Questions tagged [geo-replication]
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SQL Azure Geo Replication for non-redunancy purposes
I'm just doing a little research on how to build a large-scale, globally accessible application on Azure.
There's lots of tech in there already to get your application as close to the consumer as possible.
CDN Edge Servers for static content shared…

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How do I recreate a user/login on a SQL Azure Active Geo-Replication Secondary
I have a Premium P2 SQL Azure Database for my Production App, and for security reasons I've created DB Specific Schemas/Views/Roles and a specific DB User account for reading the Data from SSRS Queries.
Lets just call the server PRIMARY and my…

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How should logins and users be created on a geo-redundant database in Azure?
I need to create a login and user on a geo-replicated database. The user will be granted the role of 'db_datareader' on this database.
The attempted approach has been to use the SID (same identity) parameter, as follows:
-- 1. PRIMARY_DATABASE: Run…

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Rename a database on Azure SQL Managed Instance that is part of geo-replication
I have an Azure SQL Managed Instance that is set up with geo-replication. I have a database on this MI that I want to swap out with another database by renaming them:
ALTER DATABASE mydb MODIFY NAME = mydb_old;
ALTER DATABASE mydb_new MODIFY NAME…

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Speed and Impact of Azure SQL Geo-Replication Sync
I have a client who's Azure SQL database was accidentally created in a European datacenter (the client is in the US). I was hoping to move it to the US using Geo-Replication to minimize downtime as outlined…

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Can't Deploy to Azure SQL Database inside a Azure Failover Group using DacFX
I can't deploy to an Azure SQL Database inside an Azure Failover Group using the Read/write listener endpoint from VS2015/17 database project publish or using DACFx?
I'm using a contained user with appropriate permissions and have proved it works by…

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SQL Server Change Tracking on an Azure replicated DB
I have a requirement of a syncing set of tables (with data) to a different database from our production database. This is an Azure SQL DB.
I created replicated DB (using Azure Geo Replication) and it is a read-only DB. My plan was to enable SQL…

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Geo-replicating and traffic routing an Azure hosted ASP .Net 5 site and backing SQL database across continents
I have built an ASP .Net 5 website and web API and the schema for a backing SQL database. I now want to move beyond test and deploy them to Azure. I would like to replicate the entire service (ASP and SQL) across continents so that people who use…

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How queue trigger based Azure function failover to secondary when RA-GRS enabled storage account's primary is location down?
Enabled Azure storage account with RA-GRS replication which enables read from secondary when primary goes down.
There is a queue triggered Azure function listen to the queue which is configured to primary region. Now if primary region not available,…

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How can i set configuration string in App Service when using Geo-Replication in Azure?
I have a SQL Database in Azure, I have geo-replicated. I am simulating a failover by using the "force failover" in Azure.
One question , since the app service that connected to the primary has a connection that relies on the sql server that lives in…

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Azure Event Hubs - Geo-Recovery: does it replicate to the Secondary region?
As per the Microsoft article - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/event-hubs-geo-dr
By design, Event Hubs geo-disaster recovery does not replicate data, and therefore you cannot reuse the old offset value of your primary event hub on…

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Azure SQL - would Geo-replication cause any performance impact?
I have an Azure SQL in WEST US and I want to setup the failover grop with EAST US.
would Azure SQL Geo-replication/failover group cause any performance impact? If so, what would be the impact?

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Azure SQL Database Geo Replication With Large Table
We are getting ready to move our non-Azure db to Azure Sql Database and are wanting to use Geo-Replication as a failover.
Our audit table has 130+ Million rows of data and so just wondering how long the seeding process will take?
Also do we have to…

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Do I need to disable active geo-replication on Azure SQL Database prior to update
I'm using active geo-replication on a production Azure SQL Database for failover scenario's. (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-geo-replication-overview)
Soon we'll be performing an upgrade of our application that…

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If I create an Geo-replicated sql database in azure, what database does the user connect to?
For example, if I have a database in North America and replicate it in Europe, will a European user automatically connect to the replicated database in Europe?

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