Distributed availability group on the Azure VM's
Hi , I was looking for documentation to setup distributed availability group on the Azure VM's , I looked at msdn site but couldn't find anything specific to azure distributed availability groups...
View ArticleSQL 2016: Convert Standalone Server to Single Node Cluster - SQL Server...
Hello,I have a standalone server running on Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL 2016 already installed.I would like to convert this standalone server to a single node cluster as a SQL Server Availability...
View ArticleOne of the databases backed up BUT then fails to complete the command Backup...
The environment is AlwaysOn Sql for sql 2014. The backup tool is netbackup. All the databases are being backed up in the group. However, for one database the message first is "BACKUP DATABASE...
View ArticleDatabase Mirroring automatic failover
Hi, I am considering implementing Database Mirroring on SQL 2019 standard edition. I need automatic failover, so will need a witness instance I assume? The application currently connects using a config...
View ArticleHow to find latency b/w Primary and Secondary in Always ON
We have SQL 2016 with Always on (i.e., Asynchronous). How to find out (through T-SQL) what the is latency b/w Primary and Secondary node and how much time it would take to synch? Thanks
View ArticleReplace node sql failover cluster with different language
Hi all.I have a failover clustering with win2019 and sql 2014 ent. OS and sql are in italian language. I want replace all node, one to one with same OS and same sql but in eng. language. There is...
View ArticleDatabase showing unexpected ‘LOG_REUSE_WAIT_DESC’
A database which was removed from AlwaysOn configuration is showing ‘LOG_REUSE_WAIT_DESC’ as ‘AVAILABILITY_REPLICA’ which led the database log to be get full.I had tried below steps and it wasn't...
View ArticleAuto-seeding on Secondary AG replica
I encountered an issue when creating new secondary node for AG on SQL Server 2019 EE and used automatic seeding. Some data files created on the same drives as Primary (this is correct), but some data...
View ArticleSQL 2016 always between two datacenter
Hello,I need your help to understand how the distributed AG works betwenn data centers.here is what I need to impliment:2 datacenters without a L2 network link4 instances database (liveDB : RW all the...
View Articlemy Disney Magic Kingdoms will not work and has been deleted I want to restore
I was guided to ask here how to find my game stored in Miccrosoft From Gameloft............After investigating your account, we found out that your progress level 50 is saved on msnlive...
View ArticleHow to verify Quorum Configuration in Win Server 2016?
Get-ClusterQuorum |flGivesCluster : ClusterName QuorumResource : File Share Witness QuorumType : Majority----I was expecting QuorumType to be 'NodeAndFileShareMajority'? Has something...
View ArticleLost MDF file
Hello everyone, Recently, I accidentally deleted my database mdf file. I have database backup (full and log file) everyday. However, the last backup log may loss some data, and I want to rescue those...
View Articlestart-cluster needed after stop-cluster?
For disk maintenance, I need to shut down both nodes of a SQL 2014 active/active cluster (DB + AS services). Not only maintenance mode for FCI but both VMs shutdown (infrastructure...
View ArticleAlwaysOn cluster break
In case cluster break due to loss quorum where all secondary replica is down and left is only the primary . The database in primary replica will be not synchronizing. One way to bring it back database...
View ArticleLicensing for a failover server
We're looking to purchase SQL Server and were wondering what the licensing would look like for a production server + backup. The backup server would contain a full copy of all databases but wouldn't...
View ArticleDownload SQL 2019 FCI images
I would like to know if I can download a SQL 2019 FCI images (not availability groups) .Are there images that I can download (VMWare HyperV, anything..) ?For functionality test. I am aware I can build...
View ArticleRestore operation failing in VSS return sVSS_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND
I am trying backup and restore of a MS SQL server through VSS. My backup operation is running fine and I store the backup metadata in XML file. During restore operation I am providing the same XML I...
View ArticleAdding database back to AG
we removed databases from AG. To add back the database to AG, should we add it primary replica and go to secondary replica and join the database there?Or is it enough to add it in primary replicaKiran
View ArticleWhat does the repair button in the Listener object do in the Failover Cluster...
Hello.We had an issue where one of our AG's failed over and failed to obtain the IP for the listener and the AG went into a "Resolving" state. Thus the databases were unavailable. The cluster then...
View ArticleLog shipping secondary database created in the wrong location (2008 r2)
Primary SQL Server 2008 r2 Secondary SQL Server 2008 r2 Secondary Database Default locations; Data: D:\SQLData Log: L:\SQLLogsFrom the primary server I'm setting up log shipping to a secondary server...
View Article