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  • RE: Virtualizing a SQl 2008 2 Node Cluster

    hari.devadas 4119 (6/15/2015)


    Yes, this would essentially P2V a single node cluster.my question would that work ?

    No!!!

    You're still not providing a definitive answer to my questions.

    Do you want to end up...

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  • RE: Virtualizing a SQl 2008 2 Node Cluster

    hari.devadas 4119 (6/12/2015)


    Easy way to do this suggested by some was evicting the unwanted node

    This will leave you with a single node cluster

    hari.devadas 4119 (6/12/2015)


    remove the cluster service

    To remove clustering...

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  • RE: Please create a master key in the database

    Check the following

    USE master

    SELECT name FROM sys.symmetric_keys WHERE name LIKE '%DatabaseMasterKey%'

    Assuming a DMK exists what password was used, check the encrypted state using this too

    SELECT CASE is_master_key_encrypted_by_server

    WHEN 0 THEN...

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  • RE: Virtualizing a SQl 2008 2 Node Cluster

    P2ving a cluster is not my preferred route to be honest.

    Which hypervisor are you using?

    It sounds like you would like to drop the cluster for a standalone instance is...

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  • RE: AlwaysOn vs Mirroring

    to add further, despite this overhead, on 100+ databases the mirror traffic volume would still be my biggest worry. Unless you separate the mirror traffic you could be heading for...

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  • RE: Error at adding listerner for Always on

    check with your network admins as you'll likely need to grant specific permissions for the cluster CNO to create VCO's

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  • RE: AlwaysOn vs Mirroring

    hmm, I'm sure I tested this during my deployment. Ok at least that's cleared that up, thanks for the link

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  • RE: AlwaysOn vs Mirroring

    Jacob Wilkins (6/11/2015)


    No row versions, but 14-byte overhead

    Where are you seeing this, which link?

    It's very easy to test, setup a group with a readable secondary and no RCSI on the...

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  • RE: 3 Node Cluster runs with 2 node failures - why?

    Yep, if you pull the plug suddenly on both nodes the cluster should go offline as it wont have chance to recalculate the dynamic votes

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  • join new node to the Windows cluster
  • from active node run sql server setup via add\remove...

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  • RE: AlwaysOn vs Mirroring

    TheSQLGuru (6/11/2015)


    You can consider AO as glorified mirroring from a low-level functionality perspective.

    Mirroring on steroids I tend to call it 😀

    TheSQLGuru (6/11/2015)


    The single most important difference for most is that...

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  • RE: Quorum disk conundrum

    you're welcome.

    Please also read my stairway to HA starting at this link

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/FCI/107536/[/url]

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  • RE: 3 Node Cluster runs with 2 node failures - why?

    DBANewbie (6/11/2015)


    we have configured the quorum so that all 3 nodes have a vote (no file share witness as we already have an odd number of nodes).

    Sounds reasonable

    DBANewbie (6/11/2015)


    As I...

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  • RE: Urgent: Log shipping

    phani404 (6/10/2015)


    Hi Everyone,

    This is regarding log shipping.

    I have verified log shipping status in one of my servers.

    Backup, copy, restore jobs are running successfully, I didn't find any errors.

    also verified...

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  • RE: Quorum disk conundrum

    dba 11727 (6/11/2015)


    he noted that it was unusual to have a Quorum group explicitly created under the Services and Applications node and thought that this might cause a problem.

    Yep, almost...

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