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Hi all,I used to thought the option "backup will expire on" is use to define when a backup is deem no longer useful to a backup retention period. But from what I have understood after reading around ,...
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Hi everybody,ScenarioWindows Server 2008R2, SQL 2012 Ent2 node cluster, 2 SQL instances, External Storage.Issue:Due to network problem (internal communication), the Cluster system arises event 1135.At...
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Hi,Are there any procedure or guide to shutdown cluster MSSQL server?After the maintenance task, are there any procedure/ task need to perform?
View ArticleTracking when failover happened?
Hi all of you,I am searching for the concrete text on SQL Error Logs.In my monthly review I would need to post how many failover happened in my Always On.As already commented in these forums there are...
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Hi,I have 10 sql servers with alwaysON high availability group. I want to monitor all those 10 availability groups in a single dashboard. Is it possible or not? Please suggest.Harsha
View Articlealways on availability groups in sql server 2016 Enterprise edition
Hi All, We are Planning to create always on availability groups.We are using the servers which have 16 CPU , 64 GB RAM to get more worker threads.Is this configuration is fine or as a best practice...
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hi there,In every retail store we have an Express edition of SQL (2014) with a couple of databases, one is for messaging and another is for the stock and several times a day is synchronized against an...
View ArticleRunning AlwaysOn and Availability groups with multiple instances on one server
Hi - I'm new to the AlwaysOn game and I'm attempting to setup a new test environment. Currently I have two servers in two different locations - let's call the HQ and DR. I have a SQL instance setup...
View ArticleREPLICATION ERROR 22022
Dear all,Please find the following error. I really don't have any idea how to troubleshoot & what is the cause of this error. Please give me detailed description to troubleshoot. I really...
View ArticleMissing SQL VSS Writer
HiWe have a server running SQL 2008R2Since a couple of weeks the SQL VSS Writer is not present in the list shown by running "vssadmin list writers"We have tried to restart the SQL VSS Writer service...
View ArticleHow many databases can be backed up at once using VSS?
Hello,I would ask how many databases can be backed up using VSS at the same time.Of course, it depends on the SQL version and the server resources.I know that the max worker threads has to be...
View ArticleSQL Log Shipping database files different in sysfiles and master..sysaltfiles
I have set up SQL 2014 (also SQL2012) log shipping on a database with multiple filegroups and files. LS has created the physical file names on the secondary server based on the logical filenames which...
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Best way to change primary node in 4 node AO cluster
Hi,I have a 4 node cluster where i will remove 2 nodes that are currently primary sync and secondary sync and let the secondary sync/async nodes remain but as new primary and new secondary (because we...
View ArticleIs it possible to increase LUN size for cluster disk resource mapped for SQL...
Hi Team, We have SQL Failover cluster running with multiple SQL instances on Windows Failover clustering. We are using mount points with mapped volumes mounted as folders. We have mount point of around...
View ArticleSQL HADR Common Secondary Server to Multiple Sites
Will SQL HADR Availability Group supports 5 database servers at different locations as primary server and a common database server as a secondary in a different location? . I.e Each location will have...
View ArticleHow to remove secondary IP address from Listener
We are preparing a DR test scenario and went to remove an IP address from the DR subnet from the listener and add/delete buttons are greyed out. We tried with SA, Service Account, DBA accounts, no...
View ArticleSQLServerWriter missing from vssadmin
HiI am testing a 3rd party product to backup 4 SQL servers, however 3 of them will intermittently fail to backup.Restarting the 'SQL Server VSS Writer' service will always fix this, temporarily.Within...
View ArticlePerform Backup Before Upgrading the Service Pack for SQL Server 2012
Dear SQL Server Expert,we are currently using SQL Server 2012 and we would like to upgrade the service pack to the latest. Since our SQL server is hosted on physical server and NOT VM, hence we can't...
View ArticleSQL failover cluster with Availability group
Hi Team, We have 3 node SQL failover cluster running on WSFC extended to DR site. 3rd node is in DR site.Idea is to use HA with DR. Primary site have 2 node failover cluster running SQL multiple...
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