sys.indexes as I
on u.object_id = i.object_id and u.index_id = i.index_id

15h. Create Statistics

create statistics St_NewTable on [dbo].[NewTable] ([ColorName])
where [ColorName] is not null

16a. Transfer data

EXEC master.dbo.sp_detach_db @dbname = N'AdventureWorks2014backup'
GO
CREATE DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014backup] ON
( FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\
DATA\AdventureWorks2014backup_Data.mdf' ),
( FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\
DATA\AdventureWorks2014backup_Log.ldf' )
FOR ATTACH
GO

16b. Bulk Copy

bcp AdventureWorks2014.dbo.NewTable in “c:\dba\BCPOut.dat” -T -c

bcp AdventureWorks2014.dbo.NewTable2 out “c:\dba\BCPOut.dat” -T -c

16c. Bulk Insert

bulk insert [dbo].[FlatFile3]
from 'c:\dba\FlatFile.txt'
with
(FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = '\n',
FIRSTROW = 2
)

5b. Administer jobs

USE msdb
GO

select * from sysjobsteps

select * from syssessions
select * from sysjobactivity
select * from sysjobhistory
select * from sysschedules

5b. Administer Alerts

exec sp_addmessage 50001, 16, 'I am raising an alert'
select * from sys.messages

RAISERROR (50001, 16, 1) WITH LOG

Manage and configure databases

6a. Design multiple file groups
CREATE DATABASE [DBAdatabase]
 CONTAINMENT = NONE
ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'DBAdatabase', FILENAME =
N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\
DBAdatabase.mdf'
, SIZE = 102400KB , FILEGROWTH = 65536KB ),
FILEGROUP [Secondary]
( NAME = N'DBAdatabase2', FILENAME =
N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\
DBAdatabase2.ndf'
, SIZE = 102400KB , FILEGROWTH = 65536KB )
LOG ON
( NAME = N'DBAdatabase_log', FILENAME =
N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\
DBAdatabase_log.ldf'
, SIZE = 8192KB , FILEGROWTH = 65536KB )
GO

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sys.filegroups WHERE is_default=1 AND name =
N'Secondary')
ALTER DATABASE [DBAdatabase] MODIFY FILEGROUP [Secondary] DEFAULT
GO

6c. Moving objects from one filegroup to another

--Creating new Clustered Index on a different filegroup
CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX [ClusteredIndex-20180805-100419] ON [dbo].[tblTable]
(
[Heading1] ASC,
[Heading2] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF,
DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON)
ON [Third]

GO

--Creating new table and specifying filegroup

create table dbo.tblTable2
(Heading1 int,
Heading2 int)
ON [Third]

--Moving an existing index to a different filegroup

CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX [ClusteredIndex-20180805-100419] ON [dbo].[tblTable]
(
[Heading1] ASC,
[Heading2] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF
, DROP_EXISTING = ON, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON)
ON [Secondary]

GO
13e, 14d-e. Managing and restoring a multi-TB database
BACKUP DATABASE [DBAdatabase] FILEGROUP = N'Secondary' TO
DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\
DBAdatabase.bak'
 WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'DBAdatabase-Full Database Backup', SKIP,
NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO

RESTORE DATABASE [DBAdatabase] FILE = N'DBAdatabase2'

FROM DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\
Backup\DBAdatabase.bak'
WITH FILE = 1, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO

RESTORE DATABASE [AdventureWorks2014] PAGE='23:34' FROM DISK = N'C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\
AdventureWorks2014_LogBackup_2018-07-31_18-35-51.bak' WITH FILE = 6,
NORECOVERY, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 5

6h. Manage Log File Growth

select *
from sys.dm_db_log_space_usage

select *
from sys.databases

dbcc shrinkfile(DBAdatabase_log, 3)

