How to get the installed SQL Server version of the each node in a cluster...
Hi,Suppose, we have a cluster setup of 5 nodes which is now installed with SQL Server 2012 SP1. I would like to know how to find out the version of SQL Server that got installed on any one of the node...
View Articlethe network name can't be found logshpping sql server 2008 R2
Hi ,My loshipping job fail and it was generating the "network name not found" error.this error is coming from the copy job only and also every time when the job runs will took old transaction logs.I...
View ArticleInstall two clustered sql instances on three nodes windows cluster
Hi all,I have three Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard servers that I will create windows cluster for them then install two clustered SQL instances on top of them: One instance for database services only,...
View ArticleMultiple Availability Groups under one Listener
Hi,Not sure if doing this is right or even required. I was just wondering if it's possible to have two availability groups under one listener.I have AG1 and AG2. I created Listener1 and mapped it...
View ArticleCan a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) be Implemented Between Two...
I haven't had the opportunity to implement a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) for over 10 years and that was done with two physical, identical database servers way back in the day of Windows...
View ArticleHow is SQL AlwaysOn AG supported in Azure without 3 fault domains?
For a Windows cluster to achieve quorum there needs to be 3 nodes. Hence, all tutorials guide you to create 3 VMs in the same availability set. (See image here.)However, Azure only makes a guarantee...
View ArticleQuestion on Db mirroring + Repl
Hi All, Just wanted to know what are some of common issues which might arise when combining database mirroring and replication. This was an interview question and I wanted to know some of the issues...
View Articlecan one quickly determine sql version of a Database Backup file? by...
i support a Microsoft SQL Server based application. its not uncommon for me to have to reset up an SQL environment (after a crash) and be expected to restore their data from a previously made database...
View ArticleFailover of availability groups
We have 2 node cluster which is going to host SQL 2012 Availability groups. Issue which we have is we are going to have more than one availability groups and we just have 1 license. How to ensure that...
View ArticleReplication Error 15517
Dear All, Please provide the solution to the following issue, I tried to configure transactional replication on the production server, due to some network issues everything confused. So I tried to to...
View ArticleHyper-v replica of SQL Server 2014 erroring during application consistent...
Windows 2012 R2 VM with SQL 2014 on Hyper-v 2012 core is throwing SQL errors during VSS replica. I have ran a test failover and the recovery point seems fine. It almost looks like no database...
View ArticleHADR Seeding Test Create File error
When trying to add databases to an Availability Group I get the following error? The whole thing was setup and working great but I had to remove all the databases from AG and when I tried add them back...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 HA Testing Failure
I have setup only 2 servers to participate in HA. All setup appears to be OK. For the various testing, I wanted to take an individual server down and ensure that job related backups will still...
View ArticleActive active cluster
Dear all,I'm trying to figure out without any success in the official documentation wether SQL Server 2012/2014 supports active-active clustering or not.I mean by active-active clustering having two...
View ArticleMigrate from SQL Server 2008 cluster to SQL mirroring
I have a two node SQL 2008 R2 cluster. The database, logs, temp etc sit on a SAN. Since the SAN is getting old and failing at times, I plan to move from clustering to mirroring. Is it possible to do...
View ArticleSQL AlwaysOn with multiple instances per server + Replication network
Hi,I want to setup SQL AlwaysOn. Resources: SQL1 SQL2For me it is unclear whether it is possible that SQL AlwaysOn can work with mulitple Instances per server. Each database should be placed in his...
View ArticleConfigure logshipping for report server database
Hi All,Could some one please let me know the steps to be followed to configure logshipping for report server databases.Thanks in Advance,Regards, Kranthi
View ArticleLOGSHIPPING_ ERROR 3201
Dear All,I tried to configure logshipping getting following error, Please provide how to resolve it. We are configuring from scratch onwards, so please provide any permission or any other related...
View ArticleExecuting @@servername from virtual sql Server does not change after Always...
Have a two node cluster: SqlServernode1, SqlServernode2. The virtual name of the sql cluster is SQLMgmt.Scenario 1SqlServernode1- AG - PrimarySqlServernode2. - AG -SecondarySQLMgmt - Select...
View ArticleSQL Server Cluster info in system tables
Hi all,I realise there is a lot of system info tables/views/functions related to clustering (examples below).I'd like to know if any of this info is actually stored in the system databases - or perhaps...
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