backup and recovery
archiving data, 623–624
backup execution
with Management Studio, 607–612
with T-SQL statements, 612
backup images, verifying, 599–600
backups of database
initial, after installation, 44
for SSAS databases, 194–197
types of, 593–595
data usage patterns, analyzing for, 604–605
disaster recovery planning, 624–625, 628–629
failure of database, causes of, 591–593
for high-availability solutions, 606
history tables for, 600–601
log shipping and, 628–629, 647
maintenance time window for, 605–606
managing backups, 612–613
performance of, 613–614
permissions for, 601
recovering database
definition of, 595
with Management Studio, 617–620
process for, 614–617
for system databases, 621–622
with T-SQL statements, 620–621
recovery models, 596–599
recovery plan, 602–606
restoring database, 595–596
for system databases, 601–602
BACKUP DATABASE statement, 600, 602, 612
BACKUP LOG statement, 612
Backupfile table, 600
Backupfilegroup table, 600
Backupmediafamily table, 600
Backupmediaset table, 600
Backupset table, 600
backward compatibility, 64–66
Baklini, Randy (HP), 706
Banyan VINES, 65
BEGIN DIALOG statement, 227–228
Benchmark Factory, Quests', 378
BI (Business Intelligence) DBA, 3
BI (Business Intelligence) features, 14–15. See also SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services); SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services); SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
BIDS (Business Intelligence Developer Studio)
executing packages with, 171
starting Import and Export Wizard from, 159
bigint data type, 10, 11
binary data type, 11
binary data types, list of, 11
bit data type, 10, 11
blocking, monitoring, 435
Books Online (BOL). See also publications
"DDL Event Groups for Use with Event Notifications" (Books Online topic), 433
"Dynamic Management Views and Functions" (Books Online topic), 434
"I/O Architecture" (Books Online topic), 379
"SQL Trace Terminology" (Books Online topic), 418
"Using SQL Server Profiler" (Books Online topic), 425
boot.ini file, memory configuration settings in, 345, 357–359
broken log chain, 594
BUILTIN\Administrators login, 301–302
bulk transaction-log backup, 595
bulkadmin role, 297
bulk-logged recovery model, 596–597, 598
Burgess, Eric (PSS), 47
burning in SQL Server, 38–39
Business Intelligence (BI) DBA, 3
Business Intelligence (BI) features, 14–15. See also SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services); SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services); SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
Business Intelligence Developer Studio (BIDS)
executing packages with, 171
starting Import and Export Wizard from, 159