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Hi folks. I'm trying to clear up some licensing confusion I"ve come across. First, if I use MIRROR on SS SE I am limited to a single REDO thread and Sycn mode. I see that on the Web. Will the singel REDO thread hurt the ability for the Secondary to keep up? Any one done any tests?



My confusion comes from a document that came across my desk a long time ago that showed that if you use MIRROR on SQL Server SE you are limited to 4 processors for the entire cluster. So if you wanted a balanced failover you would have to have two 2-ways in essence. Is this true? Is it not longer true? I can't seem to find any mention of this....did someone give me bad advice? Help! Thanks.

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use master;
go
DROP USER PrincipalLogin1
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DROP USER PrincipalLogin2
DROP LOGIN PrincipalLogin2
GO

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go
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go

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go
---stop

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go

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with password='PrincipalLogin'
go
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from login PrincipalLogin2
go

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go
create certificate WintnessCertForPartnerPub
authorization PrincipalLogin2
from file ='D:BackupCertCertForDBRole.cer'
GO



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GO

ALTER DATABASE Mirrortest
SET witness = 'TCP://10.10.11.30:7000'
GO

select * from sys.certificates



/* -------- 2. ENABLE OUTBOUND CONNECTIONS ON THE MIRROR -------- */
--On Mirror
--Remove the database
--Connect to either partner.
--Issue the following Transact-SQL statement:

ALTER DATABASE Mirrortest SET PARTNER OFF

--Optionally, you can recover the former mirror database. On the server instance that was the mirror server, enter:

--RESTORE DATABASE Mirrortest WITH RECOVERY;

RESTORE DATABASE [Mirrortest] FROM
DISK = N'D:BackupCertMirrortest.bak'
WITH FILE = 1, NORECOVERY, NOUNLOAD, REPLACE, STATS = 10
GO
select * from sys.endpoints

drop endpoint Mirror_Endpoint_Mirroring

select * from sys.certificates


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with subject ='this is the certificate for mirror',
start_date='06/25/2006'

backup certificate MirrorCertForPartner
to file='d:ackupcertMirrorCertForPartner.cer'



CREATE ENDPOINT Mirror_Endpoint_Mirroring
STATE=STARTED
AS TCP (LISTENER_PORT=5022)
FOR DATABASE_MIRRORING (
Authentication=Certificate MirrorCertForPartner
,ROLE=ALL)
GO

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--On Witness

USE [master]
GO


select * from sys.certificates

drop certificate CertForDBRole
GO


create master key
encryption by password='asdf'

Create certificate CertForDBRole
with subject='this is a certificate for pricipal role',
start_date='06/25/2006'

backup certificate CertForDBrole
to file='c:CertForDBRole.cer'


select * from sys.endpoints

drop endpoint Witness_Endpoint_Mirroring


CREATE ENDPOINT Witness_Endpoint_Mirroring
STATE=STARTED
AS TCP (LISTENER_PORT=7000)
FOR DATABASE_MIRRORING (
Authentication=Certificate CertForDBRole
,ROLE=ALL)
GO


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use master;
go
DROP USER PrincipalLogin1
DROP LOGIN PrincipalLogin1
DROP USER PrincipalLogin2
DROP LOGIN PrincipalLogin2
GO

Create login PrincipalLogin1
with password='PrincipalLogin'
go
Create user PrincipalLogin1
from login PrincipalLogin1
go

Grant connect on endpoint::Principal_Endpoint_Mirroring to PrincipalLogin1
go
---stop

create certificate MirrorCertForPartnerPub
authorization PrincipalLogin1
from file = 'd:BackupCertMirrorCertForPartner.cer';
go

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with password='PrincipalLogin'
go
Create user PrincipalLogin2
from login PrincipalLogin2
go

Grant connect on endpoint::Principal_Endpoint_Mirroring to PrincipalLogin2
go
create certificate WintnessCertForPartnerPub
authorization PrincipalLogin2
from file ='D:BackupCertCertForDBRole.cer'
GO



ALTER DATABASE Mirrortest
SET PARTNER = 'TCP://10.1.40.158:5022'
GO

ALTER DATABASE Mirrortest
SET witness = 'TCP://10.10.11.30:7000'
GO

select * from sys.certificates


/* -------- 5. ENABLE INBOUND CONNECTIONS ON THE MIRROR -------- */
use master;
go
DROP USER MirrorLogin1
DROP LOGIN MirrorLogin1
DROP USER MirrorLogin2
DROP LOGIN MirrorLogin2
GO

Create login MirrorLogin1
with password='MirrorLogin'
go
Create user MirrorLogin1
from login MirrorLogin1
go

Grant connect on endpoint::Mirror_Endpoint_Mirroring to MirrorLogin1
go

--stop
create certificate PrincipalCertForPartnerPub
authorization MirrorLogin1
from file = 'd:BackupCertPrincipalCertForPartner.cer';
go

Create login MirrorLogin2
with password='MirrorLogin'
go
Create user MirrorLogin2
from login MirrorLogin2
go
create certificate WitnessCertForPartnerPub
authorization MirrorLogin2
from file ='D:BackupCertCertForDBRole.cer'
GO

Grant connect on endpoint::Mirror_Endpoint_Mirroring to MirrorLogin2
go


ALTER DATABASE Mirrortest
SET PARTNER = 'TCP://10.10.116.42:5022'
GO

ALTER DATABASE Mirrortest
SET WITNESS = 'TCP://w7mis02:5024'
GO




/* -------- 6. ENABLE INBOUND CONNECTIONS ON THE WITNESS -------- */

use master;
go
DROP USER WitnessLogin1
drop login WitnessLogin1
DROP USER WitnessLogin2
drop login WitnessLogin2

Create login WitnessLogin1
with password='WitnessLogi*n@'
go
create user WitnessLogin1
from login WitnessLogin1
go

create certificate PrincipalCertForPartnerPub
authorization WitnessLogin1
from file = 'c:ackupcertPrincipalCertForPartner.cer';
go
--***************************************
Create login WitnessLogin2
with password='WitnessLogi*n@'
go
create user WitnessLogin2
from login WitnessLogin2
go

create certificate MirrorCertForPartnerPub
authorization WitnessLogin2
from file = 'c:ackupcertMirrorCertForPartner.cer';
go

Grant connect on endpoint::Witness_Endpoint_Mirroring to WitnessLogin1
go
Grant connect on endpoint::Witness_Endpoint_Mirroring to WitnessLogin2
go

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