DB Mirroring without Windows authentication

  • I'm looking into a db mirror setup but using certificates instead of windows authentication.  I have setup the certificates and created end points on both servers, but am running into some problems.  For instance, on the primary/principal server after the endpoint is setup I try running the following command:

    Alter database dbmirror set partner='tcp://mymirror:5022'

    --mymirror is the netbios name on the same workgroup of the mirror instance

    The prinicpal returns the error message stating that mymirror cannot be reached, but I know it's up and I can ping it.  I pretty much followed the steps in BOL.

    Another question, if both prinicpal and mirror belong to the same workgroup and are not part of the domain or AD, can they utilize windows authentication somehow?

    Thanks

     

  • try to create sql server alias

    check

    Database Mirroring in SQL Server 2005

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/dbmirror.mspx

     

    Troubleshoot Connectivity Issue in SQL Server 2005 - Part III

    http://blogs.msdn.com/sql_protocols/archive/2005/12/22/506607.aspx

  • Thanks for the tip.  Setting up an alias helped.  However I have one more problem with a witness server, which is sitting on SQL 05 Standard.  I think the problem is in the fact that it is a non-default instance, so you'd see it as SQLBOX\SQLINSTANCE_2

    Can someone verify this?

     

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