Log Shipping False 14420 Alerts
Version: SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 StandardI've configured log shipping with following frequency:-Backup: 10 minutes (alert threshold 45 minutes)-Copy: 10 minutes-Restore: 10 minutes (alert threshold 60...
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Hi,on windows 2003 cluster ,we are seeing a process(nimcluster.exe) utilizing 8 GB of memory.Anyone has any idea on what actually is this process?Few of the sql server jobs are failing with below...
View ArticleDatabase Mirroring Suspended - Could not redo log record.
Hi Database Mirroring gets suspended with the following messages on primary and mirror. SQL Version - 2012Edition: Enterprise Primary Error: 1453, Severity: 16, State: 1....
View ArticleError Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF].
Greetings. After a failover SQL Server is unable to live on one of our cluster nodes (can live on the other without issue). I have found this article (as well as many others on the topic), and have...
View ArticleHow to repair a corrupt database
Dear all,I have a big issue with a SQL Server 2008 corrupt database:DBCC checkdb (<my db name>)RESULT:Msg 8967, Level 16, State 218, Line 1An internal error occurred in DBCC that prevented...
View Articleuser credentails dont work after a failover on secondary server (alwaysOn)
Hello, I'm new to the alwaysOn feature in SQL server, and we are trying to implement this in a virtual environment with the following scenario:we have 2 virtual machines that work as a primary and as a...
View ArticleJoining database on secondary replica resulted in an...
Failed to join the database "Test-DB" to the availability group 'GQLAG' on the availability replica 'SQL20121\SQLE2'(Microsoft.sqlserver.smo)An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL...
View ArticleWin Serv 2012 + SQL Server 2012 in a two node cluster, issu
Hello,I currently have a Windows pair of Windows Server 2012 Standard machines in a Two node Cluster. I had inside of that four instances of SQL in with both SQL and AS roles installed. Over the...
View ArticleSQL Always ON cluster testing environment issues
Hi all, Help me understand what is going on, I have 2 cluster nodes with Server 2008 R2 sp1 and standalone SQL server 2012 (on both nodes) with always on automatic failover,my cluster quorum...
View ArticleMirroring vs Always-On
Hi All,Currently I am having a 2 SQL 2008R2 databases in a database mirroring configuration. Every quarterly we would isolate the Principal from the Mirror server. And during this isolation period,...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 Cluster Validation Cluster shared disk test failure
I have a 2012 64 bit server cluster that is installed and functional as file shares on a 2 node cluster. SQL 2008 keeps failing with no shared drive when running the validation tests and when running...
View Articlehow to change Shared network path DAG
Hi,I want to change the shared network path on an existing DAG (sql2012) but i cannot find how?To use the availability group wizard to synchronize data, you have to have a backup share that all the...
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SQL 2008R2 instance taking long time to fail-over after SQL 2012 Upgrade.
Hi, I've a 2-Node cluster of Windows 2008 R2 Ent where we are having multiple SQL instances running. I've upgraded an instance to SQL Server 2012 from SQL Server 2008 R2. Ever since failover of other...
View ArticleBackup and Restore database question
I decided to backup database1 from server1 and restore the bak file to database2 from server2(initially there is database1 at server1 and database2 at server 2 with sufficient permissions)When I tried...
View ArticleSQL server won't start on 2nd node (No such host is known)
Hello,We have a 2 node SQL 2008 cluster. But failover is failing, because one of the nodes throws an error when it should start. When I manualy failover to test the cluster this error is thrown:The SQL...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Availability Group Protection Level?
Hi guys,I know SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group provides the database-level protection, Does it support auto-failover when primary replica is offline such as Server down. If yes, what's point of using...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Always On : Failover Clustering or Availability group?
We're going to implement a new HA SQL server in our environment, mostly to run databases for various System Center 2012 implementations, but also some Sharepoint sites. I can't decide between Failover...
View Article3-node multi-subnet FCI+AG AlwaysOn cluster
I am having difficulty finding articles discussing what I would think the most common setup with SQL 2012 AlwaysOn: 3 node cluster with FCI in primary site and AG in the remote site across different...
View ArticleNo clustered disks available
We just finished up putting together a windows 2012 cluster using a single shared volume. I went today to build the SQL cluster and got an error stating that "No clustered disks available" when doing...
View ArticleHow to force a DNS record update for an Availability Group Listener?
Hello all! We are rolling out more and more multi-subnet clusters here at my company and we're running into a pain point with RegisterAllProvidersIP. By default, when we create the AGL,...
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