2016-12-05
11,865 reads
always on
SQL Server 2016 Distributed Availability Groups
High availability solution with cross cluster support using the new Distributed Availability Groups
2016-11-14
3,059 reads
TempDB growth due to version store on AlwaysOn secondary server
On a not-so-busy day, I received an alert saying tempdb has grown to 90 percent of the drive size and there is only 10 percent space left on the drive. The server is a SQL Server 2014 instance and hosts AlwaysOn secondary databases.
2016-11-07
19,451 reads
Taking backup of the databases to the Active server alone
If you have Always On and need to stop running database backups to the stand by server, use the script.
2019-05-03 (first published: 2016-11-01)
270 reads
Resolving an Error When Creating an Availability Group Listener
In this post, I’m going to talk an issue that I found when creating an availability group listener by using SQL Server Management Studio's Add Listener. This article helps you to resolve the issue.
2016-09-06
22,932 reads
SQL Server AlwaysOn Endpoint Encryption Algorithm Compatibility Error
Ahmad Yaseen takes a look at how to deal with an endpoint encryption compatibility error when using SQL Server's AlwaysOn Availability Group Wizard.
2016-06-08
2,497 reads
Enabling TDE on Databases in an AlwaysOn Scenario
Enabling Transparent Data Encryption on Databases in Always On Scenario
2016-02-09
13,262 reads
Read-Only Routing for Non-Microsoft Clients
An alternative read-only routing technique for non-Microsoft clients.
2015-12-28
2,633 reads
2015-07-20
3,372 reads
2014-11-04 (first published: 2014-10-06)
1,335 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
Getting the TEXTSIZE
How can I check what value I used for TEXTSIZE? I ran this code:
SET TEXTSIZE 8096But then deleted the code and couldn't remember. Is there a way to check this? See possible answers