This book is a complete guide to setting up and maintaining maintenance plans for SQL Server
Database Administrators. Maintenance plans too often consist of a backup task and that's it
but there is so much more that can and must be done to ensure the integrity of your most
important company resource - the data you are tasked to manage and safeguard. This book walks
even the newest of users through creating a powerful automated maintenance plan. Automate your
job using SQL Server Agent to leverage the power of Maintenance Plans to deliver real
proactive solutions to common issues. Schedule common tasks such as backups and index rebuilds
to run automatically and get early-warning notifications of impending problems relating to
resource usage and query performance. By the time your boss knows to call you about a problem
you'll have already called him to describe your solution. The large majority of books never
really cover the topic of inheriting a database server with multiple live databases the common
thread is that the databases will be created and maintained by the reader forever and ever. In
the real world that scenario rarely happens. Practical Maintenance Plans in SQL Server covers
that scenario and provides you with the knowledge and tools needed to get comfortable writing
your own maintenance plans for any SQL Server database whether created by you or inherited.
Shows the different tasks that can be run in a maintenance plan. Explains how and why those
tasks can be implemented. Provides a roadmap to creating your own custom maintenance plan. What
You Will Learn Implement a completely automated backup maintenance plan Be alerted to
performance problems and outages ahead of your boss Learn the different types of database
maintenance tasks Plan the workflow of tasks within a maintenance plan Automate your work by
implementing custom maintenance plans Who This Book Is For Practical Maintenance Plans in SQL
Server is for any level of database administrator but specifically it's for those
administrators with a real need to set up a powerful maintenance plan quickly. New and seasoned
administrators will appreciate the book for its robust learning pattern of visual aids in
combination with explanations and scenarios. Practical Maintenance Plans in SQL Server is the
perfect new hire gift for new database administrators in any organization.
