381 questions with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines tags
UK region Multi AZ query
Hi, I am looking to design a multi AZ highly available application on Azure. Please let me know if multi AZ is supported in UK West region? We are looking to host our SQL DB on an Azure VM with application content store as Azure Files.
Connection Challenges with Azure Databricks and SQL Server On VM in Serverless compute.
We successfully configured VNet peering between the SQL VM's VNet and the Databricks VNet, allowing access to the SQL Server on VMs. Testing the connection from Databricks using a job cluster yielded successful results, confirming that everything…
SQL server databases discovery for Azure migrate assessments
Hi Team, We are planning to migrate the SQL databases to Azure SQL VM using Azure Migrate(lift and shift). Can you please help me to what all configuration need to collect for assessments. SQL server versions. Monitoring tools Backups tools.…
Custom SQL Server Startup Script
I'm hoping someone here has faced a similar challenge and could offer insights on how to best approach this. We are running several SQL Server virtual machines in our environment, and we're using the SQL Server IaaS Extension in Azure. We're relying on…
How to restore certificates used for the Azure SQL VM Automated Backup
I'm testing out encryption for encrypting the SQL backups taken for Azure SQL VM databases, however, I'm unable to restore the certificates generated when setting up encryption as I cannot find the .pvk files. Are these stored in another location or…
Cross subscription Azure SQL VM database restore using Azure CLI
Hi , Anyone tried restoring sql database running on Azure SQL VM and backed up via Azure Backup . Via recovery vault , we are able to perform the cross subscription restore but not using the Azure CLI . All desired permissions in place as documented by…
How to filter out Azure VM's compute, license, and underlying software cost from cost details data
What are all the line items that give info about the compute cost of VM and its license cost, and any preinstalled software cost for an Azure resource/VM? Example: We are running SQL Server on windows , and I want to separate out the cost for VM compute,…
Retrieve an SQL standard license for in place upgrade
We are running a SQL virtual machine SQL server under a developer license that needs to be upgraded to a standard SQL license. The payment for the SQL license is done through Azure so no license keys in our control. Now with the upgrade through the…
OperationalError: ('HYT00', '[HYT00] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server]Login timeout expired (0) (SQLDriverConnect)')
Hi, I am encountering an issue while trying to connect to an SQL database using a Python script in my Jupyter notebook. The connection attempt results in the following error message: OperationalError: ('HYT00', '[HYT00] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 17 for SQL…
SQL Server on Azure VM Backup minimizing data duplication
A while back, a Microsoft support engineer recommended using SQL on VM backups. The suggestion was to create an SQL DB in an Azure VM job and an Azure VM job, excluding the disks that host the SQL files, to avoid data duplication. If the VM is deleted…
sql server virtual machine
been trying to deploy a sql server vm but it keeps failing ,returning a failed iaas server extention ..any idea what could be the problem..please see attached imagefailed.png
Authenticating with FILESTREAM SQL Server from Azure App Service
I am currently dealing with an application which is being migrated from on-prem to Azure - this is a .Net Web Application which is planned to be hosted on an Azure Web App resource. Additionally, the application depends on a SQL Server database, which in…
SQL Managed Instance and Virtual Cluster Stuck Deleting
I have a sql managed instance and virtual cluster stuck on delete for over 24 hours. I'm not sure the details leading up to this, but the SQL MI was created, but now it shows deleting and is stuck there. The managed instance is showing it is in deletion…
How to Retrieve SQL Server Instance Details from SQL IaaS Agent Extension Using Azure CLI
Hello Azure Community, I am working with SQL Virtual Machines in Azure and using the SQL Server IaaS Agent Extension to manage my SQL Server instances. In the Azure portal, under the "SQL Virtual Machine" service, I can view detailed SQL Server…
Use SQL Server 2022 License Key to Install SQL Server 2019
Hi, I have installed SQL Server 2019 on our cloud EC2 Windows server machine using the SQL Server Evaluation Edition with a 180-day free trial. We intend to purchase the SQL Server 2022 Standard Edition key. Can we use this key to activate the SQL Server…
Azure - SQL Server on VM: backup DBs directly to blob storage RAGZRS
I'm managing AG of 4 nodes in AZ VMs. SQL Server version is 2016 CU19, largest DB is ~2 TB. Right now we are using Ola Hallengren's scripts with options as below: @MaxTransferSize = 4194304 @NumberOfFiles = 5 (or 10) And backing up to blob…
Deploying SQL Server with High Availability fails due to access denied error
I'm having trouble deploying SQL Server with High Availability from the Azure Marketplace. VMs and storage deploy successfully, but it fails on the Create new or update existing availability group listener step with the AccessDenied error seen…
Questions Using the Azure Temp Drive for TempDB
I have seen several articles around the Internet describing the use of the Azure temporary drive for TempDB storage. It brought up a couple of questions for me. 1. What is the temp drive physical hardware, Standard SSD, Premium SSD, Ultra SSD? How can I…
Query on VM SKU
Hi All, I have an Azure VM with SKU type E64-32ds v5 (32 vCPUs, 512 GiB memory). I am unable to add more disks as I have reached the maximum of 32. Do we have any SKU that supports more than 32 disks? The new SKU should still have 32 vCPUs, but the…
Preventing Database Deletion in SSMS
prevent accidental database deletions within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Currently, I am exploring options to enforce this restriction effectively implemented a DDL trigger Is the above DDL trigger approach appropriate for preventing…