DRAG DROP
You administer three Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 instances.
Database mirroring is configured in High-Safety mode with Automatic Failover between the following three servers:
SQL1 is the Principal server.
SQL2 is the mirror server.
SQL3 is the witness server.
You need to upgrade SQL1 and SQL2 to SQL Server 2012. You need to ensure that downtime is minimized during the upgrade.
Which six actions should you perform in sequence? (To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.)

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You have a SQL Server database server that contains a database named CustomerDB. CustomerDB is protected by using transparent data encryption (TDE) and a certificate named TDE_Cert.
The server fails.
You deploy a new server and restore all of the backups to a folder named C:\backups.
You need to restore the database to the new server.
Which three statements should you execute in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate statements from the list of statements to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

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Explanation

In order to perform a successful restore, we'll need the database master key in the master database in place and we'll need to restore the certificate used to encrypt the database, but we'll need to make sure we restore it with the private key. In checklist form:
There's a database master key in the master database.
The certificate used to encrypt the database is restored along with its private key.
The database is restored.
Step 1: CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD- 'My Password'
Step 2: Create CERTIFICATE
FROM FILE
DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD
Step 3: RESTORE DATABSE ..
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You are planning to install a Microsoft SQL Server database server that will be used by a web application.
You need to minimize the attack surface area.
Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.

• A.Use a single user account to start all database services.
• B.Install only the database engine and disable other features.
• C.Install the database server on a server core installation of Windows Server 2012 R2.
• D.Set the database service to start automatically.
• E.Install the database server as a named instance.

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You administer a Microsoft SQL Server database server. One of the databases on the server supports a highly active OLTP application.
Users report abnormally long wait times when they submit data into the application.
You need to identify which queries are taking longer than 1 second to run over an extended period of time.
What should you do?

• A.use SQL Profiler to trace all queries that are processing on the server. Filter queries that have a Duration value of more than 1,000.
• B.Use sp_configure to set a value for blocked process threshold. Create an extended event session.
• C.Use the Job Activity monitor to review all processes that are actively running. Review the Job History to find out the duration of each step.
• D.Run the sp_who command from a query window.
• E.Run the DBCC TRACEON 1222 command from a query window and review the SQL Server event log.

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You have an index called Employee_IDX on the table Employees. Which of the following will rebuild this index online?

• A.ALTER INDEX Employee_IDX ON Employees REBUILD WITH (ONLINE = ON);
• B.CREATE INDEX Employee_IDX ON Employees REBUILD WITH (ONLINE = ON);
• C.REBUILD ONLINE INDEX Employee_IDX ON Employees;
• D.ALTER INDEX REBUILD ONLINE Employee_IDX;

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