Existing standalone SQL 2008 R2 server to fail-over cluster?
Hi,i have already install the sql 2008 r2 and the sql having share point 2013 /project server 2013 databases now i want to move this stand alone sql to cluster .Is it possible if yes then how?please...
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Hi,I've set up a SQL server 2014 cluster with AlwaysOn availability groups. Upon creating the AG i opted for full syncronisation to a specific SMB share.Now i want to change that share because it has...
View ArticleHyper-V Dynamic Memory for Availability and SQL 2012 Resource Governor
W2012 R2 VM with 16vcpu and 128GB Ram and enabled dynamic memory and Using SQL 2012 with Resource Governor enabled to create a multi tenancy SQL Database service. Dynamic memory is used to cater for...
View ArticleIs SQL instance still accessable if transaction log reached maximum size?
Hi,One of our production databases was setup mirroring, log shipping and replication on it, the log file was setup unrestricted growth. This morning one index rebuilding process generated lots of logs,...
View ArticleEvicting node?
Hi AllWhile evicting a node : Node2 (passive node) which is a part of SQL FCI, do we need to uninstall it (by clicking on remove node) or directly Evict the node?We are using Windows server 2012 and...
View ArticleTwo Node SQL 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
Two Node SQL 2008 R2 Failover Cluster encounter "the trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed" when login with domain account. Is this OK to unjoin and rejoin again?...
View Articlerebuilding a node on a cluster
Hi,We have 2 clusters, 1 running SQL 2008 on Windows 2008 R2 server and 1 running SQL 2000 on Windows 2003 Server.Because of a disaster with the disks, each of the passive nodes had to be rebuilt and...
View ArticleLog shipping transaction log backups not being deleted on primary
I've got log shipping set up, and everything seems to be working fine, but the log files are not being deleted from the primary server despite configuring log shipping to retain them for 3 days. I see...
View Articlesql 2012 multi site clustering
Hello experts,I would like to understand if we want to buld a sqlserver mulitsite clustering if is mandatory to have or confiugre WSFC on all the nodes at each datacenter?.Also, what would be the...
View ArticleInstalltion & Configuration
Hello Experts,I am about to install a new failover SQL-Server environment (win 2012 \SQL 2008 Sp4) and after going to installation we found out that storage designed to map to over the number of drive...
View ArticleSQL does not start after changing clutster drive letters
I have a 2 node cluster with 2 instances on them and everything has been running for a couple months, just fine. I needed to swap the drive letters for the cluster because of SQL mirroring, so I...
View ArticleCan't remove IP?!?!? What the ..
Hi, I am using SQL2014 with HA/AG groups and was adding an extra listener when I used the incorrect IP address. I had thought the 'remove' button would work, but it does not. Also I tried deleting it...
View ArticleSQL Always On Backups
Hi,SQL Always OnBackups taken on a replicas will not show up in the MSDB database backup tables of the primary server (or other replicas), as they don’t share an MSDB database.Then where can i find the...
View ArticleMixing SQL2008R2 and SQL2012
Hello!!I have a cluster environment two nodes windows 2008 R2 Enterprise, with 4 instances SQL2008R2, my question is can I install one instance more of SQL2012 ?..thanks a lot
View ArticleSQL 2008R2 Failover Cluster without File Share
We are looking to set up a failover cluster for our SQL 2008R2 database. To accomplish this, we have 2 servers, both equipped with Fusion I/O cards that will both have identical copies of our...
View ArticleReplication Validation is being failed on AlwaysOn
Hi All,When executed below query on distribution database receiving 2nd below error. Please suggest if you faced same kind of issue.---------- USE distribution; GO DECLARE @redirected_publisher...
View ArticleVeeam Backup & Replication version 8
Has anyone used Veeam with Microsoft SQL Server Agent backups? I am new to this product and in the past have always relied on native SQL backups. I'm not fully convinced Veeam will provide the same...
View ArticleSQL Server Log Shipping 14420, 14421 False Error Message
I have set up log shipping on a SQL 2014 server to copy data from a primary to a secondary server. This is all working correctly backing up, copying and restoring however the alerting which is...
View ArticleNot able to Failover AG
Hi All,Could not able to connect secondary replica below is the error message I am getting when I tried to failover. Please suggest TITLE: Connect to Server ------------------------------ Cannot...
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