2012 FCI cluster basics: IP addresses
Hello. Â I need to migrate a standalone SQL 2008 R2 instance to a 2-node 2012 FCI cluster on new blade servers at one location. Â I have a few questions, but let's start with network configuration and IP...
View Articletail-log backup is gone after restore point in time
Hi all,sql server 2014I noticed that after I do a restore point in time, I can't do any further restore point in time.I have to do another backup of DB and transaction log, why is that ?thanksfrancois
View ArticleCannot add existing clustered instance to new server
I have a 2 server Windows 2008R2 cluster that has been running 3 instances of SQL Server 2008 and 4 instances of SQL Server 2012 for many months without problems. We added a third server to the cluster...
View ArticleSQL Server VM Consolidation: Multiple Instance Clustering
I'm currently working on a project to consolidate SQL VMs (for 3rd party apps) to a two node VM failover cluster (Active/Passive). We are thinking about implementing a multiple instance clustering,...
View Article2012 FCI cluster basics: Multi-Instance
When clustering two instances of SQL server 2012 on a 2-node WSFC cluster, do i need one Failover Cluster Instance or two? Â Thanks.
View Article2012 FCI cluster basics: Quorum
In a SQL 2012 cluster with SAN storage infrastructure...Does quorum get a drive letter?How large does it need to be? Â (Found lot's guidelines/best practices regarding type of quorum voting, but...
View ArticleRestore big database with filestream
Hi, I will present the problem and then the informations:Problem: I`m trying to restore a database (1,6TB) with filestream (contains 22 milions files) on SQL Server, files for data and log are restored...
View Article2012 FCI cluster basics: Volumes
In a SQL 2012 cluster with SAN storage infrastructure, what is best practice or common LUN/volume provisioning scheme? Does the following list make sense?:NAMEPURPOSEVOLUMESIZELOCATIONQuorumCluster...
View ArticleRestore With Standby and Undo-File
Hello, well I just want to know for what the Undo-File is used? (When using restore with standby). I want to restore transaction logs to a certain point. When I'm using the 'restore with standby'...
View ArticleLogin failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with...
Hi,I have three demo server SYS1.com(DC), SQL1.SYS1.com, SQL2.SYS1.comat SQL2 it can connect SQL1 via SSMSat SQL1 it returns "Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with...
View ArticleHigh availability
Which high availability option is better log shipping or mirroring? and why ? (batman or superman :p) or it really depends on the environment!!!.
View ArticleSQL 2014 AlwaysOn Availability Groups - Listeners creation
Hi,I'ma having trouble to create listerners for availability groups on my environment (SQL Server 2014 SP1).WSFC Cluster is configured on Windows Server 2012 R2. I've created some databases on SQL1,...
View Articlegetting "SQL Server error 41106" trying to join Secondary Replica to...
I've been circling this for days and can't seem to get past this issue.Azure Setup: One Domain Controller, on File Server Witness, two SQL servers, (2012 Enterprise). All VM's running Win 2012 R2,...
View ArticleLicence for SQL Server 2014 Std DC and DR setup
Hi, We have SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition (64-bit) 20 core licence. We are implementing DC and DR setup using Veritas Volume replicator DC server: Windows Server 2012 , 2 processor, each processor...
View ArticleAdvise on Backup Policies
Hi ExpertsWe are going to deploy Netbackup solution for our SQL Server databases backup. and decided the following policies for the backup retention, needs a review from experts to have an advise for...
View ArticleIs Load Balancing possible in SQL Server Active/Active Cluster ?
Hi All,Please let me know whether it's possible to implement load balancing for Active/Active SQL Server (Any Version or Edition) Clustering environment?Regards,Nikhil P Desai
View ArticleVMware vSphere and SQL Server DC-DR setup
Hi,There is one VMware server at DC which will be replicated to DR i.e entire VMware server will be replicated to DR via VshpereSuppose if MS-SQL Server 2012(Ent/Std edition) is installed at DC then...
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Failed to start a SQL cluster
Hi,My SQL cluster is failed to start, and it constantly shows "Unable to obtain the Primary Cluster Name Identity token" and "Please ensure that the witness resource is online and available", I checked...
View ArticleNeed a Powershell Script when my backups moved to Network drive
HI, I have a backup job with 2 steps. Step1: Backup the database Step2: Copy those backup files to Network drive. Now I my problem is if any mistakes in powershell script it won't run, but SQL server...
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 cluster disks offline after SAN port config
Hi all,We have a 2 disk, 2 node cluster (SQL 2008 R2) on Windows Server 2008 R2. Last week while I was out, one of our techs plugged an additional network cable into empty #2 ports our HP P2000 G3 SAN...
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