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Is it possible to remove a database server from a cluster resource, but keep it running on the node

I was wondering if anyone knew whether it was possible to delete the cluster resource, but keep all of the disks and sql instance running on the node instead? So if I was to delete the cluster ...
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PowerPivot doesn't install in SharePoint mode on an Active/Passive Cluster

We a provisioning a new SQL Failover Cluster. We have successfully configured the SQL instance, and have moved on to configuration of the PowerPivot for SharePoint instance. We run the configuration ...
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What is the safest way to run SSIS on Multiple Named SQL Server Instances?

I have an Active/Active SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster. There are two named instances on each node and no default instance. I need to deploy SSIS packages to the different instances. To do this, I ...
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Cannot start SQL Server service on SQL Server cluster

I have a SQL Server 2008 cluster with 2 nodes. I rebooted both machines and now I CANNOT start the SQL Server service from: Node1 or Node2 or ClusterSQL (the cluster SQL Server) I am getting an ...
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SQL Server cluster questions please

We have SQL Server 2008 R2 cluster active/active/active (a, b, c) and three instances run on this environment. We did a test on one of the instances, and failover test. Manual failover from node c ...
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Manually moving SQL instance to another node causes immediate database mirror failover

I have a two-node SQL cluster (2008 R2). Some of the databases within that SQL instance are mirrored to another server on a remote site, using the High safety with automatic failover. The mirroring ...
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Load balancing after clustering is failed in SQL Server cluster

This is what I have been asked today on my interview for a SQL Server DBA position: It is an active - active cluster configuration. The primary node is in NY and the other node is in Rio. The NY ...
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Are there problems with using SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups with Windows 2008R2?

[Cross post from StackOverflow] Brent Ozar published this webcast (slides, video with free registration) entitled "Real-Life SQL Server 2012: AlwaysOn Lessons Learned", in which he repeatedly states, ...
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when can AG primary replica be a different host to WFC primary?

To set up an Availability Group with two servers, the servers both participate in a Windows Failover Cluster. I've seen cases after certain failover modes where the primary IP address in the cluster ...
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Executing Powershell SMO against a cluster with elevated privileges to update service accounts

I'm working on a Powershell script to update service accounts on named SQL instances in a failover cluster. I'm trying to use the SMO and WMI to update this so that I can update the service account ...
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How many IP numbers are there for a SQL server active active cluster setup also a active passive setup?

How many IP numbers are required for a SQL server active/ active cluster setup also what in the case of an active/ passive setup? Correct me if I am wrong 2 for private network 2 for public network ...
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Move DTC from one node to another in Windows 2003 R2 Clustering

I have a Windows 2003 R2 two node cluster that is running MSDTC as part of the Cluster Group. Is it possible for me to change the current MSDTC owner without moving the entire Cluster Group to the ...
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I cannot get SQL Server 2012 to install the database engine

SQL Server 2012 installation on a standard Windows 2008 R2 server. It refuses to install the database engine or sql replication. During the installation I got no errors saying that it wasn't ...
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De-Cluster SQL Server 2012

Is there any way to 'de-cluster' an instance of SQL Server 2012 that was installed using the 'New SQL Server Cluster Installation' option? We are having issues with the failover portion of clustering ...
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SQL Server Mirroring kicks in before cluster has time to fail over

I have two clusters each with two nodes configured in active/passive; the two clusters take part in a high-availability mirroring session using a separate server as the witness. When a node fails in ...
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SQL Server Agent fails to start in Failover cluter

The SQL server agent in a cluster (as a cluster resource) fails to start. I'm looking for error logs to give me a clue, but so far, all it says is: "failed to start". What could be the possible ...
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New Cluster Testing - Best Practice

We've finished setup of a 4-node SQL Server 2005 cluster. We are using Windows 2008 R2 as the underlying OS. We are looking for suggestions on a set of tests we could perform to test failover of the ...
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SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition - multiple instances and memory utilization

If we have multiple instances of a SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition (which has a 64 GB memory limit) on one server which has 192 GBs of RAM, do both instances only have access to the first 64 GBs of ...
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Are there any best practices before moving SQL Server to another node (controlled failover)?

Let's say there are multiple jobs running on the SQL Server - we have index maintenance jobs, backups, replication, etc. We would like to perform a switchover using Failover Cluster Manager. Are there ...
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Active/Passive to Active/Active

In layman terms, what does it mean to have "Active/Active"? What are the steps to achieve this configuration? Edit: We currently have an "Active/Passive" setup which isn't efficiently making use of ...
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uninstalling SSRS and SSIS from clustered SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

Due to the security recommendation, i will need to uninstall the unused SSRS and SSIS component from a production cluster SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1, so what is the caveats and what do I require to do to ...
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SQL Server Clustering for HA combined with Log Shipping for DR

Has anyone implemented SQL Server log shipping in a clustered environment? Are there any issues or things to consider when implementing this scenario?
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Cluster communication - SQL Server Failover Cluster

I am running a lab enviornment on my laptop two node SQL 2008 R2 running on windows 2008 R2 clustered Vms Based on my understanding a) Public Network or all Communication network I see checkbox ...
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Unable to telnet to port 1433 in SQL Server clustered instance?

Situation: I believe that multiple port 1433 can be implemented as long as the IP address are all unique. I’ve created SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 clustered virtual instance on top of my Windows Server ...
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ODBC Connection As Clustered Resource

First step in a long process of creating a Linked Server to an Informix database on a Sql 2008 (Win 2003 x64) cluster. I was wondering how to go about creating an ODBC connection as a clustered ...
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What are the differences between Mirroring and Failover Clustering and when is each one recommended over the other?

What are the main differences between Mirroring and Failover Clustering? What kind of problem each one solves and in what kind of scenarios is each one recommended over the other?
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Rolling changes to production databases

We're currently using Clustering to do fail over for our SQL environment. There are two servers that use the same shared drive. The SQL database is on a shared drive. This provides OS and hardware ...
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Migrating Sql Cluster Installation To New Drive

We are migrating from an old SAN to a new SAN and need to migrate our Sql instance to new LUNs. We are able to migrate the data without any problem, but the Sql instance itself is clustered ...
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SQL Server Cluster Failover Making DB Inconsistency Error

I encountered the following DB tables inconsistency error whenever I do a cluster 'move' over from Server-A to Server-B and then do a DBCC CHECKDB on the database in Server-B: SQL Server detected ...
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Port number change

We are planning on setting a static port for SQL Server 2005/2008 failover clustering. Any guide on what port to choose/select for 4 nodes of each cluster?(Active/Active) I am also thinking some ...
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SQL Server DB Restore Clustered to Single Node?

Can you restore a DB from a SQL Server 2005 Clustered Environment (Prod) to a single server (single node) (SQL Server 2005) in Dev/Sys? Cheers, Conor