Questions tagged [failover-cluster-instance]

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Should the quorum drive always be at the same node with the SQL Server role in a SQL Server failover cluster environment?

In a SQL Server failover cluster environment, I can move the SQL Server role to node a and the quorum drive at node b. Although it's possible, is this a correct configuration? While I was Googling around, I noticed some people believe this is…
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What is the approach to handle failover and compatibility issues when patching FCI nodes?

I have FCI with 2 nodes. Following is steps to patch the nodes: Remove node from Possible owners Patch the inactive node Add the node to the Possible owners Failover to inactive node Leave it running for 1 week to ensure no patch related…
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SQL Availability Group and File Server Role Using the Same DNS Name

I'm tasked with setting up a 2 node cluster that will host a MS SQL availability group. I have the servers setup and the AG looks to be working as expected. However, there is another requirement to hang a file share off one of the drives. I'm not…
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Oracle RAC 19c instance fails to start with ORA-29707: inconsistent value 1 for initialization parameter 1146 with other instances

After having to restart a node in a RAC cluster, we ran into "ORA-29707: inconsistent value 1 for initialization parameter 1146 with other instances" when trying to use srvctl start instance -i ORAPD3 -d ORAPD. CMD output was something…
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Machine Learning Services fails from Secondary Node of SQL Failover Cluster Instance

There was a planned cluster failover to the secondary node of our FCI. Afterwards, sp_execute_external_script stopped working. Examples with error messages are below: EXEC sp_execute_external_script…
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Failover time after SQL Server patch

We have two node Windows Server cluster with installed SQL Server (2019 Standard Edition) Clustered instances on each node There are 500 active databases There are no any Availability Groups or any other HA solutions configured All databases are on…
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Does sql config manager changes (example: service account) on 1 FCI node auto update it onto the other node?

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/failover-clusters/windows/always-on-failover-cluster-instances-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15#FCIelements Each node in the resource group maintains a synchronized copy of the configuration…
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Why automatic failover does not occur when I turn off SQL Service in SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance?

I faced unusual behavior associated with automatic failover so that automatic failover does not work in the case of turning off SQL Server service. It seems that clustered disks are still remaining attached to the failed node, but I cannot find out…
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MariaDB Galera nodes rejoining but missing data after resync

I have 1 MariaDB Galera cluster composed of 5 nodes in 2 different datacenters: 3 in DC1, 2 in DC2, On DC1, one of the nodes has a pc.weight=2. Bootstrap was set on Node 1 from DC1. Data between the 5 nodes is correctly synced and system works…
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SQL Server Failover Cluster Data Loss on failover

Currently running several databases on an Active/Passive SQL Server 2014 Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2012 R2. Recently there was an event that caused the active server to failover. The failover was just a quick moment. The problem is when the…
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What is best practice when performing manual failover in a 2 node FCI

Using SQL Server 2019 with 200+ databases in a 2 node FCI, what is considered best practice regarding SQL Server Agent when performing manual failover for SQL Server CU patching. Should we manually stop the SQL Server Agent before failover? I ask…
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Will a 2-node windows server failover cluster go down if the disk witness owner crashes?

In a 2 node WSFC where Node 1 owns the disk witness, would Node 1 crashing result in the entire cluster going down (loss of quorum because only 1/3 votes remain)? Or does disk witness ownership transfer to Node 2 regardless of whether Node 1 was…
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What is a difference in failover time for SQL Server FCI when database is in Full vs Simple recovery mode

I have 2-node SQL Server 2019 FCI cluster, which takes up to 4 minutes to failover from one node to another. The cluster has 3 user databases, migrated from the older SQL server versions: 2 databases with higher load have SIMPLE recovery model (and…
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Configuring a Failover Cluster Fileshare Witness?

I'm relatively new to high availability groups in SQL Server, and am hoping for a bit of advice on best practices for configuration. I didn't set up this configuration, I inherited it and am trying to get an understanding as I've been moved towards…
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It's possible switchover a innodb cluster instance as primary?

If I am in topologyMode Single-Primary, it's possible to switchover the primary instance between machines in the cluster? I did not find anything in the documentation. Ie: in my lab I have: topology": { "mysql0:3306": { …
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