Can Witness Support Multiple Db's?
Jun 7, 2007
I'm running into a problem where I had mirroring working correctly (on server A ->B with C being the witness) then I set another machine(s) up to also use mirroring (X->Y with C also the witness). When I checked the A->B configuration today the witness was disconnected so I removed mirroring all together and attempted to set it up and I'm now getting the error:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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Alter failed for Database 'A'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Alter+Database&LinkId=20476
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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The ALTER DATABASE command could not be sent to the remote server instance 'TCP://C:5022'. The database mirroring configuration was not changed. Verify that the server is connected, and try again. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1456)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.3042&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=1456&LinkId=20476
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Jan 31, 2008
After adding the Witness Server to the Mirror session, the Witness Connection state between the Mirror and Witness Connection is Disconnected and the state between Principal and Witness Connection is Connected.
The procedures defined in Books Online was used to setup Database Mirroring...when the Witness server was added to the Mirror session, only the alter database T-SQL statement was executed on the Principal server.
ALTER DATABASE <db_name> SET WITNESS = 'TCP://<servername>:<port>'
After executing the above statement, a few seconds later the state between Principal and Witness Connection changed to Connected and the state between Mirror and Witness Connection remains Disconnected.
The Mirror session is not using Certificates, every server is on the same domain, using the same domain login account, and all servers have SP2 installed running Enterprise Edition.
Any idea's why the state between Mirror and Witness Connection remains Disconnected?
Thanks,
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Hi,
I'd recently posted a question about using SQL CE as a database server for a multi-user desktop app. I did some development and tested it, and it seemed to work fine. What I did was:
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public class RemData : MarshalByRefObject
{
public DataSet GetData()
{
//Read data
}
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2. hosted this object in a Remoting Server
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3. created client WinForms app to connect to this object through remoting with url tcp://myserverip/RM_RemData and distributed this client EXE to various machines within the intranet to execute the GetData and AddData methods
This seems to work perfectly fine and super fast, and i was also concurrently executing the above methods in loops of 100.
So what I don't understand is why most of the posts I read about multi-user scenario here and on the web are always discouraging people to only use CE for single-user desktop? As long as I use the SQL CE ONLY as a Data Store and all logic into my data layer such as the Remotabe Objects, will this be a feasible option for around 10-20 Users since CE allows 256 Connections anyway?
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Hi all -
I know this is prolly an old one but I would certainly appreciate some assistance =)
environment:
SERVER (IIS6, .NET2.0, SQL2005)
CLIENT (WIN2000,IE6,VBScript)
I have an aspx that is invoking ado on the clientside. I read somewhere that javascript does not support connecting to SQL clientside. I may be wrong. In any case I am using VBScript on the client.
I am using something like this to invoke the script
Code Snippet
<a href="#" onclick="doReport()">Click Here</< FONT>a>
doReport() looks something like this ...
Code Snippet
' ========================================================
sub doReport()
Dim stSQL, rs, oWord, oDoc, oRng
Dim stCurrentSection, stTemplatePath, dtNow, dtSOR, dtLastDataPoint
Dim iLastDataPoint
set oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
stTemplatePath = "http://crivm-ccdev/ccprocharts/supportfiles/CCWordReport.doc"
set oDoc = oWord.Documents.Open(stTemplatePath)
oWord.visible = true
stCurrentSection = "a"
loadDebug
'loadLive
openConnection()
' == THIS DB CALL GETS 2 RESULT SETS
'set rs = getrsCustomerInfoReport(mstUnits, left(mstCycles,3), mstAppName)
set rs = getReadOnlyRS("sCC_GetCustInfo_Report '" & mstUnits & "','" & left(mstCycles,3) & "','" & mstAppName & "'")
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dtLastDataPoint = rs(0)
iLastDataPoint = rs(1)
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end sub
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Code Snippet
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CONST adUseClient = 3
CONST adUseServer = 2
' == Cursor Type
CONST adOpenStatic = 3
CONST adOpenForwardOnly = 0
CONST adOpenDynamic = 2
' == Lock Type
CONST adLockReadOnly = 1
CONST adLockOptimistic = 3
CONST adLockPessimistic = 2
' ========================================================
sub openConnection()
Dim stConn
set oConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
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stConn = "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Server=crivm-ccdevsql2005;Database=catcheck;Integrated Security=SSPI"
'msgbox oConn.state & vbcrlf & stConn1
oConn.open(stConn)
'msgbox oConn.state
ApplySecurity
end sub
' ============================================================
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'gbhasDBAccess is a global variable on both client and server sides.
