Mirroring :: Principal Database Get Role Back After Being Back On Line
May 14, 2015
New to Database Mirroring and I have a question about the Principal database server. I have a Database Mirroring setup configured for High-safety with automatic fail over mode using a witness.
When a fail over occurs because of a lost of communication between the principal and mirror, the mirror server takes on the roll of Principal. When communication is returned to the Principal server, at some point does the database that was the previous Principal database automatically go back to being the Principal server?
I have granted db_owner to a user id. This userid was able to take a database offline, but when trying to bring the database up online, I got an error message 5011, user doens't have permission. Does anyone has any idea why? I read in books on line saying that db_owner fixed roles has permssion to set this database property. Thanks.
I have SQL Server 2008 R2 database mirroring setup with witness. Below database connection string is used by the application  jdbc:sqlserver://<Server_A>MSSQLSERVER;databaseName=<Mirrored_DB>;port=1433;failoverPartner=<Server_B>MSSQLSERVER  During some maintenance activity at the OS side , I tried to manually failover database from Server_A to Server_B. It took long time for failover to Server_B. While failing over the Mirrored_DB database goes in In Recovery status and application is not able to connect to database. I waited for long time more than 40 mins for database to come online on Server_B but it did not work.So I have recovered database on Server_B using RESTORE DATABASE Mirrored_DB WITH RECOVERY.  After database was recovered on Server_B application was not able to connect to database with error as "The database <Mirrored_DB> on server Server_BMSSQLSERVER is not configured for database mirroring".  My Question is
Why manual failover did not get back database on secondary server upwhy the original  connection string below is not able to connect to the database while database is online on Server_B  but without mirroring
 jdbc:sqlserver://<Server_A>MSSQLSERVER;databaseName=<Mirrored_DB>;port=1433;failoverPartner=<Server_B>MSSQLSERVER
hi, i want to create a disaster recovery site, to which i can fail over (not automatically), and also to have the option to return the database to a point in time? for example, if my principal server fails in 17:00, i want to have the option to make the mirror server available for users from 17:00 (or at least close to that time), and also to be able the return to the data from 16:00 (in the mirror site). Is it possible, and what is the best way to do it?
Hello,I'm trying to create a simple back up in the SQL Maintenance Plan that willmake a single back up copy of all database every night at 10 pm. I'd likethe previous nights file to be overwritten, so there will be only a singleback up file for each database (tape back up runs every night, so each daysback up will be saved on tape).Every night the maintenance plan makes a back up of all the databases to anew file with a datetime stamp, meaning the previous nights file stillexists. Even when I check "Remove files older than 22 hours" the previousnights file still exists. Is there any way to create a back up file withoutthe date time stamp so it overwrites the previous nights file?Thanks!Rick
I need to run two reports each of A5 Size to run back to page and print on single A4 paper means in 1st half Sale bill will be printed and in second half Gate Pass Will Be Printed both report will be on same page and size and shape should be maintained. How to do it.
I have created a job in SQL Server 2005 in which one of the step executes a .NET console application which is created in .NET to update some status to database before the next step. i need some help in sending some status back to sql job when i come accross any problem in the console application for ex when there is a exception i need to send some status to the job, so the job gets failed permanently. i tried few other methods of updating some temporary status database with this error information and have another intermediate step in the job to check for the status... it worked but i dont like doing it. please let me know if there is any other method to do this.
I have a Merge-Pull subscription setup on a laptop running SQL 2000 synchronizing with a SQL 2005 database. For the most part everything works fine. However, when I take the laptop off the network for more than 10 minutes and then reconnect back to the network, I see the following status message for the synchronization agent:
The process could not connect to Distributor 'OurServerInstanceName'. Specified SQL server not found. NOTE: The step was retried the requested number of times (10) without succeeding.
It seems that the agent never picks up and starts again once this occurs.
Is there a "best practice" for handling this situation? For example, is there some way to tell the agent to auto-start once a network connection has been re-established or do I need to have some other process monitor the status and restart it when it detects that it has stopped with this error?
