is backup utility 2003 effective on open sql 2005
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Dear Friends,We are facing issue with SQL Server 2012 Availability Groups Listener. Please find below details.Two server with Windows Sever 2008 R2 Enterprise - Clustering Services 1) Server A...
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Hi ,I ran into the following error when trying to install sql server 2008 cluster (node 1) on windows 2008The resource failed to come online due to the failure of one or more provider resources....
View ArticleFull SQLBACKUP using PowerShell fails on $backup.SQLBackup()
HiI am logged on to one of the live app servers ( as this has SQL Management studio)I am trying back up one of the active db server instances## Full + Log Backup of MS SQL Server databases/span> ##...
View ArticleSQL AOAG -- Not able to failover automatically.
Hello,I have created a SQL Server 2012 Always on Availability Group with 2 nodes. I can failover manually.in the properties of the AG I can see that the Availability Mode is Synchronous Commit and the...
View ArticleWhy do i get this error…“*** Error: Could not apply log backup file...
I have configured log shipping for all our SharePoint 2010. All worked well since Friday and today Monday I ran this querySELECT*FROM[msdb].[dbo].[sysjobhistory]WHERE[message]like'%Operating system...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Always on groups fail over
All,I'm in the process of evaluating SQL always on availability groups. Aside from replication, the one aspect I've been testing is failure scenarios. So far everything I'm concerned about causes a...
View ArticleClustering issues
Hi Team, I have few queries on Clustering concepts and below are the queries, 1) What is the structual difference between sql server cluster 2005 and sql server cluster 2008? 2) Steps for...
View ArticleLog Shipping secondary won't go to Standby / Read-only
I am setting up log shipping. To initialize the secondary, I restored the database from a full backup, then resotred several transaction log backups using WITH NORECOVERY.Then I set up Log Shipping...
View ArticleBy Passing Availability Group Listeners in Azure since AG listeners are not...
Hi,I implemented HA in SQL Server via SQLAlwaysON availability group in 2 node SQL server 2012 WSFC cluster. Fail-over is working fine for me when i am viewing it from SSMS dashboard.Problem arises...
View Articlelog shipping
Hi all,what is the process when log file is full in secondary database in log shipping or database mirroring..?
View ArticleQuestion on AOAG Listeners
Hi,In my organization stretching of subnet over VLAN is strictly prohibited and not allowed. So if I configure a LISTERNER .. and I failover my AOAG to a node running in another data center. I cannot...
View ArticleSQL server 2008 R2, 2 node cluster, cluster fails over to each node, other...
Hello gurus,I created a 2 node failover Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster for SQL Server 2008 R2. If I shut SQL server B, the the failover takes place, the service and application move to the SQL server...
View ArticleFilegroup Backups
Hello -I have a database that consists of audit data that is contained on separate filegroups for each year. What I want to do is backup the primary and then filegroup for 2013 data. This backup will...
View ArticleSQL instance failing due tempdb space issues
Ok,This is my last resource, prior opening an actual case with Microsoft. I've researched and looked everywhere without finding any possible explanation, so I am crossing my fingers I will here.1st, I...
View ArticleVERY SIMPLE Clustering question ... more like replying who ownes it SQL or...
I know the answer to this question but I am hoping to get some high level folks to chime in and confirm my question for folks I need to relay back to.The question is ... is Clustering part of SQL...
View Articlemirroring
Hi all,How Transaction Logs are copied from Principal server to Mirror server in Database mirroring?
View ArticleDoes new SQL instance need another avaibility group with new listner?
Hello EveryoneI have default SQL 2012 instance with sharepoint databases. There is one Avaibility group with listerner.Now i am going to install powerpivot instance on SQL for sharepoint 2013. Do i...
View ArticleSetting up availability group listener in security-constrained environment
I am attempting to set up an availability group for a client. This AG is on two subnets and is composed of three nodes. Problems are arising attempting to create an availability group.I have a...
View ArticleDoes having a space in the database name affect VSS backups on SQL 2012?
This is apparently a known VSS issue with having a space in the DB name on SQL 2005/2008 (see KB article# 2014054). Does anybody know whether this is supposed to apply to SQL 2012 as well?
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