Where to check failover history of Sql server in Cluster
Hello Experts.Where can I check history of failover of any of sql server instance in a cluster and how to know whether the failover happened was manual or automatic. To troubleshoot an issue I am...
View ArticleServices configuration for sql server 2008r2 in a Windows Cluster
Hello,We have a Windows Server 2008 Cluster with Sql Server 2008r2 installed on node 2; when node 2 fails (we don't still know why, it's a 'bluescreen' long history), the service goes from node2 to...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 High Availability Storage Requirement For SCOM 2012 R2
First of all i have to tell u guys my scenario first of all I have two nodes of SQL server 2012 with windows server 2012 R2 with the new feature of Always On High Availability feature and the storage...
View ArticleMoving SQL Servers to another network
Anyone know if I can easily move my sql servers and their replica's to another network with a different ip class? I will need to change the ip addresses of the machines and the listener. How will this...
View ArticleAlways On - How to use same drive letters on AG replicas?
I've read in a MS best practice that when setting up Always On Availability groups, the replicas should use the same database drive letters as the primary server. Given that replicas are required to be...
View ArticleSQL cluster and AlwaysOn availability group
Hi all,I have an interesting scenario. I run a 2 node cluster (Windows 2012) with SQL 2012 SP1, which uses a SAN. I need to create an availability group to have a set of these databases online on a...
View ArticleKeep getting 1418 when attempting to mirror 2 databases
We have a server at one datacenter with Server 2012 standard and SQL Standard 2012We have another server a a different datacenter with Server 2012 standard and SQL Standard 2012At each datacenter,...
View ArticleSetting Backups in Secondary Replica of AlwaysOn
As per the AlwaysOn functionality of Offloading backups, I have recently implemented AlwaysOn in our environemnt. In Secondary Server it supports only for COPY_ONLY. In this situation how can I offload...
View ArticleReplication failing- The query processor could not start the necessary thread...
Hi ,My replication is not in sync. I could see the below error in the distributor to Subscriber tab in replication monitor "Replication-Replication Distribution Subsystem: agent XXXX failed .The...
View ArticleAlwaysOn installation fails
I have an existing SQL 2012 FCI and am trying to install a standalone AlwaysOn replica on another node of the cluster. In keeping with MS recommendations I am using the same drive letter (M:) for the...
View ArticleTransaction Log Backup and Shrink Database Order in Maintenance Plan
Hi,I found pretty interesting Maintenance Plan's behaviour:My goal is obvious is - to reduce the size of transaction log, I'm able to achieve it only if I have following sequence in Maintenance Plan:1....
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 2 node cluster isn't listening on 2nd network added after...
Windows Server 2008 R2 /SQL 2008 R2 2 node cluster was originally configured to be connected to one private network. Later the client requested the ability to access the system via their corporate...
View Article2012 SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group - JDBC re-connection not happening in...
Hi There,Having some problem with MultiSubNet AG failover re-connection using SQL JDBC driver 4. Details given below.SETUP:We have a three node 2012 Windows Server Cluster, on top it we 2012 SQL Sever...
View ArticleSQL 2014 Clustered with CSV
I just built up a test two node clustered environment with Server 2012R2. Everything seems to be functioning, however, the default file paths seem inaccessible within SQL tools. Meaning, if I try to...
View ArticleWhich secondary becomes primary if all replicas are synch'd with...
Hi All,Question: Which secondary gets promoted to primary on auto-failover if all secondaries are synch'd and configured for automatic failover and all replicas availability modes are set to...
View ArticleConfigure SQL 2012 AlwaysOn with current SQL 2012
Hello,Currently I have SQL 2012 SP1 stand-alone already install and host SharePoint 2013 database, I'm planning to configure SQL high availability with AlwaysOn feature, The question is Can I install...
View ArticleEnabling Log Shipping for databases.
I have enable Log Shipping on 1st server which is SQL 2008 STD 64 bit. 2nd Server is SQL 200 8R2 Web i have enable the log shipping for 1 database and its get created successfully on 2 server but its...
View ArticleSQL installation
There are the details i got from client: Based on these details i have to install sql server. Systme DB Path: X:\DATA\MSSQL\MSSQL10_50.CITXSQL\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf...
View ArticleHardware Requirement for SQL Server 2012 Cluster
Hi All,We are going to share System Requirement document with the customer and one of the technical staff from Customer has request us to provide Microsoft Disk space requirement at least for below 2...
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Unable to Find SQL Agent
Hi There,We are using SQL Server 2012 and we would like to do create schedule for the SQL Backup. As I know, the backup is performed by the SQL Agent. However, we can't find where the SQL agent is....
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