Upgrading the Windows Server operating system of a node containing a failover cluster instance isn't supported for operating systems before [!INCLUDE winserver2012r2-md]. To upgrade a Windows Server ...

Prior to performing any of the migration strategies, a parallel Windows Server failover cluster with Windows Server 2016/2012 R2 must be prepared. All nodes comprising [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] failover ...

While the cloud continues to grow in popularity for many, if not most, enterprise applications, IT departments remain reluctant to trust public clouds, including the Google Cloud Platform, for ...

Last month I attended a session on Failover Clustering at the SQL PASS Summit Conference and it was very enlightening. I have not done too much with SQL Server Failover Clustering except in test mode ...

DBAs have many options for how to ensure high availability (HA) for SQL Server. Some of these options are available in the different versions and editions of SQL Server itself. Some are available in ...

I have a bit strange situation, detailed bellow. Setup is two node failover cluster with Server 2012R2 installed on both nodes and SQL server 2012sp1 is running as clustered service. Everything is ...

Databases usually lag behind other servers in moving to new architecture, but containerization brings enough major improvements to convince even the most old-school DBAs. When Microsoft announced back ...