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Veteran Jones

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April 1, 2014 at 5:43 am

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Should it be setup so that an instance be set to failover if the SQL Server Agent fails?
Thoughts??

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Perry Whittle SSC Guru Points: 234013 More actions · Answer 1

Enthusiastic Jones (4/1/2014)
Should it be setup so that an instance be set to failover if the SQL Server Agent fails?
Thoughts??

The default for this resource is the same as others, initially the cluster service account will attempt to restart the resource on the current node. If persistent failures are encountered the whole group will failover to a partner node.

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Enthusiastic Jones (4/1/2014)
Should it be setup so that an instance be set to failover if the SQL Server Agent fails?
Thoughts??

Which one are you referring to , the option in the Cluster manger or the option in SSMS Agent properties ?

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Veteran Jones SSC Eights! Points: 937 More actions · Answer 3

I'm referring to the option in cluster manager where if the agent can't start it causes the instance to failover to another node. I'm trying to see how others have this setup. I know by default that it is on, but should it be?

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Enthusiastic Jones (4/1/2014)
I'm referring to the option in cluster manager where if the agent can't start it causes the instance to failover to another node. I'm trying to see how others have this setup. I know by default that it is on, but should it be?

We don't have it turned ON. That will cause the SQL Server to failover which is not accepted.

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Enthusiastic Jones (4/1/2014)
I'm referring to the option in cluster manager where if the agent can't start it causes the instance to failover to another node. I'm trying to see how others have this setup. I know by default that it is on, but should it be?

For the most part it's not an issue. I've set up numerous FCIs with the default settings and not had any problems. If the group is failing over it will be because the resource either cannot restart or because there are an increased number of failures within a specified time period (detailed in the red ellipse).

If you want to stop the group failing over everytime the agent goes down, uncheck the box shown in the blue ellipse.

However, if the agent is really causing this much trouble you should be spending time figuring out why and remedying the situation.

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lptech Hall of Fame Points: 3208 More actions · Answer 6

You should consider whether you want your SQL Server instance failing over without warning, possibly during normal business hours. It might be a better idea to have your monitoring tool report the resource failure, and take action with human intervention.

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lptech (4/1/2014)
You should consider whether you want your SQL Server instance failing over without warning, possibly during normal business hours. It might be a better idea to have your monitoring tool report the resource failure, and take action with human intervention.

Exactly .. This should be the approach ..

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