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  • RE: Best way to completely keep an entire Active Directory group of people out of a SQL Server

    I use a logon trigger to acheive this, blocking an AD group accessing via certain applications, but the trigger could quite easily just block the group.

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  • RE: Cluster validation - Active/passive

    you have 2 adapters connected to the same network range, is teaming an option. You should have at least one adapter connected to a separate heartbeat network.

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  • RE: Moving SQL Server 2008 R2 to new Server Hardware

    If you really want to do it like you detailed then ensuring the same patch level is essential, however you will definitely have issues with encryption using the SMK which...

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  • RE: Mirror on three instances on one PC

    To mirror in a workgroup can be acheived with minimal effort using this post.

    However, it's a little more complex, but the best way is to use certificates as detailed here.

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  • RE: Instance not selectable when trying to remove node from a cluster

    Rather than virtualise the existing server, just deploy and configure a new VM, retrieve your existing backups from the old server. You'll also need to script out any objects such...

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  • RE: Instance not selectable when trying to remove node from a cluster

    arun.zakaria (5/23/2013)


    So currently the failover is disabled

    How have you disabled failover?

    arun.zakaria (5/23/2013)[hrand we are trying to unistall the cluster. However the drop down does not show anything.

    You're running the...

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  • RE: Instance not selectable when trying to remove node from a cluster

    arun.zakaria (5/22/2013)


    We have two SQL servers configured as a failover cluster. One of them is a physical and the other is a VM.

    Perfectly reasonable I don't see any...

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  • RE: Moving Database Files in SQL Server

    kevaburg (5/17/2013)


    Of course, in order to do this you Need to be using the Enterprise Version of the Software.....

    On a slightly different plain to my article as this is moving...

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  • RE: Moving Database Files in SQL Server

    kevaburg (5/17/2013)


    Better to do a backup and restore.....

    Hmm, no, as my article shows the best and supported way to move your data files is to use the alter database...

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  • RE: When to use Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)?

    You would more likely use a certificate for your column encryption.

    What Gail is saying is that someone who is sysadmin on another instance could take the backup and the cert...

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  • RE: Ownership of cluster disk 'Cluster Disk xxx has been unexpectedly lost by this node.

    good work, let us know how you get on

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  • RE: Log shipping 2k5 file retention issue - the files are not being deleted.

    which files are not being deleted the files on the primary or the secondary?

    Results of the following please

    Against the primary instance note the value for "backup_retention_period"

    exec master.sys.sp_help_log_shipping_primary_database @database = 'yourprimarydb'

    Against...

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  • RE: Creating a 2 Node SQL Server 2008 Virtual Cluster Part 1

    This guide was written sometime ago and the software may well have changed since then. Check the Freenas docs or alternatively you could use a Windows 2008 VM with Starwinds...

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  • RE: Ownership of cluster disk 'Cluster Disk xxx has been unexpectedly lost by this node.

    ginolard (5/12/2013)


    1 NIC each only for Public, iSCSI and Heartbeat connections (no more NIC Teaming)

    Under Windows 2008, teaming is fully supported for the public network and the Heartbeat network, never...

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  • RE: Where to locate the Witness server when using Mirroring for DR

    Russell101 (5/12/2013)


    So if I have the primary and witness servers at our main location and we suffer a power outage will the secondary server automatically takeover?

    No, more detail on failover...

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