Is it possible to install azure backup server on same server as workload or does it require separate server?
And does it support backup of SQL 2014 Express edition?
It seems that it requires separate server, refer to this article.
Azure Backup Server is designed to run on a dedicated,
single-purpose server. You cannot install Azure Backup Server on:
A computer running as a domain controller
A computer on which the Application Server role is installed
A computer that is a System Center Operations Manager management server
A computer on which Exchange Server is running
A computer that is a node of a cluster
For the supported version of SQL Server, you could refer to Azure Backup Server protection matrix.
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Has anyone ever connected ASP (ASP, aka classic not .NET) to an Azure db? I've had three experts looks at connection strings, endpoints, firewalls, db accounts and they're finding
the database works and contains data
the database is accessible remotely by our local machines via Visual Studio and SQL Server Manager
ASP runs on web server on the VM machine
All the connection strings offered by Azure fail
All db related ports are open
If you're connecting to the Azure DB from SSMS, everything is probably configured properly.
Which client library are you using to connect to the Azure SQL instance? You may need to download and install the MS SQL Native Client on the VM, which I know works.
Are you using ADO in your app? If so, and assuming you have installed the Native Client, this connection string will work:
Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=tcp:[serverName].database.windows.net; Database=myDataBase;Uid=[LoginForDb]#[serverName];Pwd=myPassword;Encrypt=yes;
Forgive me I am not a developer. I have seen tones of post regarding these three little monsters but still get confused in what to use. Here is my use case:
I have a WPF application that runs in client. A location that will have a Master client machines and a few slaves machines containing the same app. The slave applications writes to the master DB through a web service (IIS required). The Master DB will then sync with windows Azure with the build in auto sync feature. Here comes to my questions:
Which DB I should use in order to:
being easily installed in the client, i.e. if you would say SQL Server Express, can we package both IIS, SQL Server Express and my WPF applications into a single package for easy installation in client side?
able to use the Azure auto sync feature - can localDB do so?
license free to the client end users - heard that SQL Server Express has a 10GB limit to the client or otherwise a license fee has to be paid, is that true?
Thank you.
I have One SQL Database server, two WFE and one APP server. I have planned to install windows app fabric server for caching mechanism. What is the best approach to install app fabric servers for my environment?
should it install on all WFE or only on APP server ?
The Intention of having App Fabric Cache server installation is to increase the performance and the response time of the application or the service. SO, I would recommend to have it installed separately.
I have SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installed on Azure VM Role (1 extra small instance).
Because of hosting very old banking system, which is not able to connect to SQL Azure. Data persistency is reached via Azure Storage Page Blob. I have written a Windows Service, which can mount VHD file and also can attach MDF database file to SQL Server.
My problem is that I need to SQL query from Azure Web Role to SQL Server hosted on Azure VM Role.
I tried nearly everything:
I have opened TCP 1433, UDP 1434, added SQL Browser to Windows Firewall.
I have enabled remote connection, SQL Server Browser, TCP/IP, Named Pipes on SQL Server.
I have changed TCP/IP port to 1433 and I have disabled dynamic port.
I have already read:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazuremanagement/thread/b5f2967e-57e6-4099-9077-fb6d74897dbf
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsazuremanagement/thread/2b64a56f-fda7-4247-b016-9d25bbeebe8b
How to access sql server installed on Azure VM (VM Role ) outside of VM?
If you were so kind and wanted to help me, I would send you all the screenshot from my settings.
Thank you for your time.
Regards,
Martin David
Wenchao Zeng from Microsoft Contingent Staff gave me a solution:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazureconnectivity/thread/c7124598-4894-4b6c-8987-709a9f788ea4
Can I host an application in Windows Azure and have the database stored on different server? For example I want to keep my data on a server where I dont have to worry about privicy issues. And if this is possible does it remove the value of having an application hosted in the cloud?
thanks
You mean hosting your application on Windows Azure and then hosting the database on your own servers? This is totally possible, but you'd have to publicly expose your database. You could host your database on SQL Azure and that would be a 'separate server' from your Windows Azure host. With SQL Azure, you can set up a firewall rule to allow only your application to access your database.
If you were to host your database on your own servers, I don't think that it would completely diminish the value of hosting your application on the cloud as your app tier at least would still be hosted "in the cloud". Though, you could also run into performance issues in this scenario as SQL is a little slow to access over the internet using TCP.
You can host on premise and use a secure VPN as part of Azure now. This can be done using Azure network in the latest release.
Can setup an Azure site to site VPN and get access to your private data centre that way.