Hello,I am hoping you can help me with the following problem; I need to process the following steps every couple of hours in order to keep our Sql 2000 database a small as possible (the transaction log is 5x bigger than the db).1.back-up the entire database2.truncate the log3.shrink the log4.back-up once again.As you may have determined, I am relatively new to managing a sql server database and while I have found multiple articles online about the topics I need to accomplish, I cannot find any actual examples that explain where I input the coded used to accomplish the above-mentioned steps. I do understand the theory behind the steps I just do not know how to accomplish them!If you know of a well-documented tutorial, please point me in the right direction.Regards.
Does anybody know of a way to rollback SQL Server 2005 databases back to SQL Server 2000? Is there a way of doing it without resorting to Copy Database Wizard? I love to find a way of attaching a SS 2005 database to a SS 2000 instance without any issues.
I recently upgraded to SS 2005 and I am very unhappy with the SS 2005 and I want to rollback to SS 2000, which was a lot more stable. I am having several major issues that are affecting my whole company's day-to-day operations and the managers are not happy. Some of the issues include night time batch running very sluggish for no apparent reason. This is a biggest problem because it only occurs once or so a week and causes a disturbance with the daily activities when the night time processing isn€™t completed on time. The rest of the time, the batch processing runs great, even a little better then on SS 2000. I don't believe it is a matter of my application needing to be retuned because if that was the case, then why isn't it running sluggish every night? Also, it's never the same day that the sluggish behavior occurs. If it was occurring on the same night, then I would have something to investigate within our application, but it doesn't. Another issue that I am having involves a night time job that restores a copy of the production database to the Data Warehouse server to be used for updating the data warehouse. Again, most of the time it runs great (~2 1/2 hours), but once or twice a week, it goes stupid and takes 6 1/2 hours for no apparent reason. Again, it is not happening the same day either, which could give me something to invesigate. On SS 2000, this same job ran flawlessly. Never I did I run into situation that the database restoration took that long to run. Even another issue involves a SQL Server Agent Job that was put into suspended state. What's a suspended state and how can I get it out of suspended state? I can find no information about suspended state in BOL. I did a Google and nothing came up. If this suspended state was put in for security reasons, great, but then tell me how I can remove the suspended state. I am also not happy with the fact that I can't get accurate information about the queries that are actively running at that particular moment. In SS 2000, when I noticed high CPU usage on the server, I would run the sp_who2 active stored proc and it would show me all the active thread and how much CPU it was consuming. I would then find the running threads with the highest CPU numbers and investigate the query and see if we could improve it. Now in SS 2005, I get in the same situation and run the sp_who2 stored proc, and there is no smoking gun. All of the active threads are showing very little CPU usage, which I am very suspect of. What the heck happen to sp_who2? I looked at some of the other ways of looking at running processes (i.e... sys.sysprocesses) and they don't appear to be giving the information that I need.
I am very unhappy and I just want to roll back to SS 2000 and wait a couple of years before I upgrade to SS 2005.
Hi everyone, I am working in a company where data is changed daily (IT department of a shopping center) where item prices change everyday, the quantity available in stock vary daily,...What is the scenarios available for the back up on SQL Server 2000 (I am a developer not a database administrator, but I have a task to do which is to make a back up for the critical data) . could u help me with some links or idea.I was thinking of doing a full back up one time everyweek and daily I will do a differential backup?is that the best solution?Thanks.
Hi, i have one database question here. Let me describe my situation first:
i have two different hard disk drives, here i call it HDD1 and HDD2. i want to format my HDD1, but all my database tables are stored in HDD1. i want to know is there any way for me to backup my database table to HDD2, and restore it back later to HDD1.
I am trying to back up database to a different server. I am able to map the serve to my current ones, however, when I go to Enterprise Manager - back up DB, I can not see the mapped drive from back up file location, I wasn't able to see any other disk location but the local drives.
Can somebody tell me how can I back up database to a different server from Enterprise Manager or any syntax?
