"Select backup devices" hangs after clicking Add button
I'm trying to restore a database using SSMS GUI. In "Select backup devices" window if I click the Add button there the window and the whole process hangs like it will never work.I tried to clear backup...
View Articlenot synchronized
Our regualr DBA is out sick and one of our DBs in SQL2016 AG is showing that the two secondaries are out of synch. I can confirm connectivity by pinging on the AG listener and i think it was a network...
View ArticleCloud Witness and Access Keys
In our company we have a 2 node Cluster using AGs across them in an IaaS setup in Azure. For quorum we are also using a cloud witness.Security have come to me saying they want rotate the Primary...
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Random Cluster Failure
Hi There,I have a 3 node AlwaysOn Availability Group cluster. Each node a has vote for quoum and there is no witness. Node 1 and 2 are in the same data center while node 3 is in a remote data center...
View ArticleSnapshots interfering with differential backups
1- Setup full backs to happen Saturday nights.2- Setup differential backups to happen every night, execpt Saturdays3- This is on a VM machine, and we take a snapshot of it every Wednesday night.4- SQL...
View ArticleSecondary replica database is in suspect state.
Good morning expertsSecondary replica database is in suspect state. How to troubleshoot it?Kiran
View ArticleSQL 2016 Standard - The AG Listener will be uneachable after auto failover
Dear allWe have have an AG setup,and every time after we perform the AG failover and the primary will be moved to secondary, however, ti will not be reachable anymore. we can only reboot the instance...
View Articlereplication question
If we do index rebuild on publisher database, will it get replicated to subscribers? How about index reorg?Kiran
View ArticleSecondary Server - Read / Write
Hello, I have two SQL Servers with Always On Available Group at remote sites. In my topology, I need that user alocated in the remote site connect in remote SQL but when I try, this server show me...
View ArticleSQL ServiceBroker over multi-subnet
We have a Sql Server 2016 multi-subnet environment with Always On availability groups to meet our high availability and DR goals. We are also utilising Service Broker on this platform. I am unsure if...
View ArticleAvailability % with SQL Server AlwayOn 2016
Hi,As per the Microsoft How much Availability we can achive with SQL Server AlwayOn 2016?like 99% or 99.9% or 99.99% or 99.999% or 99.9999%Reference:...
View ArticleBest Quorum Configuration and Voting assignments for 5 node cluster ( 2 + 3...
Hi Team,We have below setup of windows 2012 R2 clustering, and need to know best quorum setting and voting assignmentsPrimary site2 Nodes and File share witness configured in Primary site with Dynamic...
View ArticleReadonly routing to secondary replica
Hi,I have requirement that user should be only connect to secondary replica for read connection through the listener. I tried various options and it didn't work such as disable login on primary...
View ArticleAlways on Database is in Reverting / In recovery mode after failback from 1...
We have Always on set up and I have failback replica from one to other and after that status of Database is in Reverting / In recovery mode. Is there any way to bring db online?Rahul
View ArticleDisadvantages of using 'Allow Failback' in sql cluster
Hi, we are looking into 'Allow failback' option in sql cluster as we would like sql to run on its preferred owner after patching is done. Patching is done by a different team and they don't put sql...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 active/active cluster with msmq role not working when using...
We have a 2 node sql 2014 active/active cluster where we're trying to implement the msmq role. If we send a message to one of the specific node's name or IP we see it come into the queue fine. If we...
View ArticleLinked Server to Availability Group Listener
Hi Team,Hope someone can help.we have got a SQL Server 2017 Availability group on a multi subnet AG.we are trying to configure linked server connection to the availability group from another stand...
View ArticlePolybase - log shipping
Hi AllI'm looking at a disaster recovery solution for a SQL 2016 server which is using Polybase. Does anyone know if log shipping the three Polybase databases is supported, or if I needn't ship all...
View Articlecreate AG Listener on Windows core server | need powershell command
create AG Listener on Windows core server need powershell command to create new listener
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