I have AG group setup with one secondary that is in a different geolocation/subnets. The primary is on a named instance and secondary is default instance. Here is the scenerio:
Primary: SQLServer2
Secondary: SQLServer1\Instance1
My guess is that the AG was setup from SQLServer\Instance1.The issue is that I can't connect to SQLServer\Instance1 using the instance name from the SQLServer2. I can however connect if I specify the tcp port number instead of the instance name. As a result I am not able to effectively manage the AG from SQLServer2.
So I am doing everything from SQLServer\Instance1.
To rectify this, I need to remove the SQLServer\Instance1 and add it back using the port number SQLServer, xxxx.
So I am looking for opinions/thoughts. Is this doable and if so what is the damage/downside?
I do not have a readily available dev/test at the moment.