quorum question
Hi,We have setup a 2 node SQL 2016 AG, in our setup we did configure our Quorum as a file share on a server that is not part of the cluster.When we manually run a failover the Nodes changing place, but...
View Articledo we required SA to achieve SQL Server Clustering
Hi,i have two virtual machine and want to do SQL Server Clustering. do i required SQL Server Software Assurance (SA) in order to achieve SQL Server Clustering.Pls guide, may this question not relevant...
View ArticleAvailability group & backups from secondary
We have an availabiltiy group configured using asynchronous replication sending data to multiple read only replicas. On the primary database we have log shipping setup for our DR solution using a 3rd...
View Article2 Aways-On in same server
Hello,- My envoriment is two server with SQL 2014 - v 12.0.6024.0. - I have two instance in use (production and homologation)SQL01/INSTANCE01 SQL01/INSTANCE02My problem is about SQL Aways On, in this...
View ArticleBuying the Licenses of SQL Server Stranded
Hello Teamwe have small business and we want to buy license in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah but I don't know the method of purchase of License
View ArticleSQL 2014 AOAG error message
Hi All,I hope someone can point me to right direction.In our environment we have asynchronous AOAG setup. We are running 2 instances on one VM (this is how I have inherited and I am not in favor of...
View ArticleDB Alias
What is the use of DB alias?Let me explain, applicaiton name is: sales.DB server name is: server1.abc.comDB name is : DB1but instead of using actual DB server name, we are using salesdb.abc.com,1433i...
View ArticleSQL Server Patching on AlwaysOn Servers
Hi,we have 4 node cluster and SQL serversrs are running as below: Primary DC: SQLA1 SQLA2 SQLA3 SQLA4 DR : SQLB1 SQLB2 SQLB3 SQLB4 Current Owner Node is running under SQLB1 and there is Alwasyson AG...
View ArticleMaintenance Plan Log Backup File are heavier in size than normal.
Hello all. I have setup DB backup jobs (including Full, Differential and log) on SQL Server 2008 R2 with SP3 - OD (which is our production physical server) through maintenance plan wizard. The concern...
View ArticlePermission problem on sys.availability_groups
Given two separate SQL Server (both have version Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (SP2-CU5) (KB4475776) - 13.0.5264.1 (X64) ) with having some AlwaysOn High Availability groups. We created a SQL Login on both...
View Articleconnection closed
Hi Guy's,We have setup SQL 2016 AG in a single Subnet envirorment.We can Faiover from Node1 to Node2, but we have a problem with application that accessing the DB in SQL AG.when we do a manuall...
View ArticleEnabling/Configuring Log Shipping while DB is online
Is enabling/configuring log shipping something that needs to be done while the database is not serving traffic at 3 am and apps turned off? Or can this safely be done during regular but lower traffic...
View ArticleDisk owner and role did not failover to other node
I have a two node windows cluster .I am Facing an issue .After fail-over, Owner node for role and Disk are not changing . How fix this issue.I searched in google i have not seen any useful link.
View ArticleAlways on : Primary database relocation
If I would like to relocate a database files to another faster drive in the primary replica, is it required to rebuild the whole replication ???
View ArticleFailover of AG not happening after upgrade from SQL 2016 to SQL 2017
Hi,I am in a weird situation. I have a Distributed AG setup between London and Flint servers(2 London and 2 Flint). London is the global primary and Flint is the global secondary). I did the rolling...
View ArticleCan you use the primary SQL server during AG replication process?
Can you use the primary SQL server during AG replication process?We are planning on creating a two or more replicas for SQL AG. Can we use the primary node during the process of adding the databases...
View ArticleCan you manipulate the properties of a database for a PaaS SQL database?
Can you manipulate the properties of a database for a PaaS SQL database as we do with a IaaA SQL database within computer management studio?What the limitations of PaaS SQL computer management console...
View ArticleLarge data warehouse recommendations for high availability and DR solutions?
Large data warehouse recommendations for high availability (HA) and DR (disaster recovery) solutions?We have a 10 TB of databases and am considering HA solutions and DR solutions?We want to have...
View ArticleAlwayson Error/information in errorlog
Hi All,I found lots of information re AlwaysOn Availability group in errorlog, so complain from end user yet, although those are information only, but I don't see why the database is trying to change...
View ArticleManual failover between forwarder and secondary replica fails after upgrading...
Hi,I am in a weird situation. I have a Distributed AG setup between London and Flint servers(2 London and 2 Flint). London is the global primary and Flint is the global secondary). I did the rolling...
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