AlwaysOn Availability Groups
We are starting to evaluate AlwaysOn, and I was curious to get some feedback from folks about how much maintenance this adds. Meaning, if we were to move an instance from a traditional failover cluster...
View ArticleSQL Server instance monitoring tool for Disaster Recovery
Hello Friends,I'm looking new software to monitor SQL Server instance for Disaster Recovery. We had software called Double-Take, but we don't like that much and we are looking something batter then...
View ArticleWhat is HADR SEEDING TEST database in High availability server?
Hi All,Our servers belongs to HA. Now, we could see a db like "HADR SEEDING TEST" has been created in our server.We don't know when was it created. How is it getting created and what is it? Will it...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Restore Best Practices
HelloWhen restoring a DB involved in an AAG what's the best practice method? Would it be:1. Evict the DB from the AAG2. Restore on the primary node (either over write former DB or delete it)3. Delete...
View ArticleSQL Server Instance Replicating Tool for Disaster Recovery Site
Hello Friends,I'm looking new software to replicate SQL Server instance to Disaster Recovery site. We had software called Double-Take, but we don't like that much and we are looking something batter...
View ArticleSQL SERVER Failover Cluster switch failure because the passive node...
I switch the sql server resource group to the standby node , when the disk resource ready bring online in the passive node ,then occur exception. because the original dependency disk resource the drive...
View ArticleMultiple Instance Failover Cluster - SQL 2012
Hello,I am trying to find some information regarding multiple instance failover cluster on SQL 2012, but can't seem to find much and definitely not something that will answer my questions.Namely these...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Availability groups listener not fully supported in azure?
I saw a few articles on TechNet which indicates that Availability groups are fully supported in azure, all you need is some hotfix and then configure a listener with an ip address which VMs from other...
View ArticleNew to Availabilty Groups and cannot get backups to work
I tried to use SSMS 2014 maintenance plans to backup databases I am testing in an Availability group. I am failing badly. I have the Availability Groups set to "Prefer Secondary" on both the primary...
View ArticleReadonly Routing Issue: Listener not connecting to primary when replica down
Error Message:Unable to access the 'T' database because no online secondary replicas are enabled for read-only access. Check the availability group configuration to verify that at least one secondary...
View ArticleSQL 2014 Clustered with CSV
I just built up a test two node clustered environment with Server 2012R2. Everything seems to be functioning, however, the default file paths seem inaccessible within SQL tools. Meaning, if I try to...
View ArticleHow to restore AlwaysOn Database
Would anyone have official documentation or know the official way to restore a database that is part of a Availability Group on SQL 2012 ? Why is this information not avail on official SQL...
View ArticleMigration from FCI (Shared Storage) to AlwaysOn (Local Disk)
Hello,I have two nodes configured with FCI ( Old technology not AlwaysOn FCI) with shared storage. I would like to change it ti become AlwaysOn availability group with local disk.No database mirroring...
View Article[Solved] Readonly Routing Issue: Listener not connecting to primary when...
Error Message:Unable to access the 'T' database because no online secondary replicas are enabled for read-only access. Check the availability group configuration to verify that at least one secondary...
View ArticleHow to enable high availability on SQL Server 2005 with Windows Server 2008...
Dear Folks,I would like to ask you about this thing. I'm working for IT department for bank in Myanmar. Our bank have up to 96 branches across all of Myanmar including H.O. We are using Microsoft SQL...
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 ArticleCNO showing false information
I am testing SQL 2012 sp2, 2 node high availability configuration. Configuration is set for manual failover. After a failover each node performs as expected. On primary node database goes from...
View ArticleAlways On and Availability Groups
Hi all, I have been tasked with creating AG's and Always On for our SQL Server Infrastructure. My infrastructure is as below; 1. 14 SQL Instances 2. Over 30 Databases 3. All these are on two VM's. My...
View ArticleMany VLFs in high availability database
Hi,I have a database in high availability mode with a Log file of 16GB. Running DBCC SQLPERF (LOGSPACE) reveals that only 0.03% of the file is used. So I'd like to shrink the file. I performed full and...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Log Shipping error 14261
I have two servers and I had log shipping working but could not add any additional databases to the process. I deleted all the log shipping and I am still unable to add the databases back to the log...
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