Hi all, I'm getting the following error message in NT event view:
Error: 9002, Severity: 17, State: 2 The log file for database 'db_sys' is full. Back up the transaction log for the database to free up some log space.
But I don't know how to back up the transaction log for the database. Do I need TRUNCTE LOG (in E.M) to free up some log space? I only know back up all the database using ALL TASKS -> BACKUP DATABASE in E.M. Please help me. Thanks in advance. TH
I had to transfer my database from one server to another. Both are running SQL 2000. I backed the database up and moved it to the new server however when I try to do a restore I get the following message:
The media set for database "xxx' has 2 family members but only 1 are provided. RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
I did some searching and found a couple of posts that mentioned something about the back up including 2 files.
My problem is that the machine I backed this up from crashed when it was shut down and would not reboot so all of the data and the original database do not exist. Is there any hope of restoring this database. It is pretty critical.
Hi, I backed my sql server database on Fri at 3:15pm and then tried importing some tables individually from a different database and but that didnt work out too good, so is there a way i can just restore particular tables from the backup. any help will be appreciated. regards, Karen
I developed an asp.net application in visual web developer 2005 express edition and SQL sever 2005 express with Advanced services. The application has been deployed and iam wondering what tools are availabel to for backing up my data. Are there any tools i can use to back-up my database. Iam not talking of third party tools but tools a vailable in sql sever 2005 express with advanced services or visual web developer express. OR can write a vb.net Sub procedure that i run and have my database backed up. If so where can i start or what other options may i explorer.
I need to back up a production database on one server and then copy it to a test server wherel it will be restored. The problem is that I don't know where to move the file to on the production server before I restore it. Is there a special folder I need to copy the file to? I see a folder named ProgramFilesMicrosoft SQL Server but beyond that I have no idea where to copy the file so that it can be restored?
Hello All! Here is an intresting and challenging question to you all. One of our idiot admin happens to reinstall the SQL Server with out realizing that other are have databases on that server. I have the MDF files on the server. Is there any way I can create the databases and point to that MDF files so that they can have the data and the table structures back. Itired to create the database that way the databse gets created but its having trouble actibvating those files. Some please help. Regards
I am trying to pass a datename in to a database backup. The date is to be retrieved from the 'monthname' column which is stored in the 'tblbill' table. I have included my ridiculous bit of code below (which funnily enough does not work!!) just so that you can see what I am trying to do. Can anyone help?
DECLARE @name varchar(10) backup database Bill to Disk ='c:@name.dat' with init
@name =select distinct monthname from tblbill where monthname is not null
I've got a 9gig DB which when backed up using the gui comes to 5gigs.When backed using the SQL "backup database" command it comes to 20gigs.Can someone suggest a good reason for the difference?
HiI am attempting to take a manual backup of an SQL 2005 database, viaRight Click on MyDatabase --Tasks --Backup[Specify the filename path and type of backup]However, when I try to specify the filename or, in fact, do anything, Ireceive the following errorProperty BackupDirectory is not available for Settings'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Settings'. This property may notexist for this object, or may not be retrievable due to insufficientaccess rights. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)The user I'm logged into the database with, however, has full rightswithin SQL.Does anyone have any ideas?Thanks!
I'm new at this so I apologize in advance for my ignorance.
I'm creating a website that collects dates in a calendar control (from Peter Blum). When the page containing the control loads it populates the calendar with dates from the database (that have previously been selected by the user). The user then can delete existing dates and/or add new dates.
I create a dataset when the page loads and use it to populate the calendar. When the user finishes adding and deleting dates in the calendar control I delete the original dates from the dataset and then write the new dates to the dataset. I then give execute the data adapter update command to load the contents of the dataset back into the database. This command involves using parameterized queries. For example the Insert command is:
Dim cmdInsert As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO Requests VALUES(@fkPlayerIDNumber, @RequestDate, @PostDate, @fkGroupID)", conn)
BACKUP MASTER KEY TO FILE = 'c:TestEncryptionMasterKey.key'
ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '23'
but why would I need to do it as the DBMK is stored in the databases itself ( in sys.symmetric_keys) and we dump all databases nightly. Just "in case"?
