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SQL Server 2016 AlwaysON AG setup – Part 2
Now that I’ve created a windows cluster and installed SQL server on all the three nodes(Part 1), I am ready to configure AGs. Below is the screenshots tour. You can see a new option “Database Level...
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SQL Server 2016 Cluster setup – What’s changed?
In this short blog post let’s take a screenshots tour of SQL Server 2016 Failover cluster installation and see if Microsoft made any significant changes to the setup process. In the above two...
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Setting up TDE on SQL Server Failover Cluster
Back in 2011 I wrote couple of Blog posts when I was initially exploring Encryption options we have in SQL Server. Never really got a chance to work on TDE since then. Fast forward to 2016, I am...
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Lab setup – AlwaysOn AGs in a Multi Subnet Cluster – Part 1
Let’s see how to setup an AG(SQL 2016) in a multi subnet cluster(Geo cluster) in a lab environment. Below is my lab setup: Two Replicas sitting in my Production Data center.(Subnet 192.168.1.x) – Sync...
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Lab setup – AlwaysOn AGs in a Multi Subnet Cluster – Part 2
In part1, I’ve shown how to create a windows cluster in a multi subnet setup. In this post let’s see how to create a AG and corresponding listener. In my lab, I will be creating two AGs and two...
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How to move AlwaysON AG Databases ?
Back in 2011, we have seen how to move a database which is participating in DB Mirroring here. In this blog post, let’s see how to move a database which is participating in a AG to a new...
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Upgrading Windows Failover Cluster 2012R2 to 2016
In this blog post, let’s see how to upgrade a Windows Server 2012R2 Failover cluster to Windows Server 2016. My current LAB setup is a 3 node cluster, all running 2012R2 and I decided to upgrade them...
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How to create a SQL Server Instance on Amazon RDS
In this blog post let’s see how to create a SQL Server Instance on Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service). I will be using defaults for most of the part in this screenshot tour to keep it simple....
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Microsoft Loves Linux – Installing SQL Server on Linux
In this blog post, let’s see how to Install SQL Server on Linux. It’s been a while since Microsoft announced SQL on Linux, but I thought of waiting for a while before I set this thing in my lab. With...
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Managing SQL Server Services in Linux Environment
In the previous blog post we have seen how to Install SQL Server on Linux(CENTOS). In this post, let’s see how to manage SQL Server Services in Linux environment. After all as a DBA, we should know how...
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