'Server side is set in seccheck.asp, which should be at the top of every page
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</< FONT></script>
Before we moved to SQL2005 I always used this
Code Snippet
' ========================================================
Function getReadOnlyMultRS(strSQL)
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'Disconnect the Recordset
Set rs.ActiveConnection = Nothing
'Return the Recordset
Set getReadOnlyMultRS = rs
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and this always allowed me to use set rs = rs.nextresultset
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Say that ny witness goes down can I have another witness that takes it place
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We are trying to set up database mirroring. The mirroring works for the principal and mirrored databases (set up via Management Studio), but when we try to set up the witness database, we are getting the error message €œThe ALTER DATABASE command could not be sent to the remote server instance 'TCP://€¦ (Error: 1456)€?.
The same occurs if I try to do €œALTER DATABASE xxx SET WITNESS =€? in TSQL. We are using the Standard edition for all three. We have tried using several different servers for the witness. All same user, same domain. Any suggestions?
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I have set up a SQL Express sytem to act as a witness....all are under the same admin account, all can ping and see each other. When I attempt to start a mirror session, it fails to issue an "ALTER Database" comment and the mirror setup is set to "High Performance".
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2) Any special steps required on SQL express besides enabling TCP/IP within the Configuration manager? It doesn't need the same instance of the same databaes on it, does it?
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I have managed to set up mirroring on SQl 2005 however i have a come across a problem that i dont know how to resolve.
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If i instagate a failover on the Principal Database, the mirror becomes the Principal, and vice versa ... great .. how ever .. i tried the golden test by making the principal server dissapear by yanking out the network connection, expecting the mirror to become the principal.....nope it just stays there in a disconnected / restoring state which isnt any good to man nor beast . I thought that the Witness should have dectected that the principal database had 'dissapeared' and would have made the mirror the Principal.
Any pointers on where i might have gone wrong in the setting up process, i used the mirror wizard
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Hi,
I have a basic configuration question.
I removed mirroring on a configuration that is currrently working. Next, I moved the witness server to another IP and changed the FQDN (I patched the machine to another newtork, added a FQDN to our DNS server and reconfigured the machines IP information. I can ping the witness at its new address from the principal and the mirror).
Would changing the Witness's IP and FQDN prevent Database Mirroring from being setup after the certificate has been created and distributed to the principal and mirror instances under the old IP and FQDN? Should the endpoint be reconfigured and a new certificate be generated and distributed after an IP and FQDN change?
Thanks,
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Jun 6, 2006
I start with 3 servers, in High Safety mode with witness. I disconnect the network cable for the witness. Then I remove the witness from the mirroring session:
ALTER DATABASE db1 SET WITNESS OFF
I reconnect the witness network cable. Now I cannot add the witness back to the mirroring session (either with TSQL or thru the GUI). Here is the error message:
Msg 1433, Level 16, State 4, Server SERVERA, Line 1
All three server instances did not remain interconnected for the duration of the ALTER DATABASE SET WITNESS command. There may be no witness associated with the database. Verify the status and when necessary repeat the command.
I have to stop mirroring (SET PARTNER OFF) and then reconfigure a new mirroring session to be able to include the witness.
If I don't disconnect the network cable, I am able to remove and re-add the witness to the session, no problem.
Is this behavior expected?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
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Mar 3, 2008
The problem: One server sees the witness, one does not. If the dbs are active on the one that doesn't see the witness and I shut that server down everything works as it should. However, if the dbs are active on the server that sees the witness and I shut that one down the mirror does not take over because it can't see the witness and form a quorum. It throws Event ID 1438 every 20 seconds complaing "The server instance Witness rejected configure request...The reason 1451, and state3, can be used for diagnotics by Microsoft...."
The scenario: I finished setting up a mirror in a WORKGROUP, by going through the GUI and then at the choosing not to start the mirror. That allowed me to modify the NETBIOS names and change them to IP addresses in order to get around the FQDN requirement that I can't fulfill since the servers are in a workgroup. They are in the same subnet and can run SQL queries against each other.
