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  • RE: Advice for cross-site clustering

    keep an eye on the size of the version store too

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  • RE: Backup to clear the transaction log

    GilaMonster (1/29/2015)


    In simple recovery a checkpoint truncates the log.

    And even then there are drivers behind this, it won't necessarily truncate on every checkpoint

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  • RE: Migration of AlwaysON database 2012 to 2014

    muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy (1/29/2015)


    Perry Whittle (1/29/2015)


    muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy (1/28/2015)


    Since it's already a GEO cluster 4 node in USA (6 SQL instances)+ 2 node in China (2 SQL instances).

    All 6 nodes part of...

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  • RE: restore TDE backup onto new server

    Hadrian (1/29/2015)


    There is no backup of certificates or keys from Server A. And no one knows the password used to create those backups.

    Having trouble understanding this, do you or do...

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  • RE: Migration of AlwaysON database 2012 to 2014

    muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy (1/28/2015)


    Since it's already a GEO cluster 4 node in USA (6 SQL instances)+ 2 node in China (2 SQL instances).

    All 6 nodes part of the same WSFC?

    muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy...

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  • RE: OS Upgrade to Win2008

    3 please

    Backup all user databases first and export any logins, jobs, linked servers, certs, etc.

    Clean OS and install new version of database engine, you'll be able to use the same...

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  • RE: Moving TDE enabled DB to standard edition?

    check your sql server version, may need this fix before removing TDE

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  • RE: Advice for cross-site clustering

    Ozzmodiar (1/28/2015)


    I agree that I may be over engineering this slightly; but I would like to be able to move everything from one site to the other without any huge...

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  • RE: Advice for cross-site clustering

    ok, but do you really need to have 3 nodes in the remote site too?

    Surely a failover to the remote site will only ever be for a short period of...

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  • RE: Migration of AlwaysON database 2012 to 2014

    it's not mentioned the nodes are on separate physical sites so option 1 is very straight forward, its just extending the cluster and the AO group.

    Option 2 however does have...

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  • RE: Advice for cross-site clustering

    yes, you can use both but there are restrictions so don't do it lightly.

    Keeping the instances standalone will provide you a flexible configuration with no shared storage requirements, very handy...

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  • RE: Advice for cross-site clustering

    Do you plan to include any Failover Cluster instances of sql server in your AlwaysOn group configuration?

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  • RE: Migration of AlwaysON database 2012 to 2014

    muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy (1/28/2015)


    Yes, Correct. Server A & B old - SQL 2012. And need to move it to server C & D new - SQL2014.

    So, you have two options

    The first...

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  • RE: Unable to apply updates

    can you connect to the instance and run

    select @@version

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  • RE: Migration of AlwaysON database 2012 to 2014

    muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy (1/28/2015)


    Perry Whittle (1/28/2015)


    muthukkumaran Kaliyamoorthy (1/28/2015)


    Yes, I have AG group in SQL 2012 which has two replicas primary and secondary.

    So if i have it correct, you have the following

    ServerA...

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