Database in a constant Restoring mode
I have a production database (server1) that is setup with log shipping (server2). Server2 is in a constant restoring mode. How can i fix this ? Any help is greatly appreciated. I am new to SQL server,...
View ArticleWeird: Backup file works fine from the network but not when moved into...
We have a valid full backup of a database. We know it is valid, we have restored it twice from the network with no problems, but we do not have access to the network location from our sandbox...
View ArticleMoving Physical Cluster into Virtual Cluster
Hello All...........I have a Physical SQL Cluster 1 cluster1.domain.com (Node A andNode B) using SAN A. Physical SQL Cluster containsthree-3 instances.I have built a Hyper-V Failover Cluster and upon...
View ArticleSQL server 2012 R2 High availibility group wizard error
Hello, Im trying to create a High availability SQL server. When creating a new group, after picking the right Database, im getting the error "Value cannot be nullParameter Name:source...
View ArticleSteps To Change SQL Failover Cluster IP
I have a Failover Cluster running SQL Server 2012. We are changing our IP address scheme globally. Currently our IP Scheme is as follows:Failover Cluster Instance: 192.168.2.46/24 SQL Cluster Instance:...
View ArticleDatabase restore script
How to use below script to generate restoration script. One of my friend told me that ,This script will generate a restore script. This could be used for all customers. The server, drives, and paths...
View ArticleFile.Copy causing SQL Server high CPU
Hello,We recently have had a new windows cluster envrionment(node A/B/C) each node has 512 GB ram, we setup 10 sql server instances on each node, each instance contains 10 AlwaysOn groups, each group...
View ArticleRename SQL Server
We are working with customer. As part of requirement we faced this problem.Step1: Actual hostname is COMPUTER1 then renamed to SYSTEM123.Step2: Rebooted Server.Step3: Through SSMS i executed below...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Availability Group and .Net - splitting read and writes
Hey everybody,So I finally was able to take a good look at AGs, and sadly, an Active/Active (Rw/Rw) setup is not possible, as only the primary replica is able to write and the others can be enabled to...
View ArticleJobs in SQL Always on
I am using SQL 2012 ALways on. It has two nodes (i.e. One Primary and one secondary replica). I set up always on with automatic failover. SQL instance has few jobs. All the jobs are sync up b/w primary...
View Articlesecondary replica database name
Quick Q: Does the secondary replica database name has to be same as primary one on Always on group setup? Say my primary replica database name is AdventureWorks, so can I set the secondary replica...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 - DB Mirroring + Log Shipping + Multi-Subnet
Hi again,So AG would be nice to have, but considering the costs of getting it, well, it is a no go for me at the moment (This is like a 1:20 ratio considering Std comes with server licencing and...
View ArticleDifferential backup cleanup tasks leave empty files behind
Hello,I have a full backup done weekly and then differential backups every 4 hours. Both backups are followed by cleanup tasks. Full backups and cleanup tasks run with no problems and so do...
View ArticleHADR Solution for SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) 2014 on Azure Iaas
Hi AllI am required to build a HA/DR solution for SQL Server and SSAS 2014 on Azure. So far I could build AlwaysOn high availability solution for SQL Server on Azure but haven't found any solution for...
View ArticleRemoving a database from availability group;
Hi We have a database in the AG (Microsoft SQL Server 2014 - 12.0.2402.0 (X64) Aug 13 2014 11:36:34 Copyright (c) Microsoft CorporationEnterprise Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.2 <X64> (Build...
View Articledml triggers behaviour on secondary replica
Quick Q: Say on primary replica database has DML triggers on tables which again writes to other tables (writes to audit log history table) when a DML action is performed on principle table - what is...
View ArticleChange IP Addresses of SQL 2012 Failover Cluster Nodes
I have a SQL Server Failover Cluster with three nodes. Each node has one of the following addresses: xxx.xxx.xxx.46, xxx.xxx.xxx.47 and xxx.xxx.xxx.48. Is there a way to change the IP Address of each...
View ArticleSQL LOG Backup failed in one Cluster Node
I have 02 node SQL fail over cluster, NOD01 and NODE 02. and configure SQL log backup job via SQL LogshippingWhen the sql service is mounted to node 02 job backup will work without any issues, Once its...
View ArticleAny Known issues I shoudl be aware of having Database Mirroring along with...
Any Known issues / precautions, I should be aware of having Database Mirroring along with Log Shipping . OS is Win server 2008 Std X64 and SQL is SQL Server 2008 R2 Std X64.Manikandan Veeruchamy | SQL...
View ArticleDB Read only Copy
I am hoping to get some guidance on the best approach for a read only copy of a database that is ~ 1TB. The primary database is fed nightly with an ETL process. We are currently trying to duplicate...
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