SQL 2012 Log Shipping Fail-over
Hi all,I've set up log shipping between two SQL 2012 servers in No Recovery mode.In the secondary server, all the DBs are in Restoring status.Now I want to learn the process to fail-over to the...
View ArticleWhat might cause a SQL log backup to throw this error??
DESCRIPTION: The operating system returned the error '32(The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.)' while attempting 'DeleteFile' on...
View ArticleAlways on - Create a database on the secondary replica for availability group
Hi, I have a huge database which needs to be added to the availability group.The documented way to perform this issue is BACKUP and RESTORE - in huge databases it consumes a lot of time.Is there...
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View ArticleUrgent: Ask your advice!
Hi all, We have SQl 2012 always on configured on 4 nodes (2 physical and 2 virtual) on a different subnet only one instance. somehow, cluster failovered quite often. always point to physical node...
View ArticleHow to force clean the previous cluster details
Hello,As our domain changed, I have to move my own test virtual machines from one domain to another, and updated the server name, now when I tried to install new cluster, I got below error:Node...
View Articlehow to perform SQL Server Database Backup Retention Periods?
For the best practice I issued full SQL Server database, differential and transaction log backups. I have setup a process to backup to local disks and then also copy the files to a centralized set of...
View ArticleSQL 2012 AlwaysOn
There are 34 share-point databases we are planning to migrate from 2008 R2 to 2012 Always on.Existing 2008 R2 environment is standalone. No HA/DR setup. But we are planning for HA/DR setup at 2012...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 Cluster - SPN Issue
Dear All, I am trying to setup a 2-Node SQL 2008 Cluster on Windows 2008R2 (64-bit) using the sliptstream (SP3). I am getting the following error in the end: The cluster resource 'SQL Server' could not...
View ArticleAlways on availability listener with multiple IP addresses for SharePoint 2013
HelloI think theres something I'm missing about AG listeners. My test config is 1 SharePoint WFE & 2 SQL servers configured in an AAG.WFE, SQL1 & SQL2 servers are all on the same subnet.On the...
View ArticleCan you setup Always On Availability group between 2 separate SQL Clusters
I have an active passive cluster on my primary Data center in NY and have a DR Active / passive SQL Cluster in TX. These are two separate clusters in the same domain using the same SQL server...
View ArticleCan you setup Always On Availability group between 2 separate SQL Clusters
I have an active passive cluster on my primary Data center in NY and have a DR Active / passive SQL Cluster in TX. These are two separate clusters in the same domain using the same SQL server...
View ArticleSharePoint Database Run out Space in a AlwaysOn Availability Group
I have a situation where I have two servers in SQL Server 2012 R2 AlwaysOn Availability Group. One is primary and the other one being secondary. I am only running SharePoint Database on it.Problem: I...
View ArticleSeveral AG for one SharePoint farm, how many listeners ?
Hello,I have to install several AG on a cluster for a whole SharePoint production farm, it's a nice to have (1 AG for Search database, 1 AG for Profil database, 1 AG for Content database, 1 for...
View ArticleConnecting to Availability Group Listners in a different subnet.
Hello Everyone, I have a web server that is on our DMZ subnet and I have a sql 2014 database server with Always on Availability Groups that is on our internal domain subnet. The failover cluster...
View ArticleBackup of AlwaysOn Replicated databases - monitoring
Hi, wondering if anyone have the same experience, after backing up the databases on node 1, i can check last backup time on that node, and it says the time i ran that backup. When i check the same on...
View ArticleHow to backup SQL Raw Data only with just Views and Tables
Hello all, First off thank you all for your patience as I am not a DB Guy. I am an Infrastructure Engineer. I have been given a problem to find a solution for and I'd love to get your input on this....
View ArticleQuestions on Always on AvailabilityGroups on Fail over
I have Configured always on Availability groups between Server 1 Primary Replica(Active), server 2 Secondary Replica(Passive) on top of WCFS...Listener Name: AGListner( CLIENTS/APPLICATIONS connect...
View ArticleSQL Server Database Pseudo-Simple Recovery Model
I have heard aboutpseudo-simple where database behaves like it is in SIMPLE recovery model until a full database backup is taken. So, how can I check if my database is in full recovery model?
View ArticleLog shipping Primary Backup path change
Good Day all,I want to redirect the logshipping primary backup folder to another drive, could some one suggest me how to change the configurations steps to move the primary logship folder to another...
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