Category: AlwaysOn Availability Groups

PostThe SQL Server DBA’s Guide to Windows Server Failover Clustering: The Engine Under the Hood – Part 1

“How can you expect to fix the engine if you don’t even know how it works?” – my friendly neighborhood car mechanic.   My 20-year old Nissan X-Trail has been misbehaving recently.   I can understand that, given how old it is, it has served it’s purpose.   But, no. It still drives great and […]

PostThe SQL Server DBA’s Guide to Windows Server Failover Clustering: The Interaction From a 10,000-ft View

I’ve always wanted to become a pilot ever since I was a kid. It’s one of the reasons I love traveling.   I finally decided to pursue my childhood dream and scheduled an introductory flight. And it was a blast.     There were preliminary lessons before we got on the plane. Not a full […]

PostYour Always On Availability Group Databases Have Huge Log Files. What Do You Do?

Imagine getting a phone call in the middle of the night. While still figuring out who it was on the other line, you get a text message from your manager. He’s telling you that the databases are offline and that the operations team have been working on it for the past hour. But they’re stumped […]

PostGot A “Validating WSFC quorum vote configuration” warning when you create a SQL Server Always On Availability Group?

I bet a lot of IT professionals who are really serious about their work are like me. When they see an error or warning message like this, their first instinct is to find out what the problem is and fix it. That’s what I did when I saw this error while configuring a SQL Server […]

PostCreating a SQL Server 2012 Availability Group Article on CanITPro.net

I’ve been wanting to write for the CanITPro.net website for quite sometime now, primarily because there hasn’t been any new content on SQL Server on the site lately. The Canadian IT Pro and developer communities are very vibrant and active, thanks to the effort of Canadian Microsoft MVPs Jean-René Roy (blog) (DevTeach/SQLTeach) and D’Arcy Lussier (Twitter | […]

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