Firstly run a cluster validation and review the output.

post details of any errors.

Although they are next to each other, they presumbaly plug into a network switch, is this...

are you using any trace flags on the sql server service startup?

Can you provide more detail on the host spec and storage setup too?

Gerard Silveira (10/7/2013)

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Here is the directory listing

The Quorum drive has 1GB space assigned to it

Volume in drive Q is SQLRDM02-Quorum00

Volume Serial Number is

Directory of Q:

10/07/2013 ...

If you evicted the node from the cluster then flatten it totally and re deploy the OS would be the best recommendation

dgraf (9/20/2013)

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Hi All,

I have a Windows Failover Cluster setup across 3 nodes with only 1 service/application running on it - which is SQL Server 2012. Everything works great, however now...

the default within Litespeed is to parallelise across all available CPUs. Using the @affinity and @throttle parameters you are able to specify which processors the backup uses and the max...

database mirroring between stand alone servers.

Certs are also used for TDE

sickpup (9/17/2013)

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Hello all,

I'm running into some trouble setting up log shipping (on a 2008 R2 installation) and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

I'm using the setup...

Yes you have to create a new query

Open fail over cluster manager and view cluster events there

refer to the cluster events console and the app and sys event logs for more info

homebrew01 (9/16/2013)

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I have 2 servers that are in the same rack, but not on a domain. Ultimately, I want a SQL scheduled job to copy files from Server_A to Server_B

Logged...

ft55 (9/9/2013)

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The steps i was considering are :

1. Infrastructure team build new server and add the new node to the failover cluster at a windows level.

2. Run the Add node...

use the following to purge backup files from the secondary

exec sys.sp_change_log_shipping_secondary_primary

@primary_server='primary sql instance'

, @primary_database='primary db name'

, @file_retention_period = no_of_minutes_to_keep