I've been having a difficult time setting up a test network around SQL mirroring. After 3 days of effort I've gotten what I hope is almost there. The current state of my efforts is when I start the mirror it tries to preform the update and goes almost immediately into a suspended mode.
Looking at the SQL error logs I've found the following errors (in typical MSSQL vagueness) on the principle:
Date 3/4/2014 1:33:00 PM
Log SQL Server (Current - 3/4/2014 1:40:00 PM)
Source spid30s
Message
Error: 1453, Severity: 16, State: 1.
and
Date 3/4/2014 1:33:00 PM
Log SQL Server (Current - 3/4/2014 1:40:00 PM)
Source spid30s
Message
'TCP://DB-J:5022', the remote mirroring partner for database 'MOVE_PARTDATA', encountered error 948, status 2, severity 20. Database mirroring has been suspended. Resolve the error on the remote server and resume mirroring, or remove mirroring and re-establish
the mirror server instance.
NO errors are indicated on the mirror partner.
Removing the mirror via the mirror wizard and re-establishing it seems to have no better results.
My configuration looks like the following:
Server db-k has 3 SQL instances on it. The principle runs on the instance dbk_mirror, there is no domain controller in this set up so I've used certifications for the connection.
Server db-j also has a couple of SQL instances on it. In this case the instance called "Production" is used
The mirroring system was set up based on the following article: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/31325/Step-by-Step-SQL-Mirroring-the-ASPState-Database, which seems to cover many of the "gotchas" that the MSDN articles don't.
The problem I'm having is that the errors above leave me with no clue as to what's the problem.
Any input to what I should do next would be welcomed.
Developer Frog Haven Enterprises