A client’s SQL Server 2016 Installation in Cluster hung at RunRemoteDiscoveryAction while setup ran discovery on the other node. Here is the cause of the delay.
SQL Server emergency? Email pinal@sqlauthority.com with URGENT in the subject line.
SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error – Upgrading Subscription Settings and System Objects in Database [DBName].
A patch failed at “Upgrading subscription settings and system objects in database” with invalid object MSreplication_subscriptions. Here is the fix.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Failover SQL Server Instance – Error: Registry Information is Corrupt or Missing
A client could not failover SQL Server to another node: registry information is corrupt or missing. Here is how I found the right error in the logs.
How to Write Errors in Error Log? – Interview Question of the Week #175
How to write errors in Error Log? A customer asked this in my performance tuning workshop, and here is how to add your own messages to the SQL Server log.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification Errors – Part 2
Part 2 of my series on the MSCS cluster verification errors rule in SQL Server setup: another cause we found in Detail.txt during install or AddNode.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification Errors – Part 1
Installing a SQL Server clustered instance failed the Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification rule. Part 1 covers the verification report cause.
SQL SERVER – Parallel Redo on AlwaysOn Secondary – DIRTY_PAGE_TABLE_LOCK
Redo lag and high DIRTY_PAGE_TABLE_LOCK waits hit a client’s AlwaysOn secondary. Here is how Parallel Redo in SQL Server 2016 causes them and what to do.
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