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Published inApr 2014
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ISBN-139781782172413
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Gethyn Ellis
Gethyn Ellis
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Gethyn Ellis

Gethyn Ellis has over eighteen years of experience with SQL Server and for past ten years he has been working on Azure. He is an Microsoft certified trainer. He also trains and is a consultant for SQL Server. Prior to this he has worked with Packt and written books on "Getting Started SQL Server 2014 Administration" , "Microsoft Azure laaS Essentials", and Professional Azure SQL Database Administration.
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Building AlwaysOn Availability Groups


To create an AlwaysOn Availability Group, you need the following:

  • Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC)

  • Enable AlwaysOn Availability Groups on each instance

  • An IP address for the listener

Windows Server Failover Cluster

In order to make use of SQL Server Availability Groups, you need Windows Server Failover Cluster. The SQL Server instances will be standalone instances, and it is important to understand that AlwaysOn Availability Groups are not SQL Server clustering. In order to make use of the automatic failover and client redirection, the servers that will act as replicas in your configuration will need to be part of Windows Server Failover Cluster. This is not as traumatic as it sounds. There is no need for shared storage, we are not clustering the SQL Server instance, and clustering since Windows Server 2008 R2 is pretty painless to configure. If you are a DBA in a relatively large organization, there is a high possibility that you won't have the permissions...

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Published in: Apr 2014Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781782172413

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Gethyn Ellis

Gethyn Ellis has over eighteen years of experience with SQL Server and for past ten years he has been working on Azure. He is an Microsoft certified trainer. He also trains and is a consultant for SQL Server. Prior to this he has worked with Packt and written books on "Getting Started SQL Server 2014 Administration" , "Microsoft Azure laaS Essentials", and Professional Azure SQL Database Administration.
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