Inherited a small nightmare, want to offsite backup a 300gb database.
I just got brought on with a small company with two locations. They're using SQL 2008 for their primary application, and it's a biggun, between 250-300 gigs. Right now their awful backup solution is...
View ArticleBackup on AlwaysOn SQL Server 2012/2014
If i take Copy_Only backups on secondary replica will it maintain any T-Log chain or is it necessary to take FullBackup on Primary?I mean does Copy_Only backups support PointInTime Restore.My confusion...
View ArticleSQL Server AlwaysOn Node Shutdown
We need to shutdown a node on AlwaysOn group for up to 8 hours.Is there anything need to be done on the AlwaysOn configuration prior to shutdown?Thanks.
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Clustering - Prerequisite and Checklist
Hi,I want install and setup SQL Server 2012 Active/Passive clustering (Database Engine, SQL Agent, Reporting Service, Integration Service, Full Text Service, Analysis Service).I am aware about some of...
View ArticleHow to configue DR setup for Analysis Service DB
Hi,I have setup SQL Server 2012 Active/Passive clustering at DC and Log shipping between DC and DR (Standalone). Please let me know whether there any technique like log shipping to configure DR for...
View ArticleLog Shipping and cross database transactions
SQL Server 2014 Availability Groups (and database mirroring) do not support distributed (between instances) or cross database (within an instance) transactions. Apparently cross database transactions...
View ArticleDbMgrPartnerCommitPolicy error?
Hi all of you,I've got one cluster with Always On and everytime system changes from primary to secondary this message is saved in SQL Logs:spid141sMessageDbMgrPartnerCommitPolicy::SetSyncState:...
View ArticleAvailability Group is not ready for automatic failover
(Tried to inset image, but they have to verify my login first)All databases are showing as SYNCHRONIZED...what else can I look at?
View ArticleFail-over clustering with SQL Always-on And quorum settings
Hi , I am creating a failover clustering with SQL Always-on The initial setup will have 3 nodes 2 nodes in 1 rack and 1 node(used for standby in case of disaster ) in different rack My question is...
View ArticleProblem with SHRINKing log file in AlwaysOn 2014
Hi,I have a cluster and an AlwaysOn AG implemented on sql server 2014.The problem is that I have to be able to shrink log file of the db whenever I want.While I was doing some tests,I made the log file...
View ArticleProblem with SHRINKing log file in AlwaysOn 2014
Hi,I have a cluster and an AlwaysOn AG implemented on sql server 2014.The problem is that I have to be able to shrink log file of the db whenever I want.While I was doing some tests,I made the log file...
View Articlebackup with always on
I have been unable to get a backup working properly via the readable secondary. (if I preference using the primary for backup, the backup succeeds when I connect to the primary or to the cluster...
View ArticleAre DDL Changes sent to Always on secondary replica?
We would like to use always on for read only secondary replicas to offload read only application activity. If DDL changes are made to the primary db (e.g., stored procedures, triggers, indexes, views,...
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Issues while Createing the SQL Always On Availability Group in Fail-over cluster
Hi,In the below article for creating a SQL instances using always-on with windows fail-over clustering the author have used new SQL server stand-alone installation instead of new SQL server fail-over...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 Cluster fail back not working
Hi,I deployed a SQL Server 2014 on a 2 node cluster environment for one of the client. After deployment I verified everything is working fine except the automatic disk fail back.OS: Windows Server 2012...
View ArticleSQL Server AlwaysOn Error:35250
Dear Friends,I am configuring AlwaysOn in my test environment but getting the following error.Msg 35250, Level 16, State 7, Line 1The connection to the primary replica is not active. The command...
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SQL2016 AlwaysOn BAG
Hello, I am trying to test SQL2016 AlwaysOn BAG I did steps until "New Availability Group Wizard" In this step I don't see BAG option:Anybody tested this feature and have good tutorial how to implement...
View ArticleLS Restore - SSMS GUI showing incorrect drive letter in file path vs actual...
SSMS showoing incorrect drive letter in file path for a Log-Shipping Secondary database on Seconday serverActual File path is L:\Data -- This is correct location for physical file as wellSSMS showing...
View Articlebackup alwayson availability groups, best practice
Hi, Just created two AG's, placed on 2 nodes, synchronous replication.The two AG's work independent of eachother, we want them to stay on separate nodes so we will use recources on both.I'm just...
View ArticleLog shipping - Fails after daily maintenance jobs - restore from a known good...
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 - 12.0.4100.1 (X64) Apr 20 2015 17:29:27 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.3 <X64> (Build 9600: ) Log-Shipping works...
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