Delete Old Backup Files that are saved in .RAR format
Hello,I have configured my SQL Server 2005 to take backups and I have another program running to compress these files to .RAR extension to save space.I have a Maintenance Cleanup Task also configured...
View ArticleNot able to TS to the server. Server not responding to pings. Request Time out
Hi All,i have issue with one of our PROD server.I tried below things.<o:p></o:p>1) ping MachineName: request Time out<o:p></o:p>2) Ping IP Address: request Time...
View ArticleCannot access SQL 2008 instance from the passive node of a cluster
HelloI just finished to install in a test environment an active-passive cluster with SQL Server 2008 above Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. The problem that I have is when I try to access the instance...
View ArticleSQL Server cluster not connecting to virtual name
Hi all,I am not able to connect to cluster server using virtual name sometime, and if give ip address it is working fine. please any one give suggestion on that how to fix.Thanks,SharathThanks, Sharath
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 Restoring .... Why?
While conducting a DR test for a finance application (EPM) the drive SQL_Data resided in ran out of space. We've given this LUN plenty of space now, but two of the four databases are in a...
View ArticleSql Server HA Alwayson Setup
Hi!I have configured sql server 2012 HA alwayson setup with two nodes and are working fine.When we deployed application and tried manual failover, it is found the session is breakout during failover.Is...
View ArticleSqlServer AlwaysOn Listener Issue on Windows Azure
Hi,I've successfully set up SS AO AG on Windows Azure.Having a challenge now to connect to the listener from another VM.What I've tried:- I can telnet to specific VM with port 1443- I cannot telnet the...
View ArticleLogshipping from SQL 2005 to SQL 2012
I have a 2005 primary sql database (production-constantly updated). I would like to have (pseudo) real time copy in a secondary 2012 sql server instance. I want to run SSRS 2012 on this new secondary...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery-MS SQL Server 2008 License
We are planning to build a Disaster Recovery environment for Production Environment. Technology used: SharePoint Foundation2010, MSBI and MS Sql Server 2008 Standard.Current Production Server has SQL...
View ArticleWhich is the best DR Solution
My Company is going for a SQL upgrade, it would be from SQL Server 2005 to 2012, I have to implement a DR solution. As of now we have Mirroring setup for 2005, for 2012 I am thinking of implanting...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery Solution
I have 2 copes of the same database on 2 different server at two different locations. I have to synchronize the data 100% between the two databases... Please help me to select an appropriate solution...
View ArticleSlow replication to asynchronous replica
Are there any guidelines as to what a 'normal' throughput for replication is using AlwaysOn?I have a 100 megabit connection that is able to replicate over 1000 databases using log shipping, however the...
View ArticleLog backups failing randomly for 10 databases
Dear Team,In our environment we are facing log backup job(ls_backup) failing issue of logshipping configured server. We have configured log shipping for 10databases. We identified that the log backups...
View ArticleSQL db size reduces all of a sudden
In my SQL 2000 database when I have checked the backup size it was around 1.6 GB but the next week suddenly the db size got reduced to around 500 MB ,not able to analyse as my data got loss or not...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Multi-Site clustering with 2 nodes for HA and DR
Usually we setup 2 Node Prod cluster for Local HA and 1 or 2 Nodes in other data centre for DRGiven that we have an option to setup multi-site / multi-subnet clustering from SQL 2008 R2/2012. I am...
View ArticleHyper-V guest SQL 2012 cluster live migration failure
I have two IBM HX5 nodes connected to IBM DS5300. Hyper-V 2012 cluster was built on blades. In HV cluster was made six virtual machines, connected to DS5300 via HV Virtual SAN. These VMs was formed a...
View ArticleOdd Number SQL AlwaysOn Cluster in a Dual Data Center
Hi Everyone,I am reviewing a proposed SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Logical Design from an application vendor and I doubts with regards to its resiliency in a DR scenario. The design calls for 3 x AlwaysOn...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Log shipping to Report Server
Hi AllI'm after some help please, as I think I may have discovered a bug with SQL Log Shipping to a server that is also running SQL Reporting Services.To try and help keep things clear, I have 4...
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 ArticleSQL Server 2008 Active/Active Cluster in sap
Dear Experts,We are planning to install Active/Active Cluster in SQL server 2008 for SAP. Our landscape is with two servers. We needed the answers for the queries?1. How we have to configure SAN...
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