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Windows Server failover cluster [closed]

I have 5pcs. IBM System x3650(7979 - ex. ESX/VMWare, planned EOL) now with baremetal Win2012 DataCenter, every machine has the same HW and SW (inc policy). I want to create two clusters (MS SQL), for ...
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Does Change Data Capture (CDC) work in a SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances setup?

Does Change Data Capture (CDC) work in a SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances setup? There would be two nodes in the AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances setup and two Domain ...
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Failover only working for Classic ASP, not ASP.net

Setup: All machines run Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SQL Server 2012 Standard (Primary) SQL Server 2012 Standard (Mirror) SQL Server 2012 Express (Witness) Root issue: Our ASP.NET application is ...
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Can't set up witness in Repmgr 2.0

I am trying to setup repmgr using the autofailover quick setup tutorial provided on Github Link But I am kind of stuck on the witness section, when trying to create the witness with repmgr -d repmgr ...
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Should we always prefer clustering over a master-slave configuration if the goal is high-availability?

Given: I have two virtual machines on a SAN that I can use to host RavenDB. Question: If my goal is high-availability, then should I always prefer clustering over a master-slave configuration? From ...
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If I fail over one database, do the others that share the same mirror endpoint fail over as well?

We have two databases setup for mirroring on a single SQL Server instance: a test database and a production database. Both get mirrored to another server using the exact same endpoints. If I go into ...
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Difference between accessing SQL Server by instance name and cluster name [closed]

I have installed failover clustering feature on two servers with Windows Server 2012 and then I installed SQL Server 2012 on both of them. I also enabled SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn feature. Now I can ...
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Failover - automatic switching between servers in Postgresql 9.1

I'm pretty new to Postgresql 9.1 and failover replication. We have a simple master-slave setup, for failover replication, which our application (client) is connected to. On a failure of the master, ...
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MySQL failover - Master to Master Replication

My company is trying to implement a MySQL failover mechanism, to achieve higher availability in our webservices tier - we commercialize a SaaS solution. To that end we have some low-end VMs scattered ...
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What is actually happening when postgresql discovers the trigger file and promotes it self from slave to master?

I have a streaming replication setup between two postgres servers (master: server A, slave: server B). I'm wondering what's actually happening under the hood when I touch the trigger file and the ...
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Restore Database on Active Passive Failover Cluster

Well, I helped my boss's boss install 2 nodes of SQL Server 2008 on a Windows server 2008 failover cluster. I did this remotely and I don't have accesse to it. (I run a active-active cluster on Server ...
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SQL Server Mirror failover on failing storage

Recently we had an issue with a sql server 2008 r2 HA mirror. I have tried to reproduce this in a lab environment and i came to the conclusion that i am missing something OR something is not possible. ...
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InnoDB Master-Master replication goes inconsistant after power failure tests

Afternoon gents, I'm currently stress testing a Master-Master replication setup using InnoDB as database engine. We're using this simple script for testing which we run in Linux CLI from a remote ...
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Safely promoting master to slave

Previously I've asked the similar question MySql Switching Masters During Failover with log-slave-updates. Let's say this is our current replication In addition, I have few application servers. ...
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SQL Server ODBC Mirror/Failover Partner

Background/Context We are in the process of moving our SQL Server 2000 databases to a mirrored SQL Server 2008 R2 server with a witness and automatic failover. We have both .Net and Access ...
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PostgreSQL hot standby promotion, multiple hot standbys

I'm trying to work out failover and disaster recovery procedures for a cluster of three servers. Streaming replication is being used with a high wal_keep_segments, no log shipping is happening. I need ...
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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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JBoss / Alfresco : No operations allowed after connection closed

I'm trying to set up an high available MySQL "cluster", using a Master / Slave Replication configuration. I want to the slave become master (e.g. not read-only but writeable) if the first node come ...
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SQL Server 2005 - Map login to pre-existing user

The short of it is that we have several databases that are synchronized between two failover instances. The primary contains logins that are mapped to the users in the databases, and everything's ...
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JBoss/Alfresco cannot write on slave after failover [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: JBoss don't fail over MySQL slave using datasource I'm trying to set up an high available MySQL "cluster", using a Master / Slave Replication configuration. I want ...
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JBoss don't fail over MySQL slave using datasource

I'm trying to set up an high available MySQL cluster, using a Master / Slave configuration. I want to the slave become master (e.g. not read-only but writeable) if the first node come down (like in ...
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PostgreSQL synchronized commit performance

I'm setting up a pair of PostgreSQL servers. Because cash is short I can only afford one high class server and some crapy backup box. If the expensive high end box should catch fire, operations can ...
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Dual management node for mysql clustering

I currently have mysql cluster setup and running. Here is my current setup: 1 - management node 2 - data nodes 2 - mysql nodes I wish to incorporate a failover for the management node. The ...
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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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PostgreSQL Failover - What tools should I use?

Here is the scenario: There are two machines running CentOS 6.2 - machine0 and machine1 Both have PostgreSQL 9.1 installed. One of them should be active, as a master system and through asynchronous ...
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Is this procedure to Failover to Logshipped secondary and Fail back again procedure correct?

I have a primary database in Amsterdam (AMDB), and a secondary in London (LNDB). I want to fail over from AMDB, to LNDB and then back again, without having to make another full backup (because the ...
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MySql Switching Masters During Failover with log-slave-updates

I am still pretty newbie to mysql. This question is regarding promoting slave with option --log-slave-updates to become a master. The typical schema of promoting slave to master was described in ...
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PostgreSQL failover and replication

I'm evaluating PostgreSQL 9.1 and have few questions related to failover and replication details. I have few test scenarios. First one with a Master server and few Slaves. In case Master crashes I ...
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Microsoft SQL 2008 Cluster with replication

i am in the process of setting upi a SQl Server 2008 64 bit Failover cluster. A lot of the database queries that we are running during the days are db intensive and lock a lot of the tables while ...
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Database as a service (DbaaS) over dimensions--performance, scalability, & reliability?

MySql Database as a service: Amazon Xeround Another eg. PostgreSQL Database-as-a-Service. You can get the list of similar products here. Does anyone have details on their performance, ...
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Automating failover in PostgreSQL 9.1

How does one setup two identical servers for automatic failover in PostgreSQL 9.1. OS Centos 5 PostgreSQL 9.1 compiled from source The postgres user account exists on both machines and has a ...