Databases in restoring state
All the databases on one server are in restoring state. I think someone set it up this way. But I don't see any mirroring, alwayson or transaction log shipping going on. What could it be?Alan
View ArticleDatabase Endpoint port 5022 activates only while running AG wizard?
Hi Team, I want to know if port 5022 for endpoint between primary and secondary is activated only at certain time? like while configuring AG between primary and secondary replica? or is it...
View Article2 node SQL failover cluster at primary and standalone instance at DR. AG...
Hi Team, We have 2 node SQL failover cluster at primary datacenter and has 1 node SQL standalone instance at DR site. All nodes are part of same WSFC now. I have below queries on setting up the AG...
View ArticleDR design
Hi there, we are thinking over about our DR between two geographical separated sites.In both datacenter run virtual SQL plus a couple of them are physical, the bigger.We have two options, using Always...
View ArticleQuorum Disk in SQL server 2016 AOAG
Hi , Do we need Quorum disk in SQL server 2016 Always on availability groups? We are using 3 nodes and enterprise edition.We are using 3 disks on each server. If we need Quorum What quorum model does...
View Articlereplace of node in SQL Failover Cluster
HelloWe have a 2-node SQL server failover cluster running Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 standard.We need to replace one of the node, with a new server.I am a little uncertain on the...
View Article2016 Availability Groups failing over constantly
We have Availability Groups in 2012, 2014 and now a couple in 2016. The two we have in 2016 failover several times per day. The earlier versions do not. All are on server version Windows 2012R2.In the...
View ArticleSQL Virtual Network Name not connecting
Hi, I have configured two node SQL Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2016 with default instance joined in a domain. I have tested Failover in all possible way and it is working...
View ArticleBACKUP DB FILES TO AZURE
Hi All,I would like to know if it is possible to backup all the database backup filesdirectly to Azure cloud storage, As I am new to Azure storage I'a not sure about the type of storage used.If it is...
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SQL cluster Role Backup IP dependencies
Hi all,i have configured backup IP for sql role and set the below option role properties...can anyone suggest which one is batter or Microsoft recommended option ? "AND" or "OR"
View ArticleMS SQL replication method between the DC and DR
Hi,I'm working on a project to implement a Disaster Recovery Center for a customer with a mission critical that care about data availability.The main DC has been equipped with a redundancy from the the...
View ArticleAlwayson Replica migration
I have to migrate to a new server that is being replicated to. I haven't used Alwayson to migrate. I used to use DNS. How do you do it with ALwayson so that everything points to the new replica?Alan
View ArticleMigration to new server
We are migrating to a new server and I need to know what needs to be done in the failover cluster to make that happen.Alan
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Replace node in cluster
How do I replace a node in a cluster? I have an old server I need to replace with a new one. It is already clustered. I just need to know what I need to do to replace the old one with the new one.Alan...
View ArticleHelp ! - Azure backup failed and locked all the connections to my database
Can anyone help ?The automated backup failed leaving a dead database from the backup process and a production database that no one can connect to as it reports all logins are in use (120)I cant...
View Articlewhy my differential backups are huge in size?
hi all, my live (production) database (very few people use it) of size 5 GB (has got 7 years data) and we scheduled each night 1 differential backup and weekly 1 full backup. "No other backups are...
View ArticleLog shipping has been failing on every weekend.
Hi All,Hope all are doing Good..!!I have three Server's where configured log shipping. Primary and Two are secondary Databases .Network shared location configured with one of the secondary Server drive...
View ArticleReplace of node in SQL Failover Cluster
HelloWe have a 2-node SQL server failover cluster running Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 standard.We need to replace one of the node, with a new server.I am a little uncertain on the...
View ArticleAG is not in sync
Hi experts,After failover to secondary in Availability Group, I can not see it is replicating /sync data back to other secondary now. All looks good and there is no error in dashborad. Any comments??....
View ArticleSQL Always On Backups
When i tried to create backups with maintenance plan wizard for backups in availability group it throws me an error , is it different for databases in availability group oif so what is the way to do...
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