RBS and Fail Over Cluster with SQL Server 2012
I am trying to install one SQL Server 2012 cluster with two nodes. I will also be enabling Remote Blob Storage (RBS) on server so I was wondering if I need to take something in account while installing...
View ArticleAlways on replica not failover automatically to secondary replica
In my AG group I have one Primary replica and two secondary replicas.One is synchronized and another one is synchronizing . Now my primary replica went down and my environment not got failover to...
View ArticleFailover cluster manager - File share witness majority throws error
Hello EveryoneI created failover cluster for SQL few months back and suddenly from few days, I am getting error on failover cluster manager.When i checked cluster manager, and tried to change quorum...
View ArticleRepair corrupted MDF file for MS SQL 2000
I have got a corrupted mdf which needs to be repaired. Does anyone has got a solution, please.
View ArticleActive-Active Failover Cluster and AlwaysOn AG?
First off before I get badgered, yes I know it is not called active-active but rather multi-instance clustering :).We currently have a couple 2008 R2 A-A clusters and we are putting a plan together to...
View ArticleConfigure another standby server of existing log shipping in sql server 2000
Hi Team, In our production server log shipping configured, but we would like to add another standby server on existing one. could you please guide me how to do without disturbing existing...
View ArticleSQL Server service not comes UP after service pack installation on Passive...
Hi All,Last week we tried to install service pack 2 of SQl server 2008 R2 on one of the our production server. service pack installed with success on Passive node but we initiate manual fail-over it's...
View ArticleCan a Secondary Replica Be Apart of More Than One AG?
I am having a hard time finding an answer to my question.Can a secondary replica be apart of more than one AG?We will have 4 AG's and in each one we are going to have a secondary to run SSRS and SSAS...
View ArticleAdd new shared SAN storage disk on Windows 2008 r2 cluster for SQL Server...
Looks like I've successfully initialized/assigned drive letter & added new SAN disk drive to an existing Windows 2008 r2 cluster (SQL 2008 cluster also installed already up and running) which...
View ArticleRegister SPN for Clustered Instance
Experts,I need some help to register SPN for SQL 2012 cluster instance on WIndows 2012 OS. I am confused with so many names for cluster n instances :(We have two node say SQLNode1 and SQLnode 2 and...
View ArticleRepublishing and Mirroring\Clustering
Hi All, I have four servers with Transactional replication setup as below.Server A->Server B->Server C->Server DNow we need to configure HA at Server A. My question is1)If I mirror Server A...
View ArticleSQL 2008R2 cluster installation on a Windows 2012 Cluster
I am trying to install SQL 2008r2 on a Windows 2012 Cluster. I have gotten all the way to the Cluster Installation Rules check screen, and it is failing on "Windows Server 2003 FILESTREAM Hotfix...
View Articlebest practice for maintenance plans in always on configuration
Hello,I have several SQL2012 Always on configurations and maintenance plans don't work the way I would want them to. Now I am wondering what Microsoft thinks is the best practice for maintenance plans...
View ArticleUninstalling One of the SQL Instance in Active-Active Cluster
Hello Everyone,First of all, thanks for your time for peeking into this. As I am very much new to clustering environment, I would like to have your help here.I have a cluster group having two nodes -...
View ArticleSQL Server + continuous availability + no breakage of existing client...
Hi all,In SQL Server clustering there is a downtime of 3 - 5 mins, wherein the SQL Services have to get started in passive node. Is there a way/solution (possibly using 3rd party products) wherein the...
View Articlesql server 2012, windows 2012 cluster multiple instances and alwayson
We are trying to build a cluster with two nodes running sql server 2012. The primary node will have 4 sql server instances. We plan to use alwayson for all databases for all three instances. My...
View ArticleLog Shipping False 14420 Alerts
Version: SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 StandardI've configured log shipping with following frequency:-Backup: 10 minutes (alert threshold 45 minutes)-Copy: 10 minutes-Restore: 10 minutes (alert threshold 60...
View ArticleHigh memory usage by a process
Hi,on windows 2003 cluster ,we are seeing a process(nimcluster.exe) utilizing 8 GB of memory.Anyone has any idea on what actually is this process?Few of the sql server jobs are failing with below...
View ArticleDatabase Mirroring Suspended - Could not redo log record.
Hi Database Mirroring gets suspended with the following messages on primary and mirror. SQL Version - 2012Edition: Enterprise Primary Error: 1453, Severity: 16, State: 1....
View ArticleError Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF].
Greetings. After a failover SQL Server is unable to live on one of our cluster nodes (can live on the other without issue). I have found this article (as well as many others on the topic), and have...
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