Geocluster + Always on ??
Actually we have a SQL Server Geocluster. Datacenter1: SQL Server Node 1Datacenter2: SQL Server Node 2Remote Office1: Witness (file Share)Remotes Offices: N/AData are replicated beetwen Datacenter1...
View ArticleSQL 2008 Express Vs SQL 2008 Enterprise
Hi Guys,Can you tell me if there is a core difference between these 2 versions with regard to recovering after a hardware failure (i.e. ungraceful/hard shutdown)The reason I ask is I have an...
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Event ID 1135 Failover clustering
My SQL server auto fail overs to node 2 at particular time every day , the following is event log
View ArticleBackup file size after implementing AOAG
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 - 12.0.4100.1 (X64) Apr 20 2015 17:29:27 Copyright (c) Microsoft CorporationEnterprise Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.3 <X64> (Build 9600: ) (Hypervisor) We recently...
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 Article3 node AG+ FCi quorum model , node and disk majority quorum with
We are proposing a following setup for a ERP backend Server on SQL server 2014 3 Node WSFC cluster on windows 2012 R2 Standard ( virtual hosts on VMWare) , all 3 nodes residing in same data...
View ArticleConnect to SQL Cluster by IP address
HiI have inherited two separate SQL clusters. One cluster instance is called DESQLSC1\INST1 and the other is MKSQLSC1\INST1.On MKSQLSC1\INST1 I can connect by using MKSQLSC1\INST1, MKSQLSC1 and the IP...
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Availability Group Quorum - majority of nodes down but Cluster still up?
Hi,I'm just starting to work with AlwaysOn Availability and WSFC.I have in my environment (in Azure) a DC, WSFC and to SQL instances, so I have 3 nodes in my Failover Cluster:WSFC SQL1SQL2If I...
View ArticleLog Shipping : MSG 927 Database cannot be opened It is Restoring state --...
we have setup a log shipping For one database. we configured secondary server as STANDBY/READONLY mode.When we are trying to run a select query in secondary server is giving me error message as MSG...
View ArticleReverse AlwaysOn Failover Flow of Data.
We are using Always on Groups for DR and Cluster as HA.The cluster is spread across 3 global regions (geo cluster with remote witness) and 3 data centers with 4 physical nodes across each DC.We have 2...
View ArticleHas anybody implemented SS2012 Always On in a production environment for DR?
Am helping a client upgrade his servers (currently SS 2005 with Windows 2003 cluster). Talked to Dell sales rep this afternoon and he had not heard of anyone implementing Always On for DR. He said all...
View ArticleAlways on AGListener
Hi, i am planning to set up AlwaysOn with 20 databases, Automatic failover(synchronous) in my current environment, SQL server 2014,windows server std 2012 configure WSFC on 2 nodes , Node1 Node2 (...
View ArticleHow to do a Full Disaster Recovery
If you are doing a disaster recovery of an entire SQL 2005 cluster, can you just install SQL server and restore the system database to get the configuration?
View ArticleAccess to files on shared drive when SQL cluster is shut down?
Sorry if this is a newbie question. Spent a couple of hours researching this but can't find an answer.Is there a way to get access to the files on the shared drive from either of the nodes when the SQL...
View Articlewhat scenarios does always on failover
I have setup always on between 2 stand alone SQL servers, Automatic failover(Synchronous) in which 2 instances have WSFC enabled .what are the possible causes does always on failover?Possibilities i am...
View ArticleFailed to failover SQL instance from one node to another
Hi,I am experiencing an issue with SQL Server 2012 clustering. Briefly, when I move SQL instance from node SQ1 to node SQ2 to process fails.At the beginning of the process, the cluster try to change to...
View ArticleImplications of lease & healthcheck timeout in SQL Server 2014 AlwaysOn AG...
Issue BackgroundWe have recently migrated to a production environment running on SQL Server 2014 Ent. Ed. & have faced an Availability Group (AG) outage issue as of last week. The AG instance is...
View ArticleMirror of a Database part of Always on AG
Hi Folks,we have an AG scenario where we are using WFC on a 2 node cluster. We are then using AG for mirroring the databases to both nodes and have a listener.What I want to do next is to establish...
View ArticleNeed to maintain transational consistency of the data across both servers,...
I got this question about MS SQL Server 2012 administration, two production servers in the same data center. You need to ensure that database remains available if a catastrophic server failure or a...
View ArticleA database contains a large product catalog that is updated periodically, you...
I am confused by the answer to this MS SQL SERVER question. You are administrating all the deployments of MS SQL Server 2012 in your company. A database contains a large product catalog that is updated...
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