Mirroring configuration for 2nd NIC and SPN issues

  • Im trying to configure mirroring using a second NIC for Sql 2008 (10.0.4000.0) on windows server 2008 R2. Im having issues when I enable the second NIC. Following the instructions on http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlblog/archive/2009/07/17/how-to-configure-sql-server-to-listen-on-different-ports-on-different-ip-addresses.aspx

    It appears that after I follow the steps, the automatic SPN registration against the public facing for the port number fails to work.

    Before I make the changes I see this in the error log (SPN reg for instance and port)

    The SQL Server Network Interface library successfully registered the Service Principal Name (SPN) [ MSSQLSvc/xxx.xxx.xxx:PORTNUM ] for the SQL Server service.

    The SQL Server Network Interface library successfully registered the Service Principal Name (SPN) [ MSSQLSvc/xxx.xxx.xxx:INSTANCENAME] for the SQL Server service.

    However after I enable the second NIC I only get this registering against Instance Name. Does this mean I have to now enable the SPN manually?

  • Make the NIC Teaming then use same for mirroring,it will manage load automatically on both NIC

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  • Thanks for the response, I would like to try but it uses a separate NIC for the purposes of network routing. This mirror setup is over WAN so its important to route traffic over a separate pipe.

  • blakmk (4/27/2011)


    However after I enable the second NIC I only get this registering against Instance Name. Does this mean I have to now enable the SPN manually?

    If you are running SQL Server service as a domain account, you need to manually create the SPN for SQL Server using the setspn command.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191153.aspx

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