Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Administrator's Companion

Get comprehensive information to plan, deploy, administer, and support Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in organizations of any size. With the ADMINISTRATOR'S COMPANION, you get mission-critical information in a single volume—straight from the experts. Get your mission-critical databases up and running quickly with this essential, single-volume guide. This comprehensive administrator's reference details features and capabilities of SQL Server 2005—including how to implement business intelligence applications. It delivers the easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics you need for on-the-job-results. Discover how to:Perform an installation or upgrade, and configure it on the networkPlan and configure the I/O subsystem and model system capacity Create and maintain databases, tables, views, and indexesAdminister transactions, deadlocks, and isolation levelsManage users with logins, user IDs, schemas, permissions, and rolesImplement failover clustering, log shipping, and database mirroring for high availabilityManage and tune snapshot, transactional, and merge replicationAdminister SQL Server Analysis Services and Reporting ServicesMonitor, troubleshoot, and fine-tune performanceThe CD that accompanies the print edition of this book is not available with its eBook edition, although select CD content is available for download. A link to the content is included in your eBook.