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  • RE: Running SQL 2005 & 2008 in a 2 node cluster

    pwillemsen (10/9/2012)


    Maybe I should have been a bit more specific. If it is possible, is there a "best practise" to do this. Can we still use a passive / active...

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  • RE: Log Shipping Scenario- DB at Secondary Server in Restoring Mode- DB's Log file containing drive got full-What to do?

    ankur_libra (10/9/2012)


    Log Shipping is set from Server A to Server B for database X

    SQL Server 2008 Std Edn 64 bit on both servers

    Database X State at Secondary Server (B): Restoring

    Problem:...

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  • RE: Mirroring Setup

    You don't need any downtime for the full and log backup\restore from the principal to initialise the mirror.

    Terence Keys (10/10/2012)


    But I think it makes sense that I don't need to...

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  • RE: restore log backups to another server

    Thanks, if you found the article helpful please don't forget to rate it 😉

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  • RE: Using alwayson highavailability groups with a SQL cluster and 3 servers across 2 sites

    darrenstokes (10/9/2012)


    With mirroring I wont have any outage when the above quite likely scenarios occur.

    Depends on the mirroring mode you are using.

    In any mode other than High Safety with auto...

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  • RE: Full Backup after changing Changing recovery models

    Ratheesh.K.Nair (10/9/2012)


    Hi Experts,

    I know we have to run a full backup if we change the recovery model from full--> simple-->full.

    No, you can just run a differential to restart the...

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  • RE: Advantages in Multiple Files per Filegroup per Spindle ?

    to add to Gail, in fact in some cases if you have a large number of files per filegroup the file switching can be a performance issue. SQL Server attempts...

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  • RE: Master Database Recovery

    I have, in the past restored a master database to anohter instance as a user database, then detached it and renamed the disk files to their original names and then...

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  • RE: MSDTC failover on SQL Cluster

    Network DTC access needs to be enabled, was it working\enabled before?

    Without knowing a lot more about the system and access to the logs it's very difficult to say. MSDTC is...

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  • RE: Using alwayson highavailability groups with a SQL cluster and 3 servers across 2 sites

    darrenstokes (10/9/2012)


    I've added all 3 servers to the same cluster, which seems a little odd because the 3rd server cannot connect to the SAN so can never takeover but this...

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  • RE: MSDTC failover on SQL Cluster

    As i said MSDTC is the OS level so troubleshoot there

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  • RE: Shrink DB

    either\or not both

    Lookup DBCC SHRINKDATABASE and DBCC SHRINKFILE. You'll see this a million times on here, why do you want to shrink the database or its files?

    They'll likely only grow...

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  • RE: restore log backups to another server

    mah_j (10/9/2012)


    the servers are in a workgroup.

    To use Log Shipping in a workgroup see my article at this link[/url] 😉

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  • RE: MSDTC failover on SQL Cluster

    arr.nagaraj (10/8/2012)


    What can be the possible causes for MSDTC Autofailover?

    Could be anything, this is outside of SQL Server, have you checked the event logs and cluster logs for more detail?

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  • RE: restore log backups to another server

    are the servers in different domains or a workgroup?

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