When I query sys.database_mirroring from the database servers I get this on the good server:
mirroring_witness_name mirroring_witness_state_desc
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TCP://155.17.92.63:5022 CONNECTED
TCP://155.17.92.63:5022 CONNECTED
And this on the bad server:
mirroring_witness_name mirroring_witness_state_desc
-----------------------------------------------------
TCP://155.17.92.63:5022 DISCONNECTED
TCP://155.17.92.63:5022 DISCONNECTED
here's are the results from sys.database_mirroring_witnesses
database_name principal_server_name mirror_server_name safety_level safety_level_desc
-------------- -------------------------- ------------------------- ------------ ------------------
dbadmin TCP://pscdaltpscom20:5022 TCP://155.17.92.65:5022 2 FULL
dbtest TCP://pscdaltpscom20:5022 TCP://155.17.92.65:5022 2 FULL
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Does anyone have any ideas why my second server can't communicate with the mirror? Any clarifications I can make? I have been completely unable to find a step-by-step guide to creating mirror databases outside of a domain...so if someone knows of one please point me that direction.
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Not sure where I am going wrong ... I am able to set-up the mirroring, but the witness set-up always fails. I am running all the 3 SQL servers (Enterprise edition) with same domain account, which is also a member of sysadmin locally within each SQL server.
When I try to add the witness on Principal using the following command:
ALTER DATABASE MyDB
SET WITNESS = 'TCP://WitnessServer:7022'
I have even tried the IP address with port number and fully qualifying domain (TCP://WitnessServer.xx.xx.com:7022) and I get the following message in error log.
2006-06-20 10:16:55.07 spid57 The ALTER DATABASE command could not be sent to the remote server instance 'TCP://WitnessServer:7022'. The database mirroring configuration was not changed. Verify that the server is connected, and try again.
All the 3 servers are configured to use TCP and Names pipes. I can connect, ping and telenet the Mirror Server from Principal. Any suggestions?
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Hi,
I'm trying to configure mirroring with High Availability, Automatic Failover.
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Not sure if this is relevant here but I thought someone might have seen this.
I am trying to set up Express edition as a mirror witness and am running into a problem.
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When I try to create the security endpoints everything appearsd to work as far as connecting to the express instance but i cannot start the mirror because the address listed is
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Jan 27, 2006
I am getting this error while trying to setup mirroring.
"Neither the partner nor the witness server instance for database "shop" is available. Reissue the command when at least one of the instances becomes available. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1431)"
I am just using principal and mirror server, there is no witness server. I have tried fully qualified name and ip for the servers also. I can connect from the principal server to the mirror server using the management studio and it also creates endpoints on prinicipal and witness. But then gives me an error that it cannot find the instance of the mirror server and if I try again it gives the error above. I can also telnet to port 5022.
I have used -T1400 as the startup parameter.
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May 9, 2007
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Jun 28, 2007
Hello,
the Mirror Server is not connected to the Witness Server.
Mirror Server and Wtiness Server are instances on one server.
I get this error:
"
2007-06-28 17:08:12.77 spid23s The server instance Witness rejected configure request; read its error log file for more information. The reason 1451, and state 3, can be of use for diagnostics by Microsoft. This is a transient error hence retrying the request is likely to succeed. Correct the cause if any and retry."
In the SQL Profiler for the Witness Server I get "An error occurred while receiving data" Error 64.
In the witness server logs is nothing depending on this.
The connection between the witness and principal and the mirror and principal are all right. I have created User logins with certificates on the same way on all instances.
What can I do?
Greets
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First of all, Great webcast today. My question is, I have everything up and running and would like to know what to do when the machine my primary is on quits or has a some type of disaster. Do I need to manually run recovery on each db that was mirrored? I'm not currently running a witness.
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Hi guys , I would like to know what's the exactly results able to get in this following scenario.
Server A : Principal
Server M : Mirror
Server W : Witness
1) Firstly, disable server M, following by server W. So probably i will unable to connect to Server A eventhough it acts as a principal.
2) Next, if I enable either server M or server W , what will I able to get actually ? Is it the mirroring works like the article which written in Microsoft page ?(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/dbmirror.mspx#ETPAE)
At here, I get an error message and unable to continue the mirroring section. ( "Database EMS is enabled for Database Mirroring, but neither the partner nor witness server instances are available: the database cannot be opened." or "Database 'EMS' is being recovered. Waiting until recovery is finished." )
3) If I enable both server M and server W, the mirroring continue to work again.
Can I have any assistance on (2) issue? Thx for the assistance.
Best Regards,
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