Optimize Your SQL Server 2008/R2 Migration for Cost and Availability Connor.Cox@DH2i.com
Microsoft Support for SQL Server Years 0-5: Mainstream Support» Security and functional issue resolution Years 6-10: Extended Support» Security or critical functional issues Years 11-16: Premium Assurance (new in 2017)» Optional paid extension to Extended Support» Requires SA» Costs from 5% to 12% of the current licensing cost for each year of coverage 2
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SQL Server 2008 & 2008 R2 End of Extended Support is 7/9/2019 End-of-Support Options» Purchase Premium Assurance» Do nothing and risk security, regulatory, and compliance issues» Upgrade before the deadline 4
Considerations If You re Upgrading Target version/edition of SQL Server & OS Hardware refresh Budget Cloud Software Assurance HA/DR options / requirements Number of cores to buy / renew Scheduling testing & migration downtime 5
Considerations Help Set Upgrade Objectives Minimize cost» Fewest cores possible» Least expensive Edition Meets feature & performance requirements Highest availability / DR capabilities Least disruptive upgrades 6
DH2i s DxEnterprise Low-Downtime Upgrade Tool & Optimized Landing Zone SQL Server management tool Built-in HA/DR Minimize cores subject to upgrade/renewal Avoid Enterprise Edition Facilitate migration to newer OS/SQL version with least downtime 7
DxEnterprise is Workload Mobility Move any SQL Server instance, Docker container, service, or file share from any host to any host, anywhere, anytime all with data persistence 8
DxEnterprise HA and DR Protection Automated HA w/ Smart Availability» Automated protection from: infrastructure, OS, application binaries, and configuration faults; and most pilot errors» SLA assurance with application-based QoS Disaster recovery and resilience» Simple orchestrated low RTO multi-subnet DR» Data replication mechanism is your choice 9
Any Infrastructure, Any Mix HA & portability for any SQL Server instance, Docker container, windows service, or file share» 2008R2-2016 Windows Server OS, any edition» RHEL/CentOS 7+, Ubuntu 16+» 2005-2017 SQL Server, any edition» Any Docker container» Physical, virtual & cloud» Shared and/or replicated storage Infrastructure independence & easy modernization» Simple OS, application and infrastructure modernization» No vendor or infrastructure lock-in 10
Unparallelled Cost and Complexity Reduction Most efficient consolidation» Lightest weight mobility» Stack instances and containers Average 5-15 per server Customers save on average 25-60%» Fewer servers to license» Avoid premium software editions/sa» Reclaim licenses for future use 11
DxEnterprise Demo Install DxEnterprise on existing servers Add a 2008 R2 instance under management Fail instance over into new SQL and OS version Show stacked instances for consolidation & cost savings 12
Minimal Pre-requisites Meet minimum system requirements Nodes must be able to ping each other» IP addresses must be bind-able to an adapter» Interfaces can not auto update DNS.NET 4.x installed on host Firewall exception 7979-7983 All nodes for any workload must have access to shared &/or replicated disk 13
Q&A Free trial: http://dh2i.com/trial/ Demo: http://dh2i.com/demo/ 14
DxAG for SQL Server Availability Groups Easier clustering than WSFC or Pacemaker» Simpler to set up, simpler to manage» Makes provisioning of your AGs easier CLUSTER_TYPE = EXTERNAL Physical, virtual, and cloud servers Supports:» WS 2012+» RHEL/CentOS 7+» Ubuntu 16+» SQL Server 2017+ Mix infrastructure, platforms, and distros Manage HA instances alongside AGs 15