BACKUP LOG suddenly failed with Msg 35250, Level 16, State 11 The connection...
I have AlwaysOn SQL 2012 Enterprise set-up using Windows Failover Clustering Services (not FCI), and have 1 Primary node (P), 1 Synchronous Commit Auto Failover (SC), and 1 Asynchronous Commit Manual...
View ArticleRequest for a READONLY Listener that redirects clients to secondaries
We currently have a 3 node HA cluster, with two nodes in a synchronous configuration and a third at our DR site as Asynchronous. We use one of the secondaries as a read-only copy. Our SSRS...
View ArticleInstalling windows cluster for always on
Hi, I have 2 SQL-VMs with Windows 2008 R2 and SQL 2012 SP1. I want to create a windows failover cluster with a file share in one of my SQL servers to configure always-on. Could you please suggest me a...
View ArticleAlways On Error
The redo logs synchronization rate for the ABCD-Secondary replica has reduced to 483 KB/s. on XYZ-Primary.What does this alert mean?
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Hello,I am using SQL 2012 SE with clustering on Windows server 2008 R2. Now I want migrate it to windows server 2012 with minimal down time. So I want to evict the passive node and add a new node with...
View ArticleCan not uninstall SQL server 2012 and remove failover cluster too
Hi I want to uninstall sql server , the error said I have to remove the cluster node . from sql setup.exe from maintenance I try to remove it , but it couldn't fine any instance to remove , and again...
View ArticleReg service pack installation in failover cluster
Hi Guys,I want to install service pack 3 to my SQL Server 2012 Enterprise running on windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise fail over cluster, I read about the SP installation in technet, its mentioned that...
View ArticleLog File size growing too big need to truncate in SQL Server 2012 with...
Hello, I want to truncate my sharepoint config database and WSS_Logging database logs the size of sharepoint_config database is growing at a pace of ~10GB every week. I have scheduled a weekly full...
View Articledisaster recovery on loss of a data drive, SQL 2008 R2
I am looking for some advice on how to deal with loss of a drive containing user databases. There is some storage work upcoming that has a low risk of drive failure, but I want to know how to deal...
View ArticleLog Shipping - Copying older TRN logs - Correct or not?
Setup log shipping from an Australian SQL2008R2 server to a UK SQL2012 server. With the time involved to copy the large backup file across a WAN link, we end up with around 2 days of log backups since...
View ArticleDoes SQL Azure provide handle automatic failover when geo-replicated?
We have a geo-replicated database in SQL Azure (Premium) and are wondering if we are pointing to the South Central US database that is the master, if that goes down do we have to manually change our...
View Articleconfiguration option 'user options' changed from 0 to 0
Hello,I'm trying to execute backup job on secondary replica on clustered server(with HA) and I getting the error:execution failed see the maintenance plan and sql server agent job history logs for...
View Articlet-sql to list out sql jobs failing from two weeks
Hi,I need a sql script for list of sql agent jobs that have been failing from the past two weeks. I just need a simple sql script.Thanks in advance
View ArticleSQL 2012 AOAG sync with Secondary DB
We have a SQL AG configured with 3 servers. 1 Server is on Azure Cloud and 2 are On Prem. The one on Azure is the Primary DB [Copy]. The copies on On Prem are secondary.Databases are more than 6 TB in...
View ArticleGraceful Shutdown of a 7 node Failover Cluster
We have a 7 node Failover cluster. The servers that contain these 7 node are physically being moved to a new data center. Could anyone please suggest us the best practice on how to GRACEFULLY SHUTDOWN...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 AllwaysOn replication
Hello all,I have some doubts about a SQL WSFC+AllwaysOn implementation. (Win2012R2 + SQL Server 2012)MY configs:Server A :192.168.1.10 for service and 192.168.2.10 for allwayson replicationServer B...
View ArticleAvailability Group Transaction log issue
We're having an issue with an AG where the the log backup does not appear to truncate the log. symptomsRun full backupRun transaction log backupDBCC Loginfo shows all VLFs with a status of...
View ArticleMaximum number of databases that are supported in AlwaysOn?
Hi All,I believe to configure maximum number of replicas it is required to have 5 nodes (1 Primary & 4 Secondary replicas). But how many databases can be included in one availability group, it...
View ArticleMove SQL Server Cluster to new Hardware
Dear Gurus,We have two physical servers having SQL Server 2008 EE Active/Passive Cluster. We have got another set of physical server and want to move our SQL Server environment to these new servers....
View ArticleAlwaysOn
Hi guys, Quick one... I need to change the authentication mode from 'windows' to mixed, its a 4-node participating in alwayson... Will this brake/impact alwayson in any way? I know I have to restart...
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