Backup Solutions For Large Databases
Situation: I have a monthly SQL Serer database release/upgrade/blockpoint during the same time all the maintenance jobs are running on the server. So, it takes about an hour to backup this particular...
View ArticleCreate High Availability Group - Validation failed
I encountered 'Checking Shared network location' error while working on the 'SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Group' provided by the TechNet Virtual Labs. The error happened on Exercise 4, task...
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Is AlwaysOn Not Supported on SQL server 2012 Standard & Windows 2012 R2...
Guys,I was trying to enable AlwaysOn present in SQL Server Configuration Manager Prop.Software Details:SQL server 2012 Standard and OS is Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64 Bit.But, it says either the...
View ArticleRename SQL Instance
Is it possible to rename the SQL instance (Default/Named) in sql 2000/2005/2008/2008R2/2012?
View ArticleInstalling SP3 at SQL Server 2008R2 Active-Passive Cluster (2 node)
Hi,I have 2 node SQLServer 2008R2 cluster where two separate instances ERP & APPS is running on each node separately. Every other node is passive to the node having the active instance. like:ERP...
View ArticleAlways On Security
Is there a way to grant a SQL Server Login access to a listener while not granting access to the underlying nodes of the Availability Group?We have an 2-node (Synchronous) Availability Group (NodeA and...
View ArticleSQL Server Cluster
We are trying to create a SQL Server Cluster for High Availability. We have 2 HP BL460c server with 8GB with Window Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition. I would be glad if someone can provide us with...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 AG + Clustered Shared Volume
I am testing this scenario in a lab environment: Node 1 + Node 2 = Failover Instance Node 3 = Secondary Availability Group. I am using Shared Clustered Volumes for the Failover Cluster. This causes the...
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 ArticleWhere to check failover history of Sql server in Cluster
Hello Experts.Where can I check history of failover of any of sql server instance in a cluster and how to know whether the failover happened was manual or automatic. To troubleshoot an issue I am...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 failover cluster issue
Hello,I have setup SQL Server 2012 SE cluster environment on Windows Server 2008 R2 EE for our production. This is an Active Passive setup with just one instance. The environment is based of a Shared...
View ArticleServices configuration for sql server 2008r2 in a Windows Cluster
Hello,We have a Windows Server 2008 Cluster with Sql Server 2008r2 installed on node 2; when node 2 fails (we don't still know why, it's a 'bluescreen' long history), the service goes from node2 to...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 High Availability Storage Requirement For SCOM 2012 R2
First of all i have to tell u guys my scenario first of all I have two nodes of SQL server 2012 with windows server 2012 R2 with the new feature of Always On High Availability feature and the storage...
View ArticleMoving SQL Servers to another network
Anyone know if I can easily move my sql servers and their replica's to another network with a different ip class? I will need to change the ip addresses of the machines and the listener. How will this...
View ArticleAlways On - How to use same drive letters on AG replicas?
I've read in a MS best practice that when setting up Always On Availability groups, the replicas should use the same database drive letters as the primary server. Given that replicas are required to be...
View ArticleSQL cluster and AlwaysOn availability group
Hi all,I have an interesting scenario. I run a 2 node cluster (Windows 2012) with SQL 2012 SP1, which uses a SAN. I need to create an availability group to have a set of these databases online on a...
View ArticleKeep getting 1418 when attempting to mirror 2 databases
We have a server at one datacenter with Server 2012 standard and SQL Standard 2012We have another server a a different datacenter with Server 2012 standard and SQL Standard 2012At each datacenter,...
View ArticleSetting Backups in Secondary Replica of AlwaysOn
As per the AlwaysOn functionality of Offloading backups, I have recently implemented AlwaysOn in our environemnt. In Secondary Server it supports only for COPY_ONLY. In this situation how can I offload...
View ArticleReplication failing- The query processor could not start the necessary thread...
Hi ,My replication is not in sync. I could see the below error in the distributor to Subscriber tab in replication monitor "Replication-Replication Distribution Subsystem: agent XXXX failed .The...
View ArticleAlwaysOn installation fails
I have an existing SQL 2012 FCI and am trying to install a standalone AlwaysOn replica on another node of the cluster. In keeping with MS recommendations I am using the same drive letter (M:) for the...
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