Create listener name SQLAWSDBLSTNR in Active Directory for Always On in SQL Server

Create listener name SQLAWSDBLSTNR in Active Directory as mentioned in below steps:

•       Open the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-in (dsa.msc).

•       In Menu > View -> Advanced Features. (Otherwise, we would not see option explained in next steps)

•       Right click the OU/Container where we want the VCO to be created and click “New” -> “Computer”

•       Provide a name for the object (SBAWSFARDBLSTNR) and click “OK”:

•       Right click on the on the VCO which we just created and select “Properties”. Click the security tab and then click “Add”:

•       Enter the CNO (SQLAWSAG01) (Make sure to select “Computers” option in the “Object Types” window) and click “OK”. The CNO is a Cluster Name Object.

•        Give CNO “Full Control” over the VCO.

Always-On Monitoring using Datadog

Always-On Monitoring

The below three error code which need to monitor for Always-on

Query:

SELECT * FROM SYS.SYSMESSAGES WHERE MSGLANGID=1033 AND DESCRIPTION LIKE '%AVAILABILITY%' AND ERROR IN (1480, 35264, 35265)

error	Description
1480	The %S_MSG database "%.*ls" is changing roles from "%ls" to "%ls" because the mirroring session or availability group failed over due to %S_MSG. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
35264	Always On Availability Groups data movement for database '%.*ls' has been suspended for the following reason: "%S_MSG" (Source ID %d; Source string: '%.*ls'). To resume data movement on the database, you will need to resume the database manually. For info
35265	Always On Availability Groups data movement for database '%.*ls' has been resumed. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.

Note: As we do not have DB mail option so that we need to use Datadog alerting.

Let’s begin….

Error: 1480: The Always on Failover occurred. The below steps need to perform on Primary and DR server.

Step 1: Create an Alert in SQL Server to capture the error event.

USE [msdb]

GO

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_alert @name=N'AG_FailOver',

              @message_id=1480,

              @severity=0,

              @enabled=1,

              @delay_between_responses=0,

              @include_event_description_in=0,

              @category_name=N'[Uncategorized]'--,

              --@job_id=N'6f93aabb-a0ba-4e57-8695-1febaebe6c7c'

GO

Step 2: Create a Job in SQL server to send the error details to table.

USE [msdb]

GO

BEGIN TRANSACTION

DECLARE @ReturnCode INT

SELECT @ReturnCode = 0

/****** Object:  JobCategory [[Uncategorized (Local)]]    Script Date: 11/12/2018 4:44:24 AM ******/

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories WHERE name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]' AND category_class=1)

BEGIN

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @class=N'JOB', @type=N'LOCAL', @name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]'

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

END

DECLARE @jobId BINARY(16)

EXEC @ReturnCode =  msdb.dbo.sp_add_job @job_name=N'AG_FailOver_Job',

              @enabled=1,

              @notify_level_eventlog=0,

              @notify_level_email=0,

              @notify_level_netsend=0,

              @notify_level_page=0,

              @delete_level=0,

              @description=N'No description available.',

              @category_name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]',

              @owner_login_name=N'sa', @job_id = @jobId OUTPUT

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

/****** Object:  Step [AG_FailOver]    Script Date: 11/12/2018 4:44:24 AM ******/

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id=@jobId, @step_name=N'AG_FailOver',

              @step_id=1,

              @cmdexec_success_code=0,

              @on_success_action=1,

              @on_success_step_id=0,

              @on_fail_action=2,

              @on_fail_step_id=0,

              @retry_attempts=0,

              @retry_interval=0,

              @os_run_priority=0, @subsystem=N'TSQL',

              @command=N'Insert into [CSMonitor].[dbo].[AG_ERROR_FailOver] (Error_code,Error_desc,date) values(1480,''AG Failover'',getdate())',

              @database_name=N'master',

              @flags=0

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = @jobId, @start_step_id = 1

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver @job_id = @jobId, @server_name = N'(local)'

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

COMMIT TRANSACTION

GOTO EndSave

QuitWithRollback:

    IF (@@TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION

EndSave:

GO

Step 3: Create a table in CSMonitor database to log the error details.

USE [CSMonitor]

GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[AG_ERROR_FailOver](

       [Id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

       [Error_code] [int] NULL,

       [Error_desc] [varchar](max) NULL,

       [Date] [datetime] NULL

) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]

GO

Step 4: Open the property of the created Alert (AG_FailOver), Click on Response à  check the Execute Job check box à Select the create job(AG_FailOver_Job) from drop down list and Press OK button.

Error: 35264: The Data Moment suspended. The below steps need to perform on Primary and DR server.

Step 1: Create an Alert in SQL Server to capture the error event.

