Tag Archives: WSFC
Resources: Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) for SQL Server DBAs
Last week at Live360, I have had the opportunity to deliver my workshop on Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) for SQL Server DBAs. The workshop was based on an online course that I am about to re-release. One of the things I like about delivering presentations is that I learn a lot from the attendees […]
The Windows Server Failover Cluster Properties That We Almost Always Ignore
The S.P.A. That Prevents Your Synchronous SQL Server Always On Availability Groups From Failing Over Automatically
This is a very common question that gets asked on the technical forums, newsgroups, social media, etc. when it comes to synchronous SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AG): “Why did my AG not automatically failover?” Notice that I mentioned SYNCHRONOUS and not asynchronous. Only when Always On Availability Group replica databases are configured for synchronous commit […]
Why We Need To Understand How Active Directory Affects SQL Server High Availability
But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything. – Alan Watts – WARNING: There will be a ton of acronyms in this blog post. Make sure to keep your notebook handy for note-taking reference. […]