Hi All,
We have x2 SQL 2012 servers configured in a mirrored setup and are using an offsite (non-domain) server as our witness. This setup has been working fine for some time. Yesterday we had an internet outage which of course meant that the witness server could not be contacted by either of the SQL servers. This was confirmed by going into management studio and seeing the witness listed as 'disconnected'. Around 4 hours later the internet connection was restored and we could see the witness (from a networking perspective) but SQL server just refused to use it or acknowledge that it was up again. We have run all kinds of tests that prove that the previous working configuration is still valid so why wont SQL accept the witness now that it can be contacted again? Is there something we have to do on the x2 SQL servers to resume the witness functionality?
Any help greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Rob