16. Mike
Hillwig
• AKA
The
Cranky
DBA
• SQL
Server
DBA
• Working
with
SQL
Server
since
SQL
7
• Senior
DBA
at
hos?ng
division
of
a
financial
soCware
company
• Working
as
the
lone
SQL
DBA
in
an
army
of
Oracle
DBAs
• Resume
includes
Acme
Packet,
Shawmut
Design
and
Construc?on,
Equitable
Resources
• Currently
managing
~40
instances
and
about
~30
TB
28. Fear
Not
• You’re
Prepared
• You’ve
done
your
homework
• And
this
is
not
a
crisis
29. How
Do
We
Prepare?
• Advanced
Planning
• Capturing
a
SQL
Config
file
• Collec?ng
the
scripts
you
already
have
• Automa?ng
your
setup
checklist
• Assembling
a
batch
file
• Documen?ng
a
Build
Process
• Having
a
solid
process
ready
to
deploy
• Making
it
so
simple
we
can
delegate
it
30. Assumptions
• Your
Windows/VMWare
Team
can
deploy
quickly
• Storage
isn’t
an
issue
• Install
media
is
readily
accessible
• You
have
a
checklist
31. Why
do
this
for
all
servers?
• Standardize
servers
• Consistency
is
good!
• Easier
to
delegate
to
junior
staff
• Saves
you
tons
of
?me