6i. DBCC
dbcc shrinkdatabase([DBAdatabase],20)
select * from sys.database_files

dbcc shrinkfile(3, truncateonly)

dbcc shrinkfile(DBAdatabase3, emptyfile)
19d. Contained login
EXEC sys.sp_configure N'contained database authentication', N'1'
GO
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
GO

6d, 19d. Implement and configure contained databases

sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1
go
RECONFIGURE
GO
EXEC sys.sp_configure N'contained database authentication', N'1'
GO
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
GO
sp_configure 'show advanced options', 0
go
RECONFIGURE
GO
ALTER DATABASE [DBAdatabase] SET CONTAINMENT = PARTIAL
GO

USE [DBAdatabase]
GO
CREATE USER [ContainedUser] WITH PASSWORD=N'Passw0rd!'
GO
6e. Data Compression
USE [AdventureWorks2014]
ALTER INDEX [IX_Employee_OrganizationNode] ON [HumanResources].[Employee]
REBUILD PARTITION = ALL WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF,
SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON,
DATA_COMPRESSION = PAGE)

select *
from sys.indexes
where object_name(object_id)='Department'

exec sp_estimate_data_compression_savings
'HumanResources', 'Department', 2, NULL, 'PAGE'

15k. Column store indexes

CREATE NONCLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX [NonClusteredColumnStoreIndex-20180805-
151345]
ON [dbo].[tblPartition]
(
[DateOfEntry]
)WITH (DROP_EXISTING = OFF, COMPRESSION_DELAY = 0)

GO
10d. Diagnose blocking, live locking and deadlocking
--Session 1
begin tran
update [dbo].[FlatFile]
set Heading1 = heading1+1

--Session 2
begin tran
update [dbo].[FlatFile2]
set Heading1 = heading1+1

select *
from [dbo].[FlatFile]

--Session 1
begin tran
update [dbo].[FlatFile2]
set Heading1 = heading1+1

10c. Monitor via DMV or other MS product; 10e. diagnose waits

exec sp_who2
--kill 59

select *
from sys.databases

select resource_type, request_status, request_mode, resource_description,

request_session_id
from sys.dm_tran_locks
where resource_database_id = 5 and request_session_id in (58, 59)

select *
from sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks
where session_id in (58, 59)

select *
from sys.dm_exec_requests

10f, 10g. Performance detection with built in DMVs

select * --CPU
from sys.dm_os_schedulers
where scheduler_id <256

select count(database_id)*8/1024.0 as [Cache in Mb], database_id --Buffer

Pool/Data Cache
from sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors
group by database_id

select *
from sys.sysperfinfo
where object_name like 'SQLServer:Buffer Manager%'
order by counter_name

11b. Collect performance data by using System Monitor

diskperf -Y

12e. Monitor elevated privileges as well as unsolicited attempts to

connect
select prin.name, perm.*
from sys.server_permissions as perm
join sys.server_principals as prin
on perm.grantee_principal_id = prin.principal_id

EXEC sys.sp_configure N'show advanced options', N'1' RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE

GO
EXEC sys.sp_configure N'common criteria compliance enabled', N'1'
GO
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
GO
EXEC sys.sp_configure N'show advanced options', N'0' RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
GO

exec xp_readerrorlog 2

4b. Full Text Index

select *
from [Person].[Address]
where CONTAINS(AddressLine1, 'Drive NEAR Glaze')

4c. SSIS Security

USE msdb
go
select *
from sysssispackages
select *
from sysssislog

4d. Filestream
EXEC sp_configure filestream_access_level, 2
RECONFIGURE

CREATE DATABASE [Filestream]

CONTAINMENT = NONE
ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'Filestream', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\Filestream.mdf' , SIZE = 8192KB , FILEGROWTH =
65536KB ),
FILEGROUP [FilestreamData] CONTAINS FILESTREAM
( NAME = N'FilestreamData', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\FilestreamData' )
LOG ON
( NAME = N'Filestream_log', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\Filestream_log.ldf' , SIZE = 8192KB , FILEGROWTH =
65536KB )
GO