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One thing l noticed  – l cant find a service for SSIS – Sql server integrated services – under the usual list of SQL services using SCCM – SQL server configuration manager. Seems Microsoft must have integrated or condensed this somehow in the SQL engine. While installing the upgrade [select tools from the SQL server installation center, then select upgrade fro sql server 2000/2005/2008] l did see SSIS as a checked list of SQL server component options.

SSIS is a core component used for ETL – extraction, transformation & Load.

Will provide an update on this as l find out more.

Setup steps involved in code and pictures:

1) Create a SQL login account to use for this.

USE [master]
GO
CREATE LOGIN [dwlogin] WITH PASSWORD=N’xxxxxx’,
DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master],
CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF
GO

2)

• right click on data collection under your database instance/management group
• select configure management data warehouse
• next
• create a management data warehouse
• click on new
• enter a name for the data collection database, accept defauly options
• next
• select dwlogin, nt authority\system, nt service\sqlserveragent and assign role mdw_admin
• next
• finish

right click on data collection, configure management data warehouse, setup data collection

click next, then click finish

You will notice under sql agent -> jobs – that some Data collection related jobs eg collectionset_3_upload have been created for you.

You can access reports by going to:

Datacollection -> reports -> management data warehouse ->

• server activity history
• disk usage summary
• query statistics history

SQL Server 2008 R2 adds a new option for bringing Microsoft Server virtualization concepts to database servers – its called Utility information. Click here for a demo video explaining this.

Management -> Data collection -> Start data collection set  – gives the below error. I’ll update this blog on resolving this.

TITLE: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Collector
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Unable to start collection set Utility Information.

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=10.50.1447.4+((KJ_RTM).100213-0103+)&LinkId=20476

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

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Caught error#: 14693, Level: 16, State: 1, in Procedure: sp_syscollector_start_collection_set, Line: 108, with Message: A collection set cannot start without a schedule. Specify a schedule for the collection set. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 14684)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=10.50.1352&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=14684&LinkId=20476

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BUTTONS:

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My setup essentially is this: a private Gigabit Local Area Network [LAN] using 192.168.0.x ip address range served by a dhcp server running off Smoothwall Express – an open source based excellent firewall program. I downloaded the iso from here, and installed it on a hardly used old but trusty Dell Poweredge 2300 server. My main server – running Windows 2008 has a static ip address and runs on a Dell Poweredge SC430. The 10/100/1000 gigabit switches – mainly cisco/netgear – enable me move large 3d rendered graphics files and family video files been edited across my server to/fro my prime Quad-core windows 7 64bit 8gb workstation.

For wireless – l gave away my old linksys a/b router – this router supports only WEP which is easily hackable. Retained my Dlink DIR-625 wireless router – set to 172.168.0.x ip address range, with the ethernet input from the smootwall green output. Smoothwall setup was Green+Red – Green is for the internal LAN while red represents the external network/internet interface from usually a home cable modem. I use WPA2-PSK for security at 802.11n wifi speed. The main reason l got this particular wireless router is – it offers parents the ability to lock out kid internet access at specific time. You simply reserve specific ip address for say kid x’s PC. Set a rule such as : internet off from 9pm to 5am workdays.

My 2nd wireless router is the Buffalo Airstation Turbo G WHR-G545  – 802.11g which l set at 172.168.16.x ip address range, with security set at WPA-PSK, key set to renew every 60mins. It supports TKIP as well as AOSS also. Installed at the 2nd half of the home, this gives adequate wireless coverage to any laptop that can authenticate with the right password.

Lingo:

A PSK is a 256-bit value, known to every device in the WLAN. That PSK is usually generated by combining the WLAN’s name (Service Set Identifier, SSID) (define) with a passphrase (an ASCII (define) string, 8-63 characters.)

• Application server role, web server IIS Role
• SQL Server 2008 native client
• Microsoft “Geneva” framework runtime
• Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft Framework 3.5
• Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0
• SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOCMD.NET

I attempted to install this on a development Windows 2008 R2 server, which already had SQL Server 2008 R2 installed. Out of the list below, l only needed to pre-install the Geneva framework runtime, MS chart control and ADOMD.net SQL 2008 Analysis services – even though l had SSAS installed as a SQL Server 2008 component.

Will post pictures later.

To install, you download the 575Mb Office2010 beta executable from Microsoft’s Sharepoint Website.

Running this, you first select – install software prerequities to deal with above.  A reboot is required. The you select install sharepoint server.

Source for the Beta Product key – click here.

Since l would be using a separate SQL Server instalation – not sql server express, l did not select standalone. Then l selected complete installation, and changed my install paths to Drive D not Drive C – which l always reserve soley for OS installations only. Next, you select run the sharepoint configuration wizard. Click close. Select yes to restart necessary services. I selected Create a new server farm.