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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
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SQL Server 2008 & 2008 R2End 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
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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
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Considerations Help Set Upgrade Objectives
• Minimize cost» Fewest cores possible» Least expensive Edition
• Meets feature & performance requirements• Highest availability / DR capabilities• Least disruptive upgrades
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DH2i’s DxEnterprise Low-Downtime Upgrade Tool & Optimized Landing Zone
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• 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
DxEnterprise is Workload Mobility
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Move any SQL Server instance,Docker container, service, or file share…
…from any host to anyhost, anywhere, anytime…
…all with data persistence
DxEnterprise® HA and DR Protection
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• 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
Any Infrastructure, Any Mix
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• 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
Unparallelled Cost and Complexity Reduction
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• 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
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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
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Minimal Pre-requisites
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• 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
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Q&A
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Free trial: http://dh2i.com/trial/
Demo: http://dh2i.com/demo/
DxAG for SQL Server Availability Groups
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• 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