Ghost Records
We have a Huge database(1.2TB) in our organization, It is showing around 400GB of free space. so we ran shrink but we are unable to shrink as we expected. then we ran ghost record cleanup task, at that...
View ArticleSQL Cluster with issues when disconnecting network card from Primary Replica
Hello Need one hint on HA to a prob i have in a test env. - Cluster of 2x nodes SQL Server 2016 @ Windows server 2012R2 - Have 3 databases in HA group and running fine. - Did some switchover within...
View ArticleConvert help of .backpack to .BAK in on premise SQL server
Hi TeamI have sql server 2016 ,the backup file which is exported in the form of .bacpac to .BAK format in the on premise.Followed the below link but no...
View ArticleHow to add a second a-sync read-only node in always on AG? (for a 24/7...
Hi All,How to add a second a-sync read-only node in always on AG? (for a 24/7 mission critical system) SQL Server 2016 SP2Windows server 2016Following is the architecture.Node1 , Node2, Node3 (new...
View ArticleDistributed Availability Group for a Data Warehouse.
Greetings. I was told that we're going to use an AG to migrate our DW environment about 800 miles from one data center to the other. Obviously my concern here is if the AG will be able to stay in sync,...
View ArticleAvailability Group questions.
Greetings. I've been doing some research on using an AG for a migration from one data center to another, separated by 800 miles. Seems doable if the pipe in between can keep up.However, something I...
View ArticleChange shared network location accessible by all replicas on aoag
I want to change the shared network location accessible by all replicas I first set up in an aoag. A new server has been stood up specifically to act as a file share witness and now I have to change...
View ArticleBest Quorum Configuration and Voting assignments for 5 node cluster ( 3 + 2...
Hi Team,We have below setup of windows 2012 R2 clustering, and need to know best quorum setting and voting assignmentsPrimary site2 Nodes and File share witness configured in Primary site with Dynamic...
View ArticleNodeweight vs LowerQuorumPriorityNodeidin Windows 2012 R2
Hi Team,Can we set Nodeweight = 0 in Windows 2012 R2. I've noticed that nodeweight replaced by LowerQuorumPriorityNodeid ?.Mahadevan N
View ArticleDatabase goes into recovery mode and wont accessible for long
Hi All,I think this is the question I will eagerly wait to see answer from you.We have the database which goes In recovery after restoring it for about 6 hours and we were just waiting whole day...
View ArticleBest Quorum Configuration and Voting assignments for 5 node cluster ( 2 + 3...
Hi Team,We have below setup of windows 2012 R2 clustering, and need to know best quorum setting and voting assignmentsPrimary site2 Nodes and File share witness configured in Primary site with Dynamic...
View ArticleSQL Server 2017 Fail-over Cluster License
Good day!I have an SQL Server Failover Cluster Setup (2 nodes). When I installed SQL Server 2017, I used enterprise evaluation first. And then I clustered the SQL Servers. My problem now is I want to...
View ArticleCan Replication co-exist with Basic Always On Availability Groups
Hi All,I need to set up a 2 node Always -on AG cluster . This will be Basic Availability Group. That means, database on secondary node is node is not readable. This is because we are using Standard...
View ArticleFileshare Witness (FSW) and AD Service Account Permissions
Hello,Win2k12 r2 OS, 2 node fail-over cluster, single instance SQL2k12 Ent ed hosting few user databases.The VNN's CNO needs to be part of FSW (a windows share on a remote machine residing on the same...
View ArticleIs it possible to configure Always On between two SQL 2016 between two...
Is it possible to configure Always On between two SQL 2016 between two different data centers Data center 1 Server A --->SQL standalone Instance1 Server B --->SQL standalone Instance2 Data...
View Articlecheck if database is READ_WRITE then running backup
Hi,I have this database that is participating in an aoag and I want to have some intelligence in the backup jobs to check if the current db is the primary replica and if it is, to proceed with the...
View ArticleBasic Availability Group Question
I have a source SQL Server database setup in AWS (Standard Edition). I would like to bring copy of the data to in-house for reporting and feeding data for ETL processing via Informatica.Now, I found...
View ArticleConnect to secondary replica from SSMS
Hi,I have a HA Always On set up with 2 nodes. I am looking for a possibility :) to connect to secondary read-only replica from SSMS. I read several articles that says set ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly in...
View ArticleMigration of SQL databases server to new hardware
Hi Gurus,Thanks everyone for all your help and support!I have small query regarding migration of all existing VM's (SQL server 2012 databases servers) to new hardware (prime quest).With existing db...
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Distributed Availability groups - second availability group is disconnected.
Hello there,I am setting up distributed availability group with SQL server 2016 . Both the availability groups are in different domains.I have followed the steps mentioned at...
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