best practice question for Availability Groups setup
I have created a 2012 WFC with 2 nodes (server 1 and server2). Each node will host 2 instance of SQL Server 2014. I am planning to use 2 Availability Groups. SoServer1\instance AServer1\instance...
View ArticleAlways on, AG Listener is not resolving to another IP when failed over from...
Hi All,I've setup AG with 2 nodes in total, 1 node on each subnet. I've mapped AG name with 2 IPs for each subnet.After the fail-over, the AG name is not resolving to other subnet. This is making the...
View ArticleReplication
How do I restart replication which has failed without re-creating Distribution, Sunscription etc.?
View ArticleAlways On - Read only replica
Hi,I've came a cross a post which stated if you use a read only replica in Always on you are required for a additional license. is that accurate? ThanksDoronDB
View ArticleSP_WHO2 command reading KILLED/ROLLBACK
I ran a normal select query against a linked server. I cancelled it in SSMS after about 10 seconds of running.The cancel process took was taking ages, So i then killed the local spid.A message was...
View ArticleExtend SQL Server 2012 High Availability Cluster to Windows Azure
Hi all,I have a 3 node SQL Fail Over cluster running SQL 2012 SP2 on Server 2012 R2. I would like to add a 4th Node running in Windows Azure. Is this possible?The reason I am wondering if this is...
View ArticleHow to suppress Log Shipping alert for a specific database?
I want to disable log shipping for a database temporarily. I have disabled the backup job, copy job, and restore job created automatically when log shipping is configured for the database. However,...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 Always on HA takes 8-14 seconds to fail over. Application...
Specifics:2 SQL Server Nodes, 2014 (12.0.2480.0)1 Share witness (on separate subnet)1 Cluster1 ListenerI have been testing the response time to failovers – both manual (right-click, fail over in SSMS)...
View ArticleUsing AlwaysOn for different subnets
Hi all,I have 3 servers:Server A: --> 192.168.108.2Server B: --> 192.168.108.4Server C: --> 192.168.100.1I want to have Server A as primary and Server B & C as secondary replicas. Is that...
View ArticleNetwork load balancing SQL Server 2012
Hi all,Out of pure curiosity, would the following scenario to load balance work:* Create an NLB of 2 nodes* On each node, install sql server, in my case 2012 std* Create a merge replication which...
View ArticleDoes a Failover Cluster always use a SAN?
Hello everybody,A quick question.... Does a Failover Cluster always use a SAN?Many thanks,Ben Mr Shaw
View ArticleHow to install SSAS Cluster instance with Always On availability...
We have requirement like to Install the SSAS as Cluster instance where SQL Server Database engine was installed with Always On availability group.Please help me to how configure it Currently we have...
View ArticleError in Server Manager regarding windows cluster
Hi All,I am seeing the following error message in server manager for windows cluster:Configuration refresh failed with the following error: The metadata failed to be retrieved from the server, due to...
View ArticleSQL 2008 Cluster on Server 2012 - False Edition Mismatch Error
I'm building a SQL 2008 Cluster on a Server 2012 system. I've been able to crack issues with verifyforerrors issues, sql agent issues, and filestream issues (basically MS didn't do a lot to make 08...
View ArticleCluster resource 'SQL Network Name (SQLCLUS1)' of type 'Network Name' in...
Cluster resource 'SQL Network Name (SQLCLUS1)' of type 'Network Name' in clustered role 'SQL Server (DB1)' failed. Based on the failure policies for the resource and role, the cluster service may try...
View ArticleAdding in another IP for cluster communication
Hi,I have a 2 node SQL AAG which is showing some cluster related warnings and errors in the event log (failover happens over night). The AAG is setup using 2 nodes with a single NIC that is used for...
View ArticleKey rotation without re-encryption the DB
Is there a way to rotate keys for TDE and SQL will not re-encrypt the whole DB?
View ArticleKey rotation with DR site
My DBs are big (7.5 TB), they are encrypted using TDE. I need to rotate the keys once every 2 years. I have a DR site which is getting synchronize with the primary site using a 25 MBits line. The...
View Article2012 SQL server log shipping problem
Scenario:Site 1: 2012 Enterprise version 64-bit (11.0.3128.0) - Log shipping is enabled for four databases. Shipping logs over a WAN every 15 minutes to a DR site.Site 2: 2012 Enterprise version...
View ArticleBackup SQL Cluster
I have a sql 2012 cluster. I want to use backup exec to backup the cluster using a dedicated backup network. How can I do this?
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