Adding node to SQL server cluster with a different Drive letters (local &...
I have a two node cluster with 2 local and 2 shared ( SAN) drives. The San drives have Data and log of the sql server 2012 cluster with drive letters G and H respectively. I want to add a new node but...
View ArticleSQL Server Agent does not start jobs after Failover
Hi,We have SQL Server 2012 implementation on windows server 2008 R2. We are using AlwaysOn funcationality and made two Availability Replicas (say Node1 and Node2). Both of them are running in seperate...
View ArticleAdding node to a existing 2012 SQL server cluster
I have a SQL server cluster with 2 nodes. Each of these two nodes have C: and E: and two shared drives G : and F: from a SAN storage. On the existing node the sql server binaries are installed on C:...
View ArticleInstalling SQL binaries in different location - Advantage ?
I am new to MS SQL servers and I have a question regarding the sql server binary install.The default install drive is C: . I would like to know to if there is any advantage/disadvantage of doing the...
View ArticleFull SQLBACKUP using PowerShell fails on $backup.SQLBackup()
HiI am logged on to one of the live app servers ( as this has SQL Management studio)I am trying back up one of the active db server instances## Full + Log Backup of MS SQL Server databases/span> ##...
View ArticleLog shipping out of sync SQL2008r2
We have a production primary SQL2008R2 server enterprise edition (Windows 2008 R2 enterprise) and a secondary SQL2008R2 server enterprise edition (Windows 2008 R2 enterprise).We have configured log...
View ArticleRead Only Routing
Hi All,I have a question about connecting to an AlwaysOn Availability Group via the Listener that I hope someone can help me with.If I connect to the AG via the Listener using SSMS, I understand that...
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Clarification on datetime columns in dmv - dm_hadr_database_replica_state...
Hi,I have alwayson feature on mty server. There is a column is_local indicates whether the database is local to that server.In last_sent_time and last_received_time values are mentioned for remote...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 Database Mirroring Cloud
Hey Guys ,we are upgrading SQ server 2005 to SQL server 2008 R2 with keeping DR in prespective , I was wondering if DB mirroring to Cloud is supported in SQL Server 2008 R2 , is this a Limitation on...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Always on and mirroring questions
Hi,We are planning to upgrade our current SQL 2005 cluster to SQL 2012 cluster. The SQL 2005 primary cluster has 4 instances on 3 nodes (2 instances on an Active, 2 instances on an active and passive),...
View ArticleIs this Availability group configuration supported?
I have servers SRV_1, SRV_2 and SRV_3Each server hosts 3 SQL Server 2012 instances I_1, I_2 and I_3Each instance has 1 DB; DB_1 on I_1, DB_2 on I_2 and DB_3 on I_3I want to setup AG over the 3 servers...
View ArticleSQL Cluster & HA 2012
I currently have 2 x 2node SQL2012 (Standard) Cluster, both of these clusters are in the same domain, all nodes running Win2012 (Standard).The first Cluster is the live cluster which will have 2...
View ArticleCannot access SQL 2008 instance from the passive node of a cluster
HelloI just finished to install in a test environment an active-passive cluster with SQL Server 2008 above Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. The problem that I have is when I try to access the instance...
View ArticleFull & Differential Database Backup using T-SQL/SSIS
Hi,I am trying to create Full and Differential backups using SSIS/T-SQL (Execute SQL Task). I have one pkg for Full backup and 1 pkg for Differential backup.For FullDB Backup pkg, I am using the...
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Cannot create AlwaysOn High Availability Group
Hello!I'm succesfully created 2 HA Groups on test environments but when i trying to create them on production, getting stuck with errorCannot bring the WSFC resource online (error code 5018):I...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Listener/New Database Creation
Hello-Just reading up on AlwaysOn and wondering how new DBs are provisioned relative to the AG Listener. Many applications handle the DB creation during their install process by providing a SQL...
View Articlesql server always on dashboard - Estimate Data Loss and Estimated Recovery Time
Hi all,At the always on dashboard (SSMS) there is 2 fields:Estimate Data Loss (seconds) - Indicates the time difference of the last transaction log record in the primary replica and secondary replica....
View ArticlePerformance Impact with Log Shipping
Hi SQL Techies,1) What performance impact would have on the servers when we configure Log Shipping.2) For Log Shipping configured servers what performance counter we need to monitor.3) If we consider...
View ArticleWhat really Database Mirroring is?
Good Day,I would like to ask some Question for Database mirroring and its true ROLE? I have a - Server A which is the Main Database - Server B for Principles and MirroringWhenever my Server A is Shut...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 Maintenance plan will not delete bak and trn files
I have a sql 2008 maintenance plan to backup databases and to delete old bak files. The db backup works but the delete does not. I do not get any error messages, all steps marked successful. So, I...
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