Always on read only distribution
Lets say you have a three node always on availability groupNode 1 R/wNode 2 R/oNode 3 R/OAnd you set applicationintent = readonly how does sql server distribute the load between Node 2 and 3
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Gurus,I purchased SAN some time back for my sql servers. I wanted to implement failover clustering but now i have dropped the plan.How can i use my SAN now?Does it make sense to use SAN with sql server...
View ArticleWhy fn_dblog not storing Transaction log when i delete data from any Table.
Hi, I am using SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edison, when i delete data from any table Transaction Log is not saving into fn_dblog. how i can resolve this issue.
View ArticleWhy fn_dblog not storing Transaction log when i delete data from any Table.
Hi,I am using SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edison, when i delete data from any table Transaction Log is not saving into fn_dblog. how i can resolve this issue.
View ArticleSQL server 2012 cluster failover takes a long time to failover
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View ArticleThe package execution returned DTSER_FAILURE (1).
Hi, I have a problem with my SQL 2005 Transactionlog backup. I get an error on the schedule job: MessageExecuted as user: TNET\sqlservice. Microsoft (R) SQL Server Execute Package Utility Version...
View ArticleSimple redundancy SQL Server 2012
We have an application that will access a SQL Server 2012 DB installed on a Windows 7 box. The data access is pretty slow and we will have a max of less than 10 connections at any given time. The main...
View ArticleBackups
How to take or maintain Daily Scheduled Full/Differentials backups (Database and Log)under below scenario:1. Log-shipping2. Mirroring.3.Replication
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Due to large size (400 GB) if a database; planning to split database to multiple data files (.ndf files). To perform weekly backup; can see the option of taking backup of individual .df/.ndf file. But...
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I am in the process of setting up a SQL Failover cluster over two availability zones in AWS. My issue I am having is my File share witness is throwing me an error when trying to set this part up....
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Hi all,why we should remove passive node from possible owners list when i apply the patches in passive node?
View ArticleSQL Always On Compression and Encryption
Is there a way to disable the compression and encryption used for Always On connections? I am trying to use a third party WAN acceleration tool and I need to disable these two things.
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I need to delete some old data from DB. But I still want to backup them once they need to be restored anytime. Maybe some user need those data after I deleted them, thus, I have to restore them...
View ArticleCan I create an initial AG & AG Listener for a single Server / Database and...
When creating a new Availability Group it would be nice to first create the database on what will be the Primary server and immediately create the Availability Group listener so that Apps can connect...
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SQL Server design to minimize application system downtime during patching
Hi All,Can anyone please assist and suggest me in what sort of replication technology to choose and combine in order to minimize the multiple Application Server downtime when the OS for the SQL Server...
View ArticleBackup remote server to unc fails
I have a primary SQL server (lets call it server1) that contains all the major databases. I created a maintenance plan that connects to a second sever (called Server 2 and both are SQL 2005). The...
View ArticleBackup tail-of-the-log after a restore?
I am studying for a SQL Server exam. A couple of the practice test questions about recovery have had a restore command, THEN a BACKUP LOG command to capture the tail. I do not understand why one...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Clustering Question...
I'm looking for help in understanding my options for clustering SQL server 2012. I'm looking to deploy a two node SQL cluster for a SharePoint environment. (This server will also host other databases...
View ArticleReindexing on 2012 Availability groups
We have databases setup in availability group, recently we had to do an rebuild few indexes as they were fragmented. The index size was 12GB+. Rebuilding index started to consume more log space, I...
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