SQL 2005 Cluster
Hi,I have 2 SQL 2005 database servers setup in a cluster and they both have the following: SQL Server Management Studio 9.00.3042.00 and .Net Framework 2.0.50727.42, I am planning to update the .Net...
View Article3 node cluster with 1 vInstance. vInstance can not to fail-over to one...
I have a 3 node cluster all running Windows Server 2008 R2. Roughly once a month I see my vInstance become degraded and attempt to fail-over. Everything is good as long as it fail-over to SQL01 or...
View ArticleWhere to place witness server for SQL mirroring using high-safety and...
We have 2 data centers, site 1 and site 2. Site 1 is generally our primary, and site 2 is our Disaster Recovery (DR) site. I want to setup a SQL instance to have extremely high availability....
View ArticleSQL Cluster + high-safety, synchronous mirroring?
Very simple question. Is it possible to have a SQL cluster at site 1, another SQL cluster at site 2 (for DR) and have the 2 sites synchronously replicate to one another using high-safety mirroring?...
View ArticleDataBase unavailable and Mirrored Db role has chnaged.
Hello All,We got below errors in our principal and Mirror db servers.1) The mirroring connection to "TCP://servername.domain.com:5022" has timed out for database "Db name" after 10 seconds without a...
View ArticleDR Solution Using FCI with SIOS DataKeeper
I've already seen a few discussions touching on this topic of DR solution using DataKeeper to perform block level replication to a DR site hundreds of miles away from the primary data center. Even...
View ArticleUninterrupted availability of data in SQL Server
I'm trying to solve a problem my company has in its data warehouse of data availability. We have dozens of transactional databases in production from which we pull data to create a cache of data that...
View ArticleAlways-on High Availability issue
Hi,I have configured Always-on high availability on Windows Cluster server and it is working fine on both cluster the nodes.But while Connecting to SQL Server from third machine within a domain using...
View Articlelogshippin backup job failed
Hi team,Logshipping backups jobs failed ERROR :2012-11-22 05:40:21.52 *** Error: Could not retrieve backup settings for primary ID...
View ArticleERROR "An exception has been raised that is likely due to a transient...
Application team is receiving the following error message when applications try to connect through the Availablity Group Listener using readonly parameter: "An exception has been raised that is likely...
View ArticleFail-over time difference between 2 node active/passive FCI cluster, and...
I am trying to think of different ways to build a highly available SQL instance, and have been mulling over different options. How much time difference is there during failover between a pretty...
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 ArticleT-SQL Code to backup database with multiple files - Syntax error
Hello,I'm trying to backup a database into multiple files but I'm getting a syntax error.Here is the code:declare @DBName varchar(100) declare @DBFileName varchar(256) declare @FolderName varchar(256)...
View ArticleIssues enabling AlwaysON in SQL Server 2014 Standard
Hi I am trying to configure AlwaysOn and having issues enabling in SQL Server configuration managerOS : Windows Server 2012 R2SQL : SQL Server 2014 Standard EditionHere is what i see in config manager...
View ArticleMigrate Data from one SAN to other in AlwaysON configuration with no/minimal...
Team,There is a requirement to move the current DBs from existing SAN to new IBM SAN disks. I have outlined the below steps. Request you to please add your inputs/challenges/risks.This is in Always ON...
View ArticleAlways On Virtual Labs
Getting below error while working on Microsoft Virtual Lab:https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabsSystem Name : SQL Two"unable to save the alwayson high availability settings return code...
View ArticleSQL maintenance plan on Primary and secondary server
We have setup Hi Availability group on SQL 2012.As usual i have created backup maintenance plan in Primary and secondary server with 2 tasks i.eBackup maintenance TaskMaintenance cleanup taskThen i...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 - Wat Is The Best Solution For Creating a Read Only...
Hi there I was wondering if someone may have a best recommendation for the following requirement I have with regards setting up a third database server for reporting?Current SetupSQL Server 2012...
View ArticleAlways on Availability groups using static SQL Tcp Port
Hi, I have 2 SQL 2012 servers in my DMZ and I have assigned SQL to run on a static TCP Port. I would like to setup Always On availability groups on the servers but I cannot get the failover to work...
View ArticleSQL Server Database - Transaction logs growing largely with Simple Recovery...
Hello,There is SQL server database on client side in production environment with huge transaction logs.Requirement : 1. Take database backup2. Transaction log backup is not required. - so it is set to...
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