Can I stop the AlwaysOn from continue working after changing a replica to...
We have AlwaysOn Availability group with synchronized mode. As it says in this linkhttps://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ff877931.aspx:If a synchronous-commit secondary replica times out without confirming...
View Article"Append to Media" Vs "Overwrite an existing media" in SQL Server Database backup
Dear All,I know the basic defiinition of these two options, but i am not very clear why would someone choose one over another,currently I am using Append to Media option, and every day backup, I see my...
View ArticleAvailibility group listener connection without port
Hello,In our(my company) current design we want to switch from failover clustering to Always On as high availibility solution.I am currently testing the availiblity Group Listener function and have two...
View ArticleLog shipping central management
Hi Experts,Can you please suggest if it is possible to setup logshipping for an SQL instance with large number of databases having a a central management e.g one backup/copy/restore job for all the...
View ArticleBest and simplest way to replicate a db
Hi guys. My scenario: I have one db for an application, in production. We hav some datawarehouse (SAP) connecting to the db and extracting some data.I need to make a copy of the prod db on another sql...
View ArticleUPDATE with OUPUT clause
Hi,I am trying to update a table and then also use OUTPUT clause to capture some of the columns. The code that I am using is something like the one belowUPDATE s SET Exception_Ind = 1 OUTPUT...
View ArticleSQL 2012 AlwaysOn (two nodes) - "Named Instances"
Good Morning,I have a 2012 AlwaysOn \ DB Mirroring environment set up with two nodes. Both have 5 installs of SQL named instances.The issue we are having is when we patch one server and fail everything...
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The volume that contains SQL Server data directory does not belong to the...
Hi, I know this has been posted before, but could not find any solution, yet. I am creating a 2 node sql 2014 failover cluster, virtual.The different data and log disks are mapped as mount points on...
View ArticleDead lock in database will cause of failure of Database differential backup ?
Dear All,My Database has many Dead lock issues,Will this Dead locks cause Differential database failure ?.Thanks in advanceRegards,Vish
View ArticleRestoring AlwaysOn AG "Primary" server after reboot automatically (FAILBACK)
Hi,We have several Sql Server 2014 AlwaysOn Availability Groups set up in our test lab and use a combination of SCDPM and Maintenance Plans to back up the databases in them. Our applications always...
View ArticleHow well does AlwaysOn work over a WAN
I've got a DR requirement to replicate up to 100 databases over a WAN separated by approximately 800 miles. The network circuit will be 100mb and not totally dedicated for DR. Transaction volumes are...
View ArticleMultiple Listener ip addresses expecting only one
anyone know why my listener has two dns entries? Shouldn't it only have the active node's address? I have the cluster RegisterAllProvidersIP set to 0. We have two synchronous local sql 2012 servers on...
View ArticleMoving DB backups from File Share Witness SQL AlwaysOn
Is it alright to move the .bak and .trn backups which are automatically created in a File Share Witness when a DB is added to an Availability Group? I did that and there were error IDs 1069 occurring,...
View ArticleFull-Text Catalog Error while restoring a database
Hi I am trying to restore a database that has full text catalog on the table and i get this following error :Msg 7627, Level 16, State 1, Line 5 Cannot create the full-text catalog in the directory...
View ArticleAlways ON Secondary database state Recovery Pending
Hi,I have SQL 2012 Always on AG set up with a Primary Server and an asynchronous secondary server. There was an issue on the AG. In order to fix it quickly, I removed the secondary replica from the...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 AllwaysOn replication
Hello all,I have some doubts about a SQL WSFC+AllwaysOn implementation. (Win2012R2 + SQL Server 2012)MY configs:Server A :192.168.1.10 for service and 192.168.2.10 for allwayson replicationServer B...
View ArticleExtended Events Nofification
Recently we migrated our environment to 2012.We are planning to implement Xevents in all the servers in place of Trace files and everything is working fine.Is it possible to configure Extended event to...
View ArticleSeparate vlan for replication traffic on AlwaysOn
Hello all, Ive read a few docs and i have some doubts about the implementation i ll make. I will setup a FCI between ServerA and ServerB. So my databases will be running on server A or on ServerB....
View ArticleIs it possible for me to restore database MSSQL 2005 SP4?
Hi all! I urgently need to solve this problem recover SQL database after the collapse of the RAID. I thought I would be able to recover using Backup, but it's too late noticed that the Backup was not...
View ArticleWeird: Backup file works fine from the network but not when moved into...
We have a valid full backup of a database. We know it is valid, we have restored it twice from the network with no problems, but we do not have access to the network location from our sandbox...
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