1. Todd Kleinhans Datavail

2.  SQL Server since 1999  Currently a Senior SQL Server DBA consultant at Datavail (www.datavail.com)  VP of Marketing for the Denver SQL Server User Group  Presented at user groups, SQL Saturdays, and the Rocky Mountain Trifecta  @toddkleinhans  todd.kleinhans@datavail.com todd.kleinhans@datavail.com  toddkleinhans.wordpress.com

3.  Briefly explain virtualization  Discuss VMWare Workstation 9  Requirements for 70-462 (6 vms!) ◦ DC, SQL-A, SQL-B, SQL-C, SQL-D, SQL-Core  Build two Gold Masters ◦ Windows Server 2012 Standard ◦ Windows Server 2012 Core  The Secret in the Secret Sauce ◦ Linked clones ◦ Build remaining vms

4.  Clustering ◦ iSCSI used in examples ◦ Virtual hard drive for shared storage  Can be done with vms

5.  Software running inside of software  Host ◦ Is the actual physical hardware ◦ Host can host a variety of operating systems  Guests ◦ Guests are the actual virtual machines (vms) ◦ Generally limited by host resources (disk, memory, CPU) ◦ Thin provisioning of disk space  Don’t actually use real space until you write to it ◦ vms can use/interact with physical devices

6.  Mature product ◦ $250 Electronic software download (ESD) ◦ Supports a ton of features  Virtual Box from Oracle (4.2) ◦ Free ◦ Not quite as capable of VMWare ◦ Can consume a lot of resources ◦ Will try to build a SQL Lab and report results

7.  Set-up ◦ Download free Windows Server 2012.iso ◦ Download free SQL Server 2012.iso  Hardware ◦ msinfo32 ◦ SSD

8.  Start Building! ◦ Move pretty fast - lots of screen switching ◦ Limited use of ZoomIt  Install OS  Install VMWare Tools ◦ Allows cut/paste between host and guest .NET 3.5 (required for installing SQL Server)  Snapshot/linked clones  Sysprep – Generalize!  On your lab- run Windows Updates

9.  Todd.Kleinhans@datavail.com Todd.Kleinhans@datavail.com  Good luck with your SQL Lab!