pimp my alwayson availability groups

Pimp My SQL Server 2012 Availability Groups

Warwick RuddMicrosoft Certified Master (MCM) – SQL 2008Principal Consultant

Warwick@sqlmastersconsulting.com.au@Warwick_Rudd

• SQL Server Consultant• MCM – SQL Server 2008• MCSM – Data Platform• Certified Trainer• Reviewed 4 SQL Server 2012 Beta

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About Me : Warwick Rudd

Contents

Replication

Change Data Capture

Change Tracking

Transparent Data Encryption

AlwaysOn Availability Groups

WSFC

Storage

Database Mirroring

SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Cluster

Availability Groups

Replication

AG Participation

Publisher

Subscriber

Supported Types

Transactional

Merge

Snapshot

 Republishing

 Distributor

 P2P

Potential SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Environment

SERVER2012Node1 SERVER2012Node2 SERVER2012Node3

Default Instance

Default Instance

Default Instance

FCI – WITSQL01\Repl01

Availability Group 1 Availability Group 2 Availability Group 3

Availability Group Listener 1 Availability Group Listener 2 Availability Group Listener 3

Synchronous

Asynchronous

Pub

Dist

Sub

Demo - Replication

Change Data Capture

Configured on Primary Replica

Continuous Monitoring

Uses Log Reader Agent

No Reliance on Replication

Applications Access via AGL

Change Tracking

No Special Configuration Required

Data Retrieval from Primary Replica

Applications Access via AGL

Demo – CDC & CT

Transparent Data Encryption

Master Key

Certificates

Database Encryption Key

All Replicas

Demo - TDE

Questions ?

Additional ReadingReplication, Change Tracking, Data Capture And Alwayson Availability Groups

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh403414.aspx#CDC

Maintaining an AlwaysOn Publication Databasehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/55b345fe-2eb9-4b04-a900-63d858eec360

Configuring Replication for AlwaysOn Availability Groupshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4e001426-5ae0-4876-85ef-088d6e3fb61c

Expanding AlwaysOn Availability Groups with Replication Publishers

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/expanding-alwayson-availability-groups-with-replication-publishers/

Expanding AlwaysOn Availability Groups with Replication Subscribers

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/backup-and-recovery/expanding-alwayson-availability-groups-with-replication-subscribers/

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