Hi all,
I have an interesting scenario. I run a 2 node cluster (Windows 2012) with SQL 2012 SP1, which uses a SAN. I need to create an availability group to have a set of these databases online on a standalone SQL server. I have actually done this exact task in the past, but am struggling with an error message. According to the Microsoft Technical group, this is 1 scenario which AlwaysOn may be used for (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj215886.aspx).
So, I add a node to my 2 node cluster. I then go into SSMS to configure the availability replica. I get through the initial validation. On the last step, I get an error.
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TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Attempting to add availability replicas to the availability group resulted in an error. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.HadrTasks)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Create failed for Availability Replica 'USTAWVSHAGEMAN1\SQLCAD'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
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An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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Failed to create, join or add replica to availability group 'ag8', because node 'standalone' is a possible owner for both replica 'cluster' and 'standalone\SQL'. If one replica is failover cluster instance, remove the overlapped node from its possible owners and try again. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 19405)
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BUTTONS:
OK
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I can't seem to get by this error. My disk configuration matches, my user accounts to run SQL server identical on all machines involved. I read somewhere that the standalone machine needed to be a named instance and not the default, so I added a named instance as well. Everything brings me back to this error.
Failed to create, join or add replica to availability group 'ag8', because node 'standalone' is a possible owner for both replica 'cluster' and 'standalone\SQL'. If one replica is failover cluster instance, remove the overlapped node from its possible owners and try again. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 19405)
If anybody could please help, I would greatly appreciate it.