Hello All,
This is my first posting and hope I can get some direction here.
I am slowly wading into the deep end of Always on Availability groups and would like to run by what I have done (and need to do) and see if I am on the right track.
Any and all advice will be very much appreciated.
Here is what I have and what I am trying to do.
Server 01
(20 databases, probably 5 per group so 4 groups)
Server 02
Synchronous to Server 01.May add a 3<sup>rd</sup> but right now I am going with this.
I am trying to take advantage of the failover aspect but still want ‘standalone’ backup practices.
For this reason I will do Full, Differential and Log Backups from Server 01.
Server 02 might in the future be used for reporting but for now it will be there for failover.
From my limited and hopefully growing knowledge of Always On, the Transaction Log seems to magically synch up with Server 02 from Server 01?
I will do separate system backups for both.
I have a shared folder that both servers can access for backups which is established when you go through the wizard to set up the Availability Group.
So far so good.
Potential Scenario 01:
Server 01 crashes and fails over to Server 02.
I need to restore Server 01 so I go to the shared backup folder and restore Server 01 from Full, Differentials and Log Backups all of which were taken from Server 01?
So since there are no backups being done on Server 02 (Copy only is only one allowed) and no Transaction Log backups done from Server 02 (since Server 01’s Transaction Log magically synchs to Server 02’s Transaction log)
Then for restore purposes, it’s like the Server 02 really does not come into the equation, per se?
I restore Server 01 and it ‘synchs’ up with Server 02 and all is well in the world again, right?
I am sure I’m missing something here so I will eagerly await any and all replies……
Thanks in Advance