Config two SQL Server work with .mdf and .ldf on storage with SQL Server 2008R2
Dear all,Can I help me to config this LabI have server 1 to setup SQL Server 2008R2, and server 2 to setup the same. I config root data directory in only disk, but when I create database on server 1 so...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Availability Group Feature on Developer Edition
For testing the AlwaysOn Availability Group feature on a lab environment, could I use SQL 2012 Developer Edition?I'm not able to enable that feature and instead getting the following error message:The...
View ArticleCluster node cannot failover
I'm unable to failover a SQL instance from Node B to Node A. Everything comes up on Node A except for SQLServer & SQL Server Agent. The Server Name and drives go to Online status on node A, SQL...
View ArticleDBA activities while patching on cluster servers
Hi All ......Actually we have windows 2008r2 servers with sql server 2008 r2 setup . We configuered failover cluster on this servers . Actually some oter team doing the quarterly patching activity on...
View ArticleWhat Available Options for me to apply 2008 R2 DR with multi-subnet sites !
Hello,I have two SQL 2008 R2 sites (Cluster A) and (Cluster B) both in different subnetsI know SQL 2008 R2 clustering is not supporting for Multi-site and upgrading is not option for me at this...
View ArticleAlwaysOn and Datbase Backups
I understand that setting backups to run on the secondary takes the load off the primary but what is the downside of this approach?If one does a copy only backup on the secondary how does this impact...
View ArticleIs SQL 2012 supported with Hyper-V Replica
Is it supported to have SQL Server 2012 running within a VM that is replicated using Hyper-V Replica?I am aware that if there is a failure at the primary site I would lose any changes that had not...
View ArticleWSFC and SQL 2010 - Second server not acting correctly
We have a two node SQL 2010 cluster running on Server 2012 R2. There are three instances: Default, Document Management and MOSS. Currently, we have two unsolved issues with the setup:1. When the role...
View ArticleUnable to manual failover the Availibility group from a node to another
Hello Guys,I have an SQL Server 2012 DAG running on top of a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster.Today (suddenly), i was faced to an irregular issue when i want to manual failover the DAG from a node...
View ArticleRemoving Dependency from SQL Server caused server to stop
I am running Windows Server 2008 (R1) and SQL Server 2008 (R1) in a HA cluster.I have DELL Equillogic storage for the databases and cheap NAS storage for my backups. I found that if the backup LUNs...
View ArticleRESTORE
HI TO ALL,1. I Hav take backup in 1 server n i want to restore it in another server. i hav taken backup successfully but when i m trying to restore it in another server it shows below error. what is...
View Article3 Node Cluster with 2 node SQL Always_On
We currently have more than 20 always_on clusters i.e. all following the below configurationsServer 1, Server 2 (High Hardware Configuration i.e. 16 CPU & 30 GB RAM) & File-share Witness on a...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Database Availability Group - Force Automatic Failover
Hi All,I'd appreciate some help in understanding the following scenario in my test environment.I have created a DAG with 2 replica servers (both of which are HyperV VM's running W2012 Std).From a...
View ArticleSQL Logins of DB is not getting sync
Hi,I am having two SQL 2012 SP1 configured in Availability Group. I have installed one application using listener. When I am failing over DB to other node, I am not able to login to the DB. When I...
View ArticleActive passive licesening when patching
HiI have a customer who is running SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition without Software Assurance. Because of the fact that the customer hasn't got Software Assurance on his server, he is bound to the...
View ArticleNeed to set up SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008 R2...
I need to set up SQL Server Active/Passive 2-node Cluster on Windows 2008 R2 servers (not hyper-v). I plan to install SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008 R2 on this cluster. Can...
View ArticleRunning scripts on primary and secondary instances.
Hello,I created an AlwaysOn Availability group with 4 instances and I added 1 database to the availability group. On every instance the database is readable.When I run sp_updatestats, on one of the...
View ArticleRestrict specific storage from cluster
Hello,in our cluster environment we setup Windows systems with SAN storage. Each cluster node starts with a C: and an E: drive. The E: drive is used for SQL Server shared features or installation of...
View ArticleCannot connect to SQL SERVER with Always on availability group listener name
Hi everyone,I have setup always an availability group listener for sql server on port 1433, have opened the port in firewall , remote connections are enabled in the sql server, but still I am not able...
View ArticleSQL 2012 AlwaysON bandwith requirement? 100 MBPS ok?
SQL 2012 AlwaysON bandwith requirement? 100 MBPS ok? Hi all,My scenario is simple, kindly correct me if I am wrong.3 SQL server 2012 -> SQL 1, 2 and 3. 1. Primary Site SQL 1 & 2 (AlwaysOn) 2....
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