how to Shrink LDF On the Always-On environment
Please help I have problems with large ldf size, condition database connected to AG / AlwaysOn. Connected database there are 4 including secondary and primary replica. The problems found in production...
View ArticleSQL Server and Ransomware?
Hi,This may not be the correct forum for this question but I figured it is related to disaster recovery so why not start here.With all the hubbub about ransomware in the news lately it made me wonder,...
View ArticleSQL Alwayson Availability group
We already have SQL 2012 alwayson availability databases with 2 servers in one location. Now I added another server which is in a different location to the availability group, this server will be our...
View ArticleAlwyasOn
Hi All, I have some question about Always on availability group 1) Is AG is instance level or database level? 2) What will happen when only 1 Db went suspect mode which participating alwyasON (automtic...
View ArticleDatabase Snapshot for Reporting
Hello,I read somewhere that we can access a database snapshot through the passive node in a cluster. How do we go about it? We are trying to use the database snapshot, as a snapshot in time of the...
View ArticleAlways on Configuration setup
hi, I need to setup Always on with 3 nodes locally and one node remotely .1. what type of storage requirement and do we need (shared or individual mounted storage )2. assume my DB size is 600GB. how...
View ArticleReplication for AlwaysOn
Here is the setup that we used for the Replication of the AlwaysOn:Servers for AlwaysOn:server1AlwaysOn – Original Publisher<u5:p></u5:p>server2AlwaysOn– Publisher...
View ArticleAlwaysOn - ReadOnly Routing list issue
Hi,I wanna configure a ReadOnly Routing list into my AlwaysOn Lab (I have 2 nodes), All readonly connection will going to SQLNODE2.My T-SQL:ALTER AVAILABILITY GROUP AGMODIFY REPLICA ON...
View ArticleRemove an instance from SQL 2008 R2 cluster
I need to uninstall DB1 from a 2 nodes, active-active SQL 2018 R2 cluster. Instance1 on DB1. Instance2 on DB2From what I have gathered, I need to move Instance2 to DB1, then run the SQL setup.exe to...
View ArticleSetting up availability groups for Always on
Hi!I'm trying to create an availability group (with 1 test database) on SQL 2012 SP2.I get the following error: Creating availability group listener resulted in an error....
View ArticleError 13 from ResourceControl for resource Disk Drive while adding cluster disk
Hi,I have a drive mounted at C:\mountpoint\Kdrive. C:\ is not a cluster disk. I am trying to use Cluster API to add this disk to the cluster but it fails with the following...
View ArticleRemoved SQL 2012 AV group leaves phantom processes consuming large amounts of...
Hi,I have been experiencing performance degradation on some production servers that previously were part of a SQL 2012 High availability Group.I recently used a small window of opportunity to test the...
View ArticleDatabase Mirroring Question
Hi!,I have a Production instance which contains a database which is mirrored to a DR instance (no witness).If I shut down the secondary instance for a couple of hours what happens when I bring it up...
View Articlehow to configure static TCP port for named instance of SQL server 2012 which...
Hi all,we got 2 node active-passive cluster for our prod boxes(SQL 2012), as we got multiple instances they are running on TCP dynamic ports(named instance) now we need to change it to static TCP port....
View ArticleHow to restore/recover MSSQL logs after restore of an MSSQL VSS-HW Snapshot?
Hi.I am scheduling VSS HW based snapshots of my MSSQL database and log files. This makes it possible to restore a previous version of my MSSQL database very quickly.However I am also running...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Clustering - Prerequisite and Checklist
Hi,I want install and setup SQL Server 2012 Active/Passive clustering (Database Engine, SQL Agent, Reporting Service, Integration Service, Full Text Service, Analysis Service).I am aware about some of...
View ArticleRestoring a database with replace which is configured with transaction...
Hi All,Can we do restore with replace on a database which is already configured with replication. If it is possible, will there be any effect on existing replication set up.With Regards,Ram
View ArticleHow to differentiate SQL VSS (volume shadow copy) backups ?
Hello, on our server on which SQL Server works, we have two database backups performed every day - both are VSS backups. One comes from CPM tool that is used to make volumes backup (volumes which...
View ArticleProblem in recognizing the newly plugged in Drive to the server ( SQL...
Hi ,The SQL Server instance cannot recognize the newly plugged in drive in the physical server. That is an active active cluster server, where in the sql instance cannot recognize , inspite of...
View ArticleHow to configue DR setup for Analysis Service DB
Hi,I have setup SQL Server 2012 Active/Passive clustering at DC and Log shipping between DC and DR (Standalone). Please let me know whether there any technique like log shipping to configure DR for...
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