We are in the process of upgrading a set of servers from SQL2008R2 to SQL2016.
The source SRV1 is SQL2008R2 and the target SRV2 is SQL2016. Right now I replicate the data in a single database DB1 using straight up transactional replication from SV1 to SV2.
We are upgrading SRV1 to SQL2016 and I want to use an availability group to replicate the data to a readonly secondary on SRV2. The replicated data is for reporting only and not necessary for failover.
However, I'm also require to implement an HA availability group on a separate cluster for SRV2, which is Enterprise Edition. This machine has 13 OLTP databases on it, not including the secondary AG mentioned above.
Can I include the secondary replica for the data received into DB1 on my target server SV2 in the availability group I'm building? If I can't what are my options?
Summary: I want to know if I can replicate reporting data to an AG secondary replica, then include that replica in the Availability Group cluster for the target server which has 14 OLTP databases total. What other options do I have if I can't do that.
thx v much