acrutchley (12/10/2015)

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Hi all,

I am looking for a few pointers with moving and upgrading a 2008 two node cluster to new hardware and upgrading to 2014, which will also include moving...

have you run a cluster validation report?

the only reason you might use mirroring in 2012 is because AGs require Enterprise edition of sql server.

Same goes for log shipping too.

did you run a cluster validation report after adding the new node?

cluster.exe retired with windows 2003, what OS does your cluster nodes use

Just testing, well spotted...

where possible move to Windows 2012 R2

Ratheesh.K.Nair (12/6/2015)

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Hi Experts,

We have a 2 node cluster installation with 3 instances. I am able to do DAC locally to all these instances. I have enabled 'Remote Administrator Connection', now...

You're going to need to know this for the upgrade 😉

Please check...

You do not need to restore the database master key from...

Manic Star (12/8/2015)

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We just switched over to 2014 with AG, from SQL 2008. So far, its wonderful, things are running along as usual, but.... (there is always a but)...

Clint-525719 (12/7/2015)

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At my current employer, the majority of our SQL servers are 2008/2008 R2. I will be leading an effort to migrate to SQL Server 2014. We also...

are the replicas configured synchronously or asynchronously?

kenny 40254 (12/5/2015)

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Forgive my greenness.. but would appreciate some help on this...

We are doing development work on an instance of MSSQL 2008 and have multiple databases on that server that...

Ashif Shaikh (10/2/2015)

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Can we use always on AG with active/active SQL clusters, in which one FCI is the primary and the other one secondary replica?

and what will happen if one...