Hi Team,
We have SQL Failover 2 node cluster at primary and 1 node standalone SQL at DR. I am trying to configure AG between SQL failover cluster in Primary and DR .
My Database is running on node 1 as active and created AG successfully. If i go to AG property it seems Only node 1 of SQL cluster is enabled as owner. In this case , do we need to enable SQL node 2 as owner manually?
So if node 1 is down, SQL DBs will move to node 2 in primary, but just wondering if we don't enable node 2 as owner, how would AG replication work if AG group will become offline?
Any suggestions, How AG is dealt with replication in SQL FCI? if node 1 is down and node 2 is not owner for AG resource group?
It is bit confusing since my understanding is that if node 1 is down, AG group (with its resources) should failover to node 2 and AG replication should resume between primary DC (through node 2) and DR SQL (secondary replica).
I am referring to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff929171(v=sql.120).aspx and the article says
"You can set up a second layer of failover at the server-instance level by implementing SQL Server failover clustering together with the WSFC cluster. An availability replica can be hosted by either a standalone instance of SQL Server or an FCI instance. Only one FCI partner can host a replica for a given availability group. When an availability replica is running on an FCI, the possible owners list for the availability group will contain only the active FCI node."
What will happen to the AG synchronization if node 1/active FCI node is down in FCI and instance move to node 2? Will AG will some online on node 2 and replication will resume between Primary and secodary????
Any pointers will be appreciated. Thanks
Regards