What is the BI DBA? Jorge Segarra Sr. DBA Consultant, SQL Server MVP

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1 What is the BI DBA? Jorge Segarra Sr. DBA Consultant, SQL Server MVP

2 About Me MAKING BUSINESS INTELLIGENT

3 What Is a BI DBA? MAKING BUSINESS INTELLIGENT

4 What is a BI DBA? Still a DBA! Base Skills Configuration Backup/Recovery Security Performance Tuning Troubleshooting Expectations Configure/Deploy Troubleshoot Monitor

5 Business Intelligence Stack Integration Services (SSIS), Analysis Services (SSAS), Reporting Services (SSRS) Configuring Deploying Solutions Securing Maintaining (Backups/Restores) SharePoint Different beast! SharePoint for the DBA webcast Bradley Schacht

6 Tools of the Trade MAKING BUSINESS INTELLIGENT

7 Know Your Tools Business Intelligence Developer Studio (BIDS) R2 Version specific! Development SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) Developer-focused Development SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Administration tool

8 Integration Services MAKING BUSINESS INTELLIGENT

9 Integration Services Integration Services (SSIS) Most common BI service offering Deploy/Configure Environment Configs Environment Variables Configuration tables XML files

10 Integration Services Service Accounts/Permissions SQL Agent service account Needs access to sources/destinations/resources Additional rights as needed (e.g. execute procs) Drivers Oracle, DB2, Office, etc. Security Accounts/Rights in other systems 32/64-bit

11 Integration Services Deployments Methods Package store/msdb File system Project (2012) File Structures Options Single package at a time (manual) Deployment Manifests Project Deployments Source Control (helpful!) Backups Msdb File system Database (2012)

12 Integration Services Databases Script it out! Security AD Groups helpful Mappings Automation SQL Agent Jobs Job owner Run as (default = Agent service) Automating SSIS Execution Using SQL Server Agent (video link) 3 rd Party Schedulers Job ownership Package roles Msdb roles Agentuser, ssisuser, etc.

13 Integration Services Troubleshooting Learn SSIS! Basics Variables/Expressions Package Configurations Free learning resources PASS Virtual Chapter Webinars Websites / Bloggers Troubleshooting Steps Agent job errors Logging/Auditing in package Native 3 rd Party Monitoring SQL Server 2012 (limited) 3 rd party tools Notifications Alert on fail (job) Build into package

14 Analysis Services MAKING BUSINESS INTELLIGENT

15 Analysis Services Deployments Scripted (XMLA) Check data sources Verify permissions Source Control (helpful!) Processing Dimensions and Facts Queries source database Developer may include processing task in ETL Security Know your roles!

16 Analysis Services Backup/Restores It Depends! Small cubes (<10GB) may not need backups May be faster to just redeploy TEST! Configuring SSAS is different Memory by percentage Be careful when sharing (Setting Memory Limits blog) Low, Hard, Total SSAS Operations Guide Drillthrough Limits (Advanced) Monitoring DMVs Perfmon counters, Extended Events, Profiler

17 Reporting Services MAKING BUSINESS INTELLIGENT

18 Reporting Services Configure Native vs SharePoint Still SQL database no IIS requirement Performance Optimizations (SQLCAT) Drivers Oracle, DB2, Office, etc. Security Accounts/Rights in other systems 32/64-bit

19 Reporting Services Data Sources KERBEROS!!!! Multi-hop configuration My Kerberos Checklist (Adam Saxton, Microsoft) Still SQL database no IIS requirement Performance Optimizations (SQLCAT) Security Internet Explorer (run as admin) SSRS Roles Folder Permissions (Inheritance) Web vs SSMS

20 Reporting Services Deployment One at a time + data sources All or nothing (BIDS) 3 rd party Backups SQL backups (databases) Source control

21 Contact Me Twitter: Blog: Bat Signal, #sqlhelp MAKING BUSINESS INTELLIGENT

22 For more information Jorge Segarra Products BI products to covert to a Microsoft BI platform and simplify development on the platform. Services Speed development through training, and rapid development services from Pragmatic Works. Foundation Helping those who do not have the means to get into information technology achieve their dreams.