Multiple Availability Groups listener and endpoints port number
I have installed an Always On cluster. I want to add a second Availability Group and am unsure about the port numbers that should be used. For the first Availability Group, I used endpoint port 5022...
View ArticleCluster Failovers somewhat random times
We run 2 identical Server 2012 Standard Cisco UCS blades each with 256GB of RAM and 8physical /16 logical cores. During the evenings, at seemingly random times I have a cluster failover occurring. In...
View ArticleAlways on in DR Site
Dears,I have in my main site two Windows 2012 with failover cluster services installed, SQL 2012 are installed Instance like standalone instances (Not FCI) SQL always on is configured.we are planning...
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Log shipping issue
I am getting the below alert in transaction log shipping status report.I would like to remove the below alert. here you can see that primary server [Server01\Insta1].[DB01] is already have a good...
View ArticleMsg 3201, Level 16, State 2, Line 2
Hi All,Below error occurred while restoring a database from network/nas drive. This backup was taken from different machine and I am restoring on different machine.Msg 3201, Level 16, State 2, Line...
View ArticleSQL Server Always on Availability
Test environment:Just we took backup of master database from PRODUCTION (Always On) server then restored on QA server. All DB's showing Recovery Pending. Now i want to delete all databases on QA. But...
View ArticleCan I used mount point with AlwaysOn
Hi,I have windows failover cluster with 10 database drives due the nature of the design. I need to migrate to AlwaysOn which is fine? Can I take benefits of mount point after configure AlwaysOn.Thanks...
View ArticleQuestion on simple mode/ differential backups/checkpoints.
Greetings. I've been a DBA for a while and am really shocked I've never thought of/ encountered this scenario, but someone just asked me and I didn't know the answer. I've also spent some time googling...
View ArticleAvailability group failover it cannot login
Hi,I have some databases on difrent availability groups, using two hosts.When i do a failver to the other host, it gives the user login failed.When i go to the secondary server and connect directly...
View ArticleAlwaysOn vs. Traditional Failover Cluster
Hi all -I am in the process of evaluating AlwaysOn and had a question on its use. From what I have read, it sounds like AlwaysOn is only useful when you don't have shared storage (e.g. two data centers...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Clustering
Hi,I am looking for SQL Server 2012 4-Node clustering technical document or case studies.Please help me in this regard. Because next week we are planning to implement for one of our customer.
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn for Multi-subnet geographical HA solution steps --...
1.Can any one provide the detailed steps for multi-subnet HA for Always ON Groups. --SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn for Multi-subnet geographical HA solution steps 2.Do we need VLAN or not for SQL Server...
View ArticleCan I Load Balace a file share witness?
Hi,I got AlwaysOn Availability Group working with a file share witness.The file share reside on a server in my network, hence it's a single point of failure.Can I put a load balancer endpoint for the...
View ArticleBackup of AlwaysOn Replicated databases - monitoring
Hi, wondering if anyone have the same experience, after backing up the databases on node 1, i can check last backup time on that node, and it says the time i ran that backup. When i check the same on...
View ArticleSql cluster with Always on
HiI have 2 sites Ho & DRI have 2 sql servers in each siteI need to make on each site sql cluster and between the 2 sites we need to make always onplease need the steps for this scenarioMCP MCSA...
View ArticleError when create listener - thespecified IP Address 'IP' is not valid in the...
Hi...I'm able to configure AlwaysOn and all things are great.I have a problem only when create a listener , I have two node in same data center (SQLP1,SQLP2) and one in DR data center (SQLD1) SQLP1 +...
View ArticleWhat are steps to complete switchover to DR site using AlwaysOn - Async for...
Hi ...I'm configuring now AlwaysOn and I saw a limit support on some DBs which prevent from an automatic failover to DR site. My question, Some supported DBs like contents are fine but what are...
View ArticleExpand/Extend disk in SQL 2014 AAG running on VMware
I created a 2-node AAG in vSphere 5.5 running Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL 2014 and noticed when I tried to increase the data drive (non-boot volume) the newly allocated VM disk space is reflected...
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 ArticleAlways on Availability Group fails over while rebooting DR nodes of AG/cluster
Hi, I posted my situation on a similar question in this forum...
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