Which tool can you use to enable Always On Availability Groups on SQL Server 2012 instance?
Using SQL Server PowerShell Use the Enable-SqlAlwaysOn cmdlet to enable Always On Availability Groups. To view the syntax of a cmdlet, use the Get-Help cmdlet in the SQL Server PowerShell environment.
Can SQL standard be clustered?
SQL Standard Edition SQL Server Standard Edition will provide most functionality that administrators will want. This includes the most common type of mirroring, and clustering up to two cluster nodes.
What does always on availability groups in SQL Server mean?
The Always On availability groups feature is a high-availability and disaster-recovery solution that provides an enterprise-level alternative to database mirroring. Introduced in SQL Server 2012 (11.x), Always On availability groups maximizes the availability of a set of user databases for an enterprise.
What are the requirements for AlwaysOn availability groups?
All replicas in your AlwaysOn group must be in the same windows domain. They must be able to communicate with each other. Always on availability groups is only supported in Enterprise edition starting from SQL server 2012 ( except SQL 2016 it supports basic availability group in standard edition) Recommend to have same collation on all replicas
Can a basic availability group be upgraded to advanced?
Basic availability groups cannot be upgraded to advanced availability groups. The group must be dropped and re-added to a group that contains servers running only SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition. Basic availability groups are only supported for Standard Edition servers.
Is there a cluster manager for always on availability groups?
In a read-scale availability group there is no cluster manager. Deploying Always On availability groups for HA on Windows requires a Windows Server Failover Cluster(WSFC). Each availability replica of a given availability group must reside on a different node of the same WSFC.