unable to failover the services in active-active cluster node
Hi,i am applying the sp2 patch for sql server 2008 r2 in active-active cluster, we have 3 services in the cluster , node 1 as 2 prefered owner and node 2 as 1 prefered owner, when i try to move the...
View ArticleSQL Cluster on Windows 2012 R2 and SQL 2014
Hi, hopefully I've got the right forum. I've been watching stuff from teched. I want to install SQL server, in cluster mode, on a failover cluster that has 4 physical nodes and a number of VM's, on...
View ArticleHow to Apply Windows (OS) Updates to Failover Clusters Hosting SQL Server...
If I am running a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster with SQL Server Always on Availability groups how am I supposed to apply Windows Updates to the cluster nodes?CAU is explicity not supported and...
View ArticleConvert SQL 2012 standalone to Always on
Hi,I have a production SQL 2012 server with one database. Is it possible to convert that to two node always on cluster? What will happen to the existing database residing in that server? Please...
View ArticleEvent 5244 during Repair_Rebuild
Hey all. I am totally stuck here. Using SQL Server 2008 ver 10.0.6000I have a database we are trying to run DBCC CHECKDB Repair_Rebuild on but continue to get message:Repair (rebuild) failed: Repair...
View ArticleRead only DNS listener failover automation from primary to secondary
Ok...so here is the requirement. I have a 2 node cluster with 2 standalone 2k14 instances having alwayson setup. As per client requirement we have created a client access point with a cname alias in...
View ArticleMerge Replication
Hello Experts,we are using sql server 2008 R2 on three different servers, which are configured with merge replication, and are working fine.Due to one requirement, i added two new tables to the...
View ArticleAlwaysOn
Hi,I having some confusion while i refer different web sites regards to number of replicas in SQL 2012/2014,1. 2012= (1Primary+3Secondaries) OR 2012= (1Primary+4Secondaries)2. 2014=...
View ArticleDelete database that's stuck in restoring mode
Hi,one of the databases got stuck in restoring mode. I want to delete that without stopping sql service. I tried detaching and then deleting the physical files but didn't work. It just came back. I...
View ArticleSQL SERVER Failover Clustering
I want to Learn SQL SERVER Failover Clustering 2008 , plz provide documentation
View ArticleMultiple SQL Server Instances and MSDTC / AGs usage
Hello, We are in the planning stages of migrating from SQL Server 2008R2 to 2012 to be running on Windows Server 2012, and I have a question about MSDTC, Availability Groups and multiple sql instances...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 AlwaysON Monitoring using SCOM
Team,We have SCOM deployed and is serving as a monitoring solution for our SQL Estate. However I want some pointers to monitor the health of DBs within Avaialibility Group like DB Sync, log queue etc....
View ArticlePlan to move database to cluster
Hi Experts,We are in need to move to database " venkat" to the cluster without having to re-initialize it's secondaries in log shipping.What we plan to do is--- we can Log Ship from "Venkat" database...
View ArticleMSDTC set up in SQL Server 2008 failover cluster
Hi Guys,I am in the process of setting up failover cluster using SQL Server 2008 (64Bit) Enterprise on Windows Server 2008 R2 (64Bit) I have completed almost all the works but I got few questions...
View ArticleIssues with AlwaysOn High Availability
I am facing below issues while working with High Availability Group* While executing PowerShell script as described in below link, getting error...
View Articleusing an instance in a failover cluster as a witness server
Firstly I absolutely hate the idea of doing this with a passion . . . and then some, in my mind a witness server should have as few if not zero dependencies on any other SQL Server HA technology as...
View ArticleSQL Clustering
Hi,Can anyone please tell me the steps for making an active node to a passive node in a Windows SQL cluster ?I am trying to turn an active node to a passive node, but I could not find any options....
View ArticleScheduled job routes to Primary in AG automatically?
Hello!We have a new setup of SQL Server 2014 running 12.0.2430. We have two servers that are set up in AlwaysOn High Availability, which are hosting a database in an AG with a valid listener....
View ArticleSQL cluster logs
Hi,1. Where to check and debug SQL server cluster error logs and windows cluster logs in 2005/2008 R2/2012/2014?2.What is the main difference between sql server 2012 and 2014 clustering?
View Articlequestion for the restoring backuped transaction logs
Suppose there is a a full database backup, and 10000 transaction log backup files.Then I restore the full database , restore the transaction logs backup, when restore the X-th transaction log, the...
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