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Post Updated: Replaced Query 3 with transactions/sec query.

When we rst published 7 ways to Query Always On Availability Groups using SQL we had no
idea it would so popular! [Kada smo prvi put objavili 7 načina za postavljanje upita uvijek
dostupnim grupama pomoću SQL -a nismo imali pojma da će biti toliko popularan!] So here is
a quick post with 7 more ways to query Always on availability groups using TSQL, its always
handy to have a few little snippets like these stashed away for when you need them! [Evo
kratkog posta sa još 7 načina za postavljanje upita uvijek dostupnim grupama pomoću TSQL -
a, uvijek je zgodno imati nekoliko malih isječaka sakrivenih kad vam zatrebaju!]

Check which replicas have read only con g in place to allow them to be readable when set
within an AG/s: [Provjerite koje su replike imale samo kon guraciju za čitanje kako bi im se
omogućilo čitanje kada su postavljene unutar AG/a:]

1 SELECT
2 PrimaryServer.replica_server_name AS PrimaryServer,
3 Groups.name AS AGname,
4 ReadOnlyReplica.replica_server_name AS ReadOnlyReplica,
5 ReadOnlyReplica.read_only_routing_url AS RoutingURL,
6 RoutingList.routing_priority AS RoutingPriority
7 FROM sys.availability_read_only_routing_lists RoutingList
8 INNER JOIN sys.availability_replicas PrimaryServer ON RoutingList.repl
9 INNER JOIN sys.availability_replicas ReadOnlyReplica ON RoutingList.re
10 INNER JOIN sys.availability_groups Groups ON Groups.group_id = Primary
11 WHERE PrimaryServer.replica_server_name != ReadOnlyReplica.replica_ser
12 ORDER BY
13 PrimaryServer ASC,
14 AGname ASC

Is this server a primary server for any availability group?

1 SELECT [Groups].[name]
2 FROM sys.dm_hadr_availability_group_states States
3 INNER JOIN sys.availability_groups Groups ON States.group_id = Groups.g
4 WHERE primary_replica = @@Servername

Total Transactions/sec and Write transactions/sec per Availability group in a 15 second

snapshot.

1 SET NOCOUNT ON;

2
3 IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#performance_counters') IS NOT NULL
4 DROP TABLE #performance_counters;
5
6 CREATE TABLE #performance_counters (
7 DatetimeChecked DATETIME,
8 instance_name NVARCHAR(128),
9 counter_name NVARCHAR(128),
10 cntr_value BIGINT
11 );
12
13 INSERT INTO #performance_counters (DatetimeChecked,instance_name,count
14 SELECT
15 GETDATE() AS DatetimeChecked,
16 instance_name,
17 counter_name,
18 cntr_value
19 FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters
20 WHERE counter_name IN ('Write Transactions/sec','Transactions/sec')
21 AND instance_name != '_Total'
22
23 --Wait for 15 seconds then get the deltas
24 WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:15';
25
26 SELECT
27 Groups.name AS AGname,
28 PerSecondDeltas.counter_name,
29 SUM(cntr_delta_per_second) AS Total_per_second
30 FROM
31 (
32 SELECT
33 PerfmonNow.instance_name,
34 PerfmonNow.counter_name,
35 PerfmonNow.cntr_value
36 ,CAST((PerfmonNow.cntr_value - PerfmonSnapShot.cntr_value) * 1.0 / DAT
37 FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters PerfmonNow
38 INNER JOIN #performance_counters PerfmonSnapShot ON PerfmonNow.instanc
39 AND PerfmonNow.counter_name = PerfmonSnapShot.counter_name
40 WHERE PerfmonNow.counter_name IN ('Write Transactions/sec','Transactio
41 AND PerfmonNow.instance_name != '_Total'
42 ) PerSecondDeltas
43 INNER JOIN sys.availability_databases_cluster AGDatabases ON PerSecond
44 INNER JOIN sys.availability_groups Groups ON AGDatabases.group_id = Gr
45 GROUP BY Groups.name,counter_name
46 ORDER BY
47 Groups.name ASC,
48 counter_name ASC

How many databases are there in each availability group on this server?

1 SELECT
2 Groups.name,
3 COUNT([AGDatabases].[database_name]) AS DatabasesInAG
4 FROM master.sys.availability_groups Groups
5 INNER JOIN Sys.availability_databases_cluster AGDatabases ON Groups.gro
6 GROUP BY Groups.name
7 ORDER BY Groups.name ASC

Total Database size in each availability group on this server?

1 SELECT
2 Groups.name,
3 SUM(CAST((CAST([master_files].[size] AS BIGINT )*8) AS MONEY)/1024/1024
4 FROM master.sys.availability_groups Groups
5 INNER JOIN Sys.availability_databases_cluster AGDatabases ON Groups.gro
6 INNER JOIN sys.databases ON AGDatabases.database_name = databases.name
7 INNER JOIN sys.master_files ON databases.database_id = master_files.dat
8 GROUP BY Groups.name
9 ORDER BY Groups.name ASC

Check Availability group health and whether a database is suspended.

1 SELECT DISTINCT
2 Groups.name AS AGname,
3 Replicas.replica_server_name,
4 States.role_desc,
5 States.synchronization_health_desc,
6 ISNULL(ReplicaStates.suspend_reason_desc,'N/A') AS suspend_reason_desc
7 FROM sys.availability_groups Groups
8 INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states as States ON States
9 INNER JOIN sys.availability_replicas as Replicas ON States.replica_id
10 INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_database_replica_states as ReplicaStates ON Rep

Set Availability group backup preference.

1 USE [master];
2
3 --Set Backup preference to Primary replica only
4 ALTER AVAILABILITY GROUP [AG name here] SET(AUTOMATED_BACKUP_PREFERENC
5
6 --Set Backup preference to Secondary only
7 ALTER AVAILABILITY GROUP [AG name here] SET(AUTOMATED_BACKUP_PREFERENC
8
9 --Set Backup preference to Prefer secondary
10 ALTER AVAILABILITY GROUP [AG name here] SET(AUTOMATED_BACKUP_PREFERENC
11
12 --Set Backup preference to Any replica (no preference)
13 ALTER AVAILABILITY GROUP [AG name here] SET(AUTOMATED_BACKUP_PREFERENC
14
15 --Backup preference via TSQL can be found here
16 SELECT
17 name AS AGname,
18 automated_backup_preference_desc
19 FROM sys.availability_groups;

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