Hello,i am in great trouble. I want to revert back to original state ofdatabase before i performed restore database on my sql server 2KDatabase. Accidently i didn't take backup of my Database and i didrestore, so is there any way to get the original state back of myDatabase?Any suggestion will be highly appriciated.Regards,S. Domadia.
In SQL2000, when the Guest account was assigned into a role, such as db_datareader, then querying across databases worked just fine.
Specifically: I have a Report Writer application that connects to the SQL Server with a login (ReportRunner) that actually has very limited permissions on a database. The connection is then set (sp_setapprole) to use an Application role (App_RR) that has the necessary permissions. The report-writer app calls a Stored Procedure that gathers data from several other databases (on the same SQL instance). In SQL 2000, accessing these other databases was done through Guest - we assigned Guest to the db_datareader role. All worked fine.
We've just upgraded to SQL2005: reports started failing. It seems that although guest is assigned to the db_datareader role, the permissions for Guest don't allow selecting from tables via the db_datareader role: we've had to GRANT SELECT TO Guest specifically on the tables necessary for the report.
Is anyone aware of a design change withing SQL Server such that the Guest principal's roles are disregarded when assessing permission? Is there a new and better way to structure the permissions?
Hi,I m using vwd2005 and sql express,c#.I have a question here.In my database i have a table named Table1(id,name,age,country,email,phone) The values for these fields are inserted from the webform.Id is auto generated.name and age is passed from the textbox within the webform.country is passed from dropdownlist within the webform.email and phone is passed from listbox(multiple email and phone) within the webform.Now my problem is i want to retrieve all these row values back into the textboxes,dropdownlist and listbox at the same timeon the click of the retrieve button within the web form . Further more i want to make few changes on it and update the database on the click of another button update within the form.I hope u are getting it.How would the query would be in this case.?can u demonstrate the concept in one simple running example along with code?thanks.jack.
Hello Everyone,I 've trying to retreive data back into webform from the database from past couple of weeks.But i m not able to retrieve it completely.Here is my scenario.I've tried to explain in detail but in simple language.I hope u will get my point.Ok here it is.plz run my code:-i have three tables in sql.they are:-grup(id,grp) (1,abc) (2,xyz) organization(id,oid,gid,organisation,orgphone) (1,1,1,ibm,1234567) (2,1,2,microsoft,6543210) (3,2,1,oracle,7654323) (4,2,2,apple,9876543) userform(id,title,name,address,email,organizationid) (1,mr,jack,usa,jack@jack.com,1) userform.aspx page<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="userform.aspx.cs" Inherits="userform" %><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ><head runat="server"> <title>Untitled Page</title></head><body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <div style="text-align: center"> <table> <tr> <td style="width: 100px"> Title</td> <td style="width: 100px"> <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server"> <asp:ListItem>mr</asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem>miss</asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem>ms</asp:ListItem> </asp:DropDownList></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px"> Name</td> <td style="width: 100px"> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px"> Add</td> <td style="width: 100px"> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 100px; height: 26px;"> Email</td> <td style="width: 100px; height: 26px;"> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server"></asp:TextBox></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center"> <div> <div> <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScripManager1" runat="server"> </asp:ScriptManager> <div> <table> <tr> <td style="width: 100px"> Group</td> <td style="width: 100px"> <asp:DropDownList ID="ddl1" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddl1_SelectedIndexChanged"> </asp:DropDownList></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div> <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server"> <ContentTemplate> <table> <tr> <td> Organisation </td> <td> <asp:DropDownList ID="ddl2" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddl2_SelectedIndexChanged"> </asp:DropDownList> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> org-phone </td> <td> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox4" runat="server"></asp:TextBox> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox5" runat="server" Width="45px"></asp:TextBox></td> </tr> </table> </ContentTemplate> <Triggers> <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="ddl1" EventName="SelectedIndexChanged" /> </Triggers> </asp:UpdatePanel> <br /> <table> <tr> <td style="width: 100px"> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="save" OnClick="Button1_Click" /> </td> <td style="width: 100px"> <asp:Button ID="Button3" runat="server" Text="update" /></td> <td style="width: 100px"> <asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" Text="cancel" /></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </form></body></html>userform.cs page public partial class userform : System.Web.UI.Page{ protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (!Page.IsPostBack) { AssignDDLDataSource(); ddl1_SelectedIndexChanged(null, null); } } private void AssignDDLDataSource() { // SqlConnection string sqlQry = "SELECT GRP DISPMEM, ID VALMEM FROM GRUP"; SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sqlQry, con); ddl1.DataSource = cmd.ExecuteReader(); ddl1.DataTextField = "DISPMEM"; ddl1.DataValueField = "VALMEM"; ddl1.DataBind(); } protected void ddl1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { AssignSubjectDDL(ddl1.SelectedValue); } private void AssignSubjectDDL(string val) { // SqlConnection string sqlQry = "SELECT ORGANISATION DISPMEM, GID VALMEM FROM ORGANIZATION where OID = '" + val + "'"; SqlCommand cmd1 = new SqlCommand(sqlQry, con); ddl2.DataSource = cmd1.ExecuteReader(); ddl2.DataTextField = "DISPMEM"; ddl2.DataValueField = "VALMEM"; ddl2.DataBind(); ddl2_SelectedIndexChanged(null, null); } protected void ddl2_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { AssignTextBoxValues(ddl1.SelectedValue, ddl2.SelectedValue); } private void AssignTextBoxValues(string teamval, string memval) { // SqlConnection string sqlQry = "Select ID,ORGANISATION,ORGPHONE from ORGANIZATION where OID = '" + teamval + "' AND GID = '" + memval + "'"; SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sqlQry, con); SqlDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader(); while (rdr.Read()) { TextBox5.Text = rdr["ID"].ToString().Trim(); TextBox4.Text = rdr["ORGPHONE"].ToString().Trim(); } } protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // SqlConnection string sqlQry = "INSERT into USERFORM (title, name, address, email, organizationid) VALUES(@title,@name,@address,@email,@organizationid)"; SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sqlQry, con); cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text; cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("title", DropDownList1.SelectedValue.Trim()); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("name", TextBox1.Text); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("address", TextBox2.Text); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("email", TextBox3.Text); cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("organizationid", TextBox5.Text); cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); Response.Redirect("detailsview.aspx"); }} detailsview.aspx <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="detailsview.aspx.cs" Inherits="detailsview" %><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ><head runat="server"> <title>Untitled Page</title></head><body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" EnablePagingCallbacks="True" Height="50px" HorizontalAlign="Center" Width="125px"> </asp:DetailsView> </div> </form></body></html> detailsview.cspublic partial class detailsview : System.Web.UI.Page{ protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //SqlConnection string str = "select title,name,address,email,grp,organisation,orgphone from userform as a inner join organization as b on a.organizationid=b.id inner join grup as c on b.oid=c.id"; SqlDataAdapter oda = new SqlDataAdapter(str, conn); conn.Open(); DataSet ods = new DataSet(); oda.Fill(ods, "info"); DetailsView1.DataSource = ods.Tables["info"].DefaultView; DetailsView1.DataBind(); }}My problem :-Now when user fills up the userform and clicks the save button the details are shown in the details view.Now i want to add a Edit hyperlink next to the records in the detailsview so that when i click on it i would be redirected to userform.aspx form with all the textboxes,dropdownlist etc be populated from the related data from the database.(here table userform).Now i want to edit these data in the userform.aspx page and finally when i click the update button at end i want all the data be updated in the database aswell as in details view too.at the same time i want this form to redirect to detailsview.aspx .i hope ur getting it?i m able to do partial part only.Not completely. So can u now help me modify the code accordingly?Thanks in advance.Jack.
