Fail over - DNS change - Microsoft SQL Server

barbara

Hi,

In case of failover to standby server, what is theest way to redirect
client applications to new server?
1) DNS name change -- not viable due to Caching issue.

IS there any alternate like Oracle's onames/LDAP for resolving name
with sql server?

Can use Sever alias?

Thanks

Jul 20 '05 #1

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Simon Hayes

ba**********@ho tmail.com (barbara) wrote in message news:<5c******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

Hi,

In case of failover to standby server, what is theest way to redirect
client applications to new server?
1) DNS name change -- not viable due to Caching issue.

IS there any alternate like Oracle's onames/LDAP for resolving name
with sql server?

Can use Sever alias?

Thanks

There's no equivalent to Oracle's naming solutions, since MSSQL uses
the operating system for name resolution. If you can't use DNS, then
you would have to look at modifying connection strings or ODBC DSNs in
your applications. This is easier for some types of applications than
others, of course.

Simon

Jul 20 '05 #2

barbara

Please share any other recommendations .

sq*@hayes.ch (Simon Hayes) wrote in message news:<60******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

ba**********@ho tmail.com (barbara) wrote in message news:<5c******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...
Hi,

In case of failover to standby server, what is theest way to redirect
client applications to new server?
1) DNS name change -- not viable due to Caching issue.

IS there any alternate like Oracle's onames/LDAP for resolving name
with sql server?

Can use Sever alias?

Thanks

There's no equivalent to Oracle's naming solutions, since MSSQL uses
the operating system for name resolution. If you can't use DNS, then
you would have to look at modifying connection strings or ODBC DSNs in
your applications. This is easier for some types of applications than
others, of course.

Simon

Jul 20 '05 #3

barbara

Sinon,

Thanks for reply. How does it uses OS for name resolution in case of
multiple instances? Could we use multiple IP address feature of sql
2000 for fail over purpose? Using virtual IP, but without using
clustering.
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ba**********@ho tmail.com (barbara) wrote in message news:<5c******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...
Hi,

In case of failover to standby server, what is theest way to redirect
client applications to new server?
1) DNS name change -- not viable due to Caching issue.

IS there any alternate like Oracle's onames/LDAP for resolving name
with sql server?

Can use Sever alias?

Thanks

There's no equivalent to Oracle's naming solutions, since MSSQL uses
the operating system for name resolution. If you can't use DNS, then
you would have to look at modifying connection strings or ODBC DSNs in
your applications. This is easier for some types of applications than
others, of course.

Simon

Jul 20 '05 #4

Simon Hayes

ba**********@ho tmail.com (barbara) wrote in message news:<5c******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

Sinon,

Thanks for reply. How does it uses OS for name resolution in case of
multiple instances? Could we use multiple IP address feature of sql
2000 for fail over purpose? Using virtual IP, but without using
clustering.

<snip>

The client resolves the server part of the instance name, then
connects to port 1434 to get back a list of instances and the ports
they listen on; it can then connect to the correct port for the
instance you requested. You can specify these ports explicitly using
the MSSQL Server Network Utility if you want to.

Clustering is the standard way to implement failover with MSSQL -
multiple instances aren't useful for high availability. You can check
these resources for more details:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...ailability.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/sqlhalp.mspx

I'm not sure why you want to avoid clustering - if you have a business
need for any sort of high availability solution, then you have to make
sure you get the correct resources you need for that.

Simon

Jul 20 '05 #5

barbara

Our vendor application (web based) doesn't support clustering. What
are the disadvantages of using NLB for failover? I've read it is not
advisable to use NLB for critical DB failovers. Is it true?
sq*@hayes.ch (Simon Hayes) wrote in message news:<60******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

ba**********@ho tmail.com (barbara) wrote in message news:<5c******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...
Sinon,

Thanks for reply. How does it uses OS for name resolution in case of
multiple instances? Could we use multiple IP address feature of sql
2000 for fail over purpose? Using virtual IP, but without using
clustering.

<snip>

The client resolves the server part of the instance name, then
connects to port 1434 to get back a list of instances and the ports
they listen on; it can then connect to the correct port for the
instance you requested. You can specify these ports explicitly using
the MSSQL Server Network Utility if you want to.

Clustering is the standard way to implement failover with MSSQL -
multiple instances aren't useful for high availability. You can check
these resources for more details:

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinf...ailability.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/sqlhalp.mspx

I'm not sure why you want to avoid clustering - if you have a business
need for any sort of high availability solution, then you have to make
sure you get the correct resources you need for that.

Simon

Jul 20 '05 #6

Simon Hayes

ba**********@ho tmail.com (barbara) wrote in message news:<5c******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

Our vendor application (web based) doesn't support clustering. What
are the disadvantages of using NLB for failover? I've read it is not
advisable to use NLB for critical DB failovers. Is it true?

<snip>

I have no idea, since I've never used NLB myself. See here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/hasog04.mspx

Simon

Jul 20 '05 #7

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