Restoring transaction logs from log shipping
Dear all, Currently, I am testing SQL log shipping features for DR purposes. Setting up the log transaction is simple. No problems encountered. However, when I tried to restore earlier transaction logs...
View ArticleWelcome to the SQL Server Disaster Recovery and Availability Forum
(Edited 8/14/2009 to correct links - Paul)Hello everyone and welcome to the SQL Server Disaster Recovery and Availability forum. The goal of this Forum is to offer a gathering place for SQL Server...
View ArticleEmail alert if SQL Server Services stop abruptly
Hi,I am a SQL Server DBA and I am currently working on setting up email alerts in case if SQL Server services stop abruptly.I have currently written a VB script which runs every 1 hr and checks if a...
View ArticleEmail Should Receive Whenever SQL Server is Stopped.
Hi SQL Experts,I have a requirement like "Email Should Receive Whenever SQL Server is Stopped", so that i can reduce the downtime or escalations.SQL Server Version: 2012Windows Server Version:...
View ArticleThe package execution returned DTSER_FAILURE (1).
Hi, I have a problem with my SQL 2005 Transactionlog backup. I get an error on the schedule job: MessageExecuted as user: TNET\sqlservice. Microsoft (R) SQL Server Execute Package Utility Version...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Secondary Operational State Unknown
I recently configured SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability group using two nodes - a primary and one secondary read only replica. The group is residing on a windows 2012 cluster with an smb file...
View ArticleConfigure multiple instances on a 2 node cluster
HiOur requirement is to configure 3 names instances(SQL2008 R2) on 2 node cluster . Can I use the same Vhostname ,Virtual IP's and shared disks for all the 3 instances ? or need to create 3 ? What is...
View ArticleDB mail not working in sql server 2005
Hi,from today i get following error on sql server 2005 Exception Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.Common.BaseException Message: There was an error on the connection. Reason: Timeout...
View ArticleCommands to validate SQL 2012 cluster setting
What are the steps to add new node in to existing SQL cluster and also looking for a command to validate cluster setting not interested to run validation report.Rahul
View ArticleHow to obtain actual file name of a FILESTREAM file.
When a file is added to a FILESTREAM Blob field in SQL Server 2008 the file is renamed to something like 0000001c-0000019c-0004. Is there a way to retrieve this file name after a file is added? I...
View ArticleHow to implement bi-directional transactional replication in Standard Edition...
Hi Experts,Looking for some help on how to implement bi-directional transactional replication in Standard Edition SQL 2008?Any links or book title would be a great help.Thanks in Advance.Sam
View ArticleConstantly getting "Reopen for Clustered Client Failover registered...
Hi everybody.Hope somebody will be able to help me with the following issue. I have the following environment configuration:1. WFC cluster (cluster1) contains 3 nodes - sql1,sql2,sql32. sql1 and sql2...
View ArticleAvailability Group Database( secondary) went to Suspect mode. What is the...
Hi Folks,database went suspect mode in secondary server. ( sql 2012 SP1)1. How to bring online,Is it possible withuot breaking primary.2. can we access only primary.3. What are the modes (...
View ArticleUnable to create a SQL Server 2014 listener in failover cluster (Azure VM)
Hi,I'm trying to configure a high availability SQL cluster using SQL Availability Groups and Windows failover clustering, all nodes are based in Azure. I have one Windows server as a witness server...
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 Doubletake FIles and Folders job - Master Database
I am trying to replicate (using DoubleTake) and SQL Instance to another physical server. I am replicating the following folders to the target server:C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL...
View ArticleSystem databases
Hi,Can i restore system database and user databases from lower editions to higher editions and vice versa.from SQL 2005 standard to Enterprise and vice versa SQL 2008 standard to Enterprise and...
View ArticlePlace Management Data Warehouse in an Availability Group
Is it possible to place the SQL Server Management Datawarehouse in an Availability Group in order to have high availability? If so, what happens during failover? Is there any extra configuration...
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Unable to Find SQL Agent
Hi There,We are using SQL Server 2012 and we would like to do create schedule for the SQL Backup. As I know, the backup is performed by the SQL Agent. However, we can't find where the SQL agent is....
View ArticleAlwaysOn AG issue during backup
Hi everyone,I've a strange issue on our AlwaysOn Cluster Sql Server 2012 Enterprise multi-instance, I'm evaluating to open a support case to MS but I would share the issue with the community before...
View ArticleIs my installation of SQL Server Fail Over cluster correct?
I made a 2 node SQL Server 2012 fail over cluster but having some problems during installation so I wanted to know if the steps below I performed are correct.HardwareNode1 192.168.1.10 Node2...
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