Question about adding drives to a SQL cluster as a dependency
Recently we added new drives to our 2008 R2 64 bit SQL cluster to replace old ones. The process went well and we were able to bring everything back online fairly quickly using the new drives....
View ArticleAlwaysOn and Witness
We currently have a three-node cluster used by AlwaysOn.We plan on decreasing from three-nodes to two-nodes.Should a disk witness be configured for the cluster in case of one of the nodes is down?We...
View ArticleAdding new drives
Hello,I am using SQL 2012 SE using a 2 node cluster and are in the process of upgrading to a new SAN from existing ones. I have the backed up the databases and scripted out logins and agent jobs and...
View ArticleAlwyasOn Automatic Failover
Does sql server 2016 support more than 2 automatic failvoer targets in alwayson?I knew that SQL 2012/2014 maximum support 2.
View ArticleSCHEDULING DIFFERENT BACKUPS
Hi,I would like to plan a disaster recovery method, apart from scheduling full both full\differential backups will taking T-LOG backups help me with this?This is the schedule that I would like to...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 slow Cluster
Hello,I am using SQL Server 2012 SE and we just upgraded the SAN from SAS to SSD. The migration was smooth but we are noticingfailover time has increased drastically (from less than 30 seconds with SAS...
View ArticleDatabase is Not Synchronizing/Suspect on the secondary server
I am running scripts to partition two tables. The database is a part of a high availability group. Normally I would remove the database from the high availability group, change the recovery mode to...
View ArticleCluster IP address resource ‘Cluster IP Address’ cannot be brought online...
HI All,We are getting the below issue when fail over from one node to another node . what may cause.Cluster IP address resource ‘Cluster IP Address’ cannot be brought online because the cluster network...
View ArticleSQL SERVER CLUSTER INSTANCE ISSUE
WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT SQL SERVER cluster INSTANCE LOCALLY BUT NOT REMOTELY WHAT IS ISSUE .Could you please help.
View ArticleListener port for AG for DR
Hi Team, I have WSFC cluster in main site and DR . We have SQL Cluster in Main site and individual/standalone SQL in DR (windows node is part of WSFC). SQL Servers multiple instances to support...
View ArticleHow to prevent automatic failover with active-active nodes when cluster...
Hi All,We have 2 nodes windows 2008 cluster, both nodes are active, 3 SQL 2005 instances were running on Node1 and 2 SQL 2005 instances were running on Node2, and both nodes can do failover...
View ArticleMount points vs CSV disks in SQL clusters
HelloI am trying to overcome the 26 character limitation when trying to place multiple SQL Instances in a Windows cluster.I know mount points is the solution for this, and have few questions:Will mount...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 Cluster/Integration Services
Hi. I have a 2-node SQL 2008 R2 cluster on W2K12 R2 -- CLNODEA and CLNODEB. It's been a while since I set up Integration Services -- as I recall, I simply installed SSIS on both nodes. My question...
View ArticleAOAG across subnets
So, I understand the concepts of the AOAG, and I have it configured as DC1: Primary / Replica 1 Sync automatic FailoverDC2: Replica 2 - Async Manual Failover DC3: File share witness. I added both IPs...
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Availability Groups - Migrating Secondary to a new server without taking...
Hello,I have to migrate my DR server to a bigger box so I already installed the server on the remote datacenter and now I have to add it into the AG. this server will replace the old secondary.Is there...
View ArticleDifferential Backup fails in SQL Server Failover Cluster Enviornment
Hello,I have setup Failover cluster on SQL Server 2014 which working fine. Then I implement backup strategy. It is also working fine.But after failover only last differential backup (which is occurred...
View ArticleMirroring problem with Principal @ 2014 and Mirror @ 2016
If I haven't changed the code...not 100% sure ... this process used to work, but it is not working now.Perhaps a SQL Server SP update code might have changed the restore process.Here is the...
View ArticleRestore log with norecovery always reporting "processed 0 pages"
Hi, I'm restoring a database on a SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition using a full backup and several log backups. There are a total of 46 files in the database: the primary data file, 44 secondary...
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SQL Server 2014 on a New Failover Cluster
Hi All,We have to perform sql 2014 installation on two node cluster environment. After installation we have to configure SQL Alwayson.My question is:During installation (in below wizard), we have to...
View Article2way data flow solution
I need both read/write operation from primary and secondary server.apart from transaction replication with updatable subscription, do we have any other option available. is there any solution which can...
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