Error: Cluster Log: Cluster resource ‘xxxxxx’ of type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’ in clustered role ‘xxxx’ failed. Based on the failure policies for the resource and role, the cluster service may try to bring the resource online on this node or move the group to another node of the cluster and then restart it. Check... » read more
Error: Cannot bring the Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) resource (ID ‘xxxxxxxxxxxxx’) online (Error code 5942). The WSFC service may not be running or may not be accessible in its current state, or the WSFC resource may not be in a state that could accept the request. For information about this error code, see “System... » read more
Issue: The operation could not be performed because OLE DB provider “MSOLEDBSQL” for linked server “XXXXXX” was unable to begin a distributed transaction. Fix: There has been a lot of times where we can encounter this error – “The operation could not be performed because OLE DB provider “SQLNCLI11” for the linked server was unable to... » read more
Step 1 – Validate SQL Server Database Mail First test to see if the system is able to send email using the Database Mail profile in SQL Server Management Studio by navigating to Management > Database Mail, then right clicking on Database Mail and selecting the “Send Test E-Mail…” option. Once the interface loads, select... » read more
If the database can do with just a simple backup/recovery model, then… Change database from “Full” recovery model to “Simple” recovery model (Database Properties -> Options) Shrink database log file (Tasks -> Shrink -> Files -> Shrink Log Files)
Issue: Unable to see a list of past job history. Only see the most recent. Default settings limits to last 1000 records overall and last 100 records per job. Fix: Make sure the Limit size of job history log is not enabled. Else you will not be able to see older jobs history. SQL Agent... » read more
Issue: Unable to access database because it lacks a quorum of nodes for high availability try the operation again later. Fix: Restart failover cluster.
Example… Sources: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/306945/how-do-i-flush-the-print-buffer-in-tsql
Issue: Unable to join restored database to Availability Group You can create an availability group using the New Availability Group wizard or using a series of transact-sql commands. A common failure can occur when attempting to create an availability group using either method. The error is as follows and is caused because the target primary... » read more
Issue: “Windows Server Failover Cluster” is not available as a Cluster Type option. Resolution: Make sure AlwaysOn has been setup on all nodes. Restart SQL Server services. If none of the above work, try to re-setup AlwaysOn. Remove node from AlwaysOn and then re-add node to AlwaysOn. Restart SQL Server services.