Multiple instances of SQL server on a cluster
Is it possible to have more than one instance of SQL Server on a failover Active/Passive cluster?What are the concerns/ramifications if that indeed is possible?
View ArticleSQL Enterprise vs SQL Standard Server 2016 edition – what to choose?
I’m planning on building an SQL cluster for our company: 2 hosts, active-active clustering. SQL Enterprise Edition seems too expensive. However, I’ve heard that SQL Server 2016 Standard edition should...
View ArticleSQL cluster + AlwaysOn maintenance
Hi all, I have SQL cluster from two nodes on SQL 2012 and WIndows Server 2012 R2. Recently I have configured additional SQL instance on separate server and I have added AlwaysOn AG between clustered...
View ArticleHow to restore SQL database to existing development server?
Dear SQL Server Expert,We are using SQL Server 2012 for both production and development server. Currently, i have plan to transfer the full backup of SQL server database to the development server and...
View ArticleSlow performance in SQL Server 2012 when we run a command on a spatial data...
Hi friends,the following is the culprit for poor performance. cpu spike always high(avg-97-100)-cpu busy count-74687537SELECT top(1)@location=isnull(location,'No Location Found.'),@lat=Lat,@lon=lon...
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Restoring of database taking longer than normal time
HI Folks,This morning i took backup of one of the databases from Primary server and restored on secondary server on a SQL AlwaysOn AG setup , the database was restored has no recovery on secondary...
View ArticleMSSQL Rollback at Database level
Hi Testing team is performing some activities on MSSQL - 2008 R2 database ..and after completion of the test, again team wants to restore the original database ( in the same state as before...
View ArticleServer Rename - how it affects linked servers on remote computers
All my SQL servers are 2008 R2. I have production SQL server "SQLPROD1". I built a server "SQLDR1" to act as cold standby in case SQLPROD1 becomes unavailable. In that event, I will rename SQLDR1 to...
View ArticleReboot always on with synchronous commit
Trying to find doc or figure out if there is a recommended order of operation for rebooting secondary instance in always on when in synchronous commit mode.Since the primary replica waits on the...
View ArticleMaintenance plan will not do a transaction log backup
The issue is that I cannot get a Maintenance Plan to do a transaction log backup on one of the SQL instances, but it works fine on the other two. If I execute the SQL Agent job, or the Maintenance...
View ArticleSQL 2012 SE Logshipping Restore Job stuck (in standby mode)
Hello,I am using SQL 2012 SE. I have setup logshipping from Server A to Server B. The database on secondary server will be in Stand bY mode as I need some processing from 12:05AM to 7:00AM every night....
View ArticleSQL Server cluster installation
Hello Experts,I am learning SQL Server failover cluster installation. My question is regarding the options to install failover cluster instances on the Windows Failover Cluster. I have seen\read there...
View ArticleSQL Server Always on HA and DR Solution
We are going to Implement DR Site for SQL Server 2008 R2.We have the following configuration on Primary Site.1. SQL Server 2008 R2 ( Stand Alone )2. SQL Server 2008 R2 (2 Node Failover Cluster) DR...
View ArticleSQL Server Always On Cluster and named instances
Hello all,is it possible to configure a SQL Server 2012 always on cluster with two named instances?When there is a failover, will the failover of the named instance name be transparent for the client...
View ArticleTroubleshooting SQL Server backup and restore operations
An updated version of the KB “Troubleshooting SQL Server backup and restore operations” was released recently.The article contains:l Reference topics for SQL Server backup and restore operationsl...
View Articlehow to get continuously backup
I have small db and load is very less. I am set full backup at 9:00 pm once a day,and set transaction log backup to every 15 min.then i am taking the transaction log backup in...
View Articlesql server stadard 2012 standanlone to alwayson failover cluster
hello!We have an standalone installation of sql server 2012 standard and we would like to migrate to alwayson failover cluster. is it posible to do it directly or we need to reinstall sql server ? what...
View Articleneed to change secondary's connection info
I have AG group setup with one secondary that is in a different geolocation/subnets. The primary is on a named instance and secondary is default instance. Here is the scenerio:Primary:...
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Error when setting up a failover cluster
Hi. I'm getting the following error when I go to create a cluster in the Failover Cluster Manager in Windows Server 2008."The address 10.10.10.111 is not valid for its associated network"I'm following...
View ArticleNeed Always on failback script
Hi All, Need a query help. I am running SQL 2014 2-node AlwaysON Availability groups, Enterprise Edition in our environment and 5 databases are part of AG. Question is, sometimes AG is getting failed...
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