SPDatabase.AddFailoverServiceInstance Method
Identifies to SharePoint Foundation a server and a database service instance that hosts the mirror of the database.
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: No
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Sub AddFailoverServiceInstance ( _
failoverServerInstance As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As SPDatabase
Dim failoverServerInstance As String
instance.AddFailoverServiceInstance(failoverServerInstance)
public void AddFailoverServiceInstance(
string failoverServerInstance
)
Parameters
failoverServerInstance
Type: System.StringA string that contains the identification of the SQL server instance for the database. The string must be in the format server_name/database_service_instance_name.
Remarks
If the server was not previously registered with the farm, the method will register it. The parameter passed to AddFailoverServiceInstance(String) must be of the form “server_name/database_service_instance_name”; for example, BackupServer/Microsoft##SSEEMirror.
Examples
The following example shows how to register a mirror database with your SharePoint Foundation configuration database. The cdb is the SPDatabase object.
cdb.AddFailoverServiceInstance(“Server2/Microsoft##SSEEMirror”);
cdb.Update();