availability groups

Forced Quorum Mode and The Value of Democracy

2024-02-262024-02-26
SQL Server Database Engine, T-SQL Tuesday

AlwaysOn Availability Groups can be tricky when it comes to cluster configurations. Learn from a real-life scenario involving DR exercises and quorum failures.

What is not contained in contained Availability Groups

2022-09-162022-09-16
SQL Server Database Engine

While being an awesome feature introduced in SQL Server 2012, Availability Groups were always missing the ability to synchronize server-level objects between replicas. This finally changed 10 years later, in SQL Server 2022, with the introduction of “Contained Availability Groups”.

T-SQL Tuesday #143 – Short Powershell code to move DB files in AlwaysOn

This month’s #tsql2sday is hosted by John McCormack who asks us to share some useful snippets of code that can help us in our everyday jobs.

Well, honestly, this is more or less what my blog is mostly about anyway: sharing insights, scripts, and code snippets that I found to be helpful in my day-to-day job as a SQL Server consultant.

Feature Request – Expand MSX/TSX Capabilities for HADR

2020-09-16
Life, SQL Server Database Engine, Tools and Scripts

Following my presentation of “How to HADR Your SQL Server Jobs” at the HA/DR PASS Virtual Group yesterday, David Klee (@kleegeek) and I continued chatting for a bit longer after the recording was concluded. During which, the MSX/TSX feature of SQL Server came up, and David suggested that I’d utilize my newly earned MVP status to push a feature request to expand these capabilities.

Control SQL Jobs based on HADR Role – Taking it to the Next Level

2020-05-262024-05-12
SQL Server Database Engine, T-SQL, Tools and Scripts
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In one of my previous blog posts, Automatically Enable or Disable Jobs based on HADR Role, I provided a solution for automatically enabling or disabling scheduled jobs in combination with Availability Groups and Database Mirroring. In this blog post, I’m going to build upon my previous solution and improve it even further – taking it to the next level of automation!