Thanks for the responses.

Switching to a looping process was going to be my next attempt. I've found no set-based solutions yet.

I also agree that trapping for these conditions...

That makes sense, thanks for the info.

I ended up proceeding with the add node process and choosing not to run the storage tests as part of the validation process. The node seems to have...

I've found this MSDN question with an answer to do the add node process without the storage check. Does this seem like the correct process to follow?

We decided to punt on this sandbox environment. I could not get the SiteB\Violet instance to come up. We rebuilt the SiteB server and are going...

You've been very helpful and it seems like I'm missing something fundamental in my response to the...

Here's the relevant errors from the log (I think)

2014-01-10 13:10:22.53 spid34s Error: 1474, Severity: 16, State: 1.

2014-01-10 13:10:22.53 spid34s ...

Good to know, I'll not have to do more...

Just recently, I've had to move the system databases to a drive separate from the user databases due to a requirement from a 3rd party tool. We are...

Sorry there was such a delay since the last post. I lost track of this post.

The distance between the two datacenters is about 1000 miles.

We are now going...

I have added a file witness to the cluster and am now testing the various functions and features. Thanks again for the help and advice!

Thanks for your replies, I'll read through the articles, they sound very helpful. I see what you are saying about how if the primary site comes up, but...

Thank you very much for your responses this has helped clear up and put together better what I have read. I liked the article links as well they've...

Your instincts serve you well. 🙂

So looking back at my motives for this post, I did not articulate this very well.

I was mostly sure it was a problem...

Thanks for your input, it helps.

I'm working toward placing the checkpoint file at the same location as the backup file. We'll see if that reduced the frequency of...