Interview Questions.

Question 1. Which Edition Support Log Shipping?

Answer :

SQL Server 2005 – Enterprise, Standard, and Workgroup
SQL Server 2008 - Enterprise, Standard, Web, and Workgroup
SQL Server 2008 R2 - Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard, Web, and Workgroup
SQL Server 2012 - Enterprise, Business Intelligence, Standard, and Web
Question 2. Who Can Setup Log Shipping?

Answer :

Members of Sysadmin fixed server function

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Question 3. Required Recovery Models In Log Shopping?

Answer :

Full or Bulk logged Recovery Model

Question four. Which Jobs Are Created In Log Shipping?

Answer :

On Primary server – Backup activity

On Secondary Sever – Copy, Restore and Alert Jobs

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Question five. Whether Log Shipping Supports Automatic Failover?

Answer :

No, it help only manual failover.

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Question 6. Login Can Be Transferred Through Manual Failover?

Answer :

No, you have to create logins and users on secondary server.

Question 7. Types Of Secondary Server?

Answer :

Restoring Mode and Stand by means of mode

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Question eight. Difference Between Restoring Mode And Stand By Mode In Log Shopping?

Answer :

Restoring mode – Database is in restoring mode.  You can not access the database.

Stand by means of mode – Database is in read-only node.  You can pick the statistics from the database.  This database may be used for reporting purpose.

Question 9. What Are The Benefits Of Log Shipping?

Answer :

Easy to setup/configure
Easy to maintain
Easy to failover
Can have a couple of secondary servers
Can be configure with mirroring or replication.
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Question 10. What Are The Drawbacks Of Log Shipping ?

Answer :

Need to manipulate each database one at a time
Does not support automatic failover.
Logins can't be moved robotically
Question 11. Which System Database Store Log Shipping Related Information?

Answer :

Msdb

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Question 12. What Is The Difference Between Log Shipping 2000 And 2005?

Answer :

Log shipping 2005 makes use of link Server to communicate among Primary, Monitor, and Secondary Servers.

For 2000, Check connectivity of Primary, Monitor, and Secondary Servers.

Please observe, usually take a look at remote connections are enabled on all servers.

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Question 13. How To Monitor Log Shipping?

Answer :

Reports- Transaction log delivery widespread report
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Question 14. Default Time Of Log Shopping ?

Answer :

15 minutes

Question 15. Full Form Of Tuf?

Answer :

Transaction Undo file

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Question 16. List Of Tables Used In Log Shipping?

Answer :

Primary server Tables:

Log_shipping_primary_databases, Log_shipping_monitor_primary, log_shipping_monitor_error_detail, log_shipping_monitor_alert

Secondary server Tables:

Log_shipping_secondary_databases, Log_shipping_monitor_secondary, Log_shipping_monitor_error_detail, Log_shipping_monitor_alert, Log_shipping_monitor_history_detail, Log_shipping_secondary

Question 17. Backup Can Be Compressed In Log Shipping?

Answer :

Yes, SQL server 2008 onwards

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Question 18. How To Troubleshoot Log Shipping Issues?

Answer :

Check errors log for issue
Check backup, copy, and repair task records.
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