SQL Server Consolidation
Assessment
Maintain
Overview
Key Features and Benefits
These are some of the benefits of
this offer:
•
Analyze and document
current SQL Server
environment.
•
Gather performance metrics
for all included SQL instances.
•
Provide “consolidated views”
of future SQL Server
landscapes.
•
Reduce total cost of ownership
through consolidation and
upgrades.
•
Recommend general and
consolidation best practices.
•
Identify SQL Server
consolidation and upgrade
path blockers.
The SQL Server Consolidation Assessment is a 5 day delivery done in 2
phases (1+4), available exclusively for Microsoft Premier Support
customers, this offering provides customers with roadmaps for SQL
Server consolidation and version upgrade.
Consolidation options covered include: multi-database single-instance
servers, multi-instance on one or more physical servers, and finally
reduction of physical servers through virtualization (Hyper-V) or cloud
based technologies.
As part of the assessment, the offering also provides customers with
baseline statistics for current system performance and workload profiles.
Workflow
The Consolidation Assessment consist of 2 different Phases. The first
would be dedicated to configure the Data Collection Tools conducted by
a trained engineer. The Second would be dedicated to Data Analysis.
Phase 1 (Remote/Onsite)
• Data collection: Performed with the SQL Server Consolidation
Assessment toolkit and the Microsoft Assessment Planning Tool, but
also trough an environment Survey with the customer over the course
of the engagement. The data will usually be collected over a long
period of time. It is recommended to collect data at least for one
month.
Phase 2
• Analysis: The data will be analyzed by an accredited engineer.
• Reports: A final Report with all the findings and a consolidated view of
the Environment
• Closing Meeting: Session to present all conclusions and reports
Review
Pre-requisites
A tools machine, where
we can install and
execute our custom
assessment utility. Such
machine should have the
following:
• RAM –Minimum 4GB,
recommended 8GB;
• CPU –Minimum 1
processor,
recommended 4
processors;
• 50GB disk space free;
• OS –Windows Server
2008/Windows 7 or
above, with the latest
security updates;
• SQL Server 2014 or
onwards Installation
(Database Engine,
SSIS and SSRS –
Optional)
• Full network
Connectivity to the
target SQL Server
instances;
• Powershell3.0 or
newer;
• NET Framework 4.0
Full installation..
• Admin access on the
tools machine and
target servers
• Agreement to install
components on SQL
targets – Change
Request needed
• SQL Agent must be
running at targets at
all times
Deliverables
• Technical report summarizing consolidation details
• Closeout meeting
Scoping
The scope of this delivery covers up to a 50 SQL Instances on the same
domain.
• Help customers assess the key considerations when consolidating in their
environment
• Help customers evaluate 3 consolidation options (Database, Instance,
Server)
• Help customers understand the risks and benefits of consolidation
• Help customers build a strategy for consolidation by answering “What,
When and How”
What we do NOT do as part of the assessment
• Provide a consolidation “design” document
• Provide an endorsement of the customer’s proposed consolidation
“design”
• Analyze more than a 50 SQL Instances
Delivery Days
Phase 1 would require 1 day, while the number of days required for Phase 2
is 4. Both phase belong to the same request, but the dispatch should be
done with enough time apart to allow the data collection to capture the full
picture and performance profiling of the servers during peak processing days
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