USE [msdb]

GO

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_alert @name=N'AG_Data_Moment_Suspended',

              @message_id=35264,

              @severity=0,

              @enabled=1,

              @delay_between_responses=0,

              @include_event_description_in=0,

              @category_name=N'[Uncategorized]'--,

              --@job_id=N'6f93aabb-a0ba-4e57-8695-1febaebe6c7c'

GO

Step 2: Create a Job in SQL server to send the error details to table.

USE [msdb]

GO

BEGIN TRANSACTION

DECLARE @ReturnCode INT

SELECT @ReturnCode = 0

/****** Object:  JobCategory [[Uncategorized (Local)]]    Script Date: 11/12/2018 4:44:24 AM ******/

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories WHERE name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]' AND category_class=1)

BEGIN

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @class=N'JOB', @type=N'LOCAL', @name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]'

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

END

DECLARE @jobId BINARY(16)

EXEC @ReturnCode =  msdb.dbo.sp_add_job @job_name=N'AG_Data_Movment_Suspended_Job',

              @enabled=1,

              @notify_level_eventlog=0,

              @notify_level_email=0,

              @notify_level_netsend=0,

              @notify_level_page=0,

              @delete_level=0,

              @description=N'No description available.',

              @category_name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]',

              @owner_login_name=N'sa', @job_id = @jobId OUTPUT

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

/****** Object:  Step [AG_Data_Movment_Suspended]    Script Date: 11/12/2018 4:44:24 AM ******/

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id=@jobId, @step_name=N'AG_Data_Movment_Suspended',

              @step_id=1,

              @cmdexec_success_code=0,

              @on_success_action=1,

              @on_success_step_id=0,

              @on_fail_action=2,

              @on_fail_step_id=0,

              @retry_attempts=0,

              @retry_interval=0,

              @os_run_priority=0, @subsystem=N'TSQL',

              @command=N'Insert into [CSMonitor].[dbo].[AG_ERROR_Data_Moment_suspended] (Error_code,Error_desc,date) values(35264,''Data Moment suspended'',getdate())',

              @database_name=N'master',

              @flags=0

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = @jobId, @start_step_id = 1

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver @job_id = @jobId, @server_name = N'(local)'

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

COMMIT TRANSACTION

GOTO EndSave

QuitWithRollback:

    IF (@@TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION

EndSave:

GO

Step 3: Create a table in CSMonitor database to log the error details.

USE [CSMonitor]

GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[AG_ERROR_Data_Moment_suspended](

       [Id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

       [Error_code] [int] NULL,

       [Error_desc] [varchar](max) NULL,

       [Date] [datetime] NULL

) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]

GO

Step 4: Open the property of the created Alert (AG_Data_Moment_Suspended), Click on Response à  check the Execute Job check box à Select the create job() from drop down list and Press OK button.

Error: 35265: The Data Moment resumed. The below steps need to perform on Primary and DR server.

Step 1: Create an Alert in SQL Server to capture the error event.

USE [msdb]

GO

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_alert @name=N'AG_Data_Moment_Resumed',

              @message_id=35265,

              @severity=0,

              @enabled=1,

              @delay_between_responses=0,

              @include_event_description_in=0,

              @category_name=N'[Uncategorized]'--,

              --@job_id=N'6f93aabb-a0ba-4e57-8695-1febaebe6c7c'

GO

Step 2: Create a Job in SQL server to send the error details to table.

USE [msdb]

GO

BEGIN TRANSACTION

DECLARE @ReturnCode INT

SELECT @ReturnCode = 0

/****** Object:  JobCategory [[Uncategorized (Local)]]    Script Date: 11/12/2018 4:44:24 AM ******/

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories WHERE name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]' AND category_class=1)

BEGIN

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @class=N'JOB', @type=N'LOCAL', @name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]'

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

END

DECLARE @jobId BINARY(16)

EXEC @ReturnCode =  msdb.dbo.sp_add_job @job_name=N'AG_Data_Movment_Resumed_Job',

              @enabled=1,

              @notify_level_eventlog=0,

              @notify_level_email=0,

              @notify_level_netsend=0,

              @notify_level_page=0,

              @delete_level=0,

              @description=N'No description available.',

              @category_name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]',

              @owner_login_name=N'sa', @job_id = @jobId OUTPUT

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

/****** Object:  Step [AG_Data_Movment_Resumed]    Script Date: 11/12/2018 4:44:24 AM ******/

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id=@jobId, @step_name=N'AG_Data_Movment_Resumed',

              @step_id=1,

              @cmdexec_success_code=0,

              @on_success_action=1,

              @on_success_step_id=0,

              @on_fail_action=2,

              @on_fail_step_id=0,

              @retry_attempts=0,

              @retry_interval=0,

              @os_run_priority=0, @subsystem=N'TSQL',

              @command=N'Insert into [CSMonitor].[dbo].[AG_ERROR_Data_Moment_Resumed] (Error_code,Error_desc,date) values(35265,''Data Moment Resumed'',getdate())',

              @database_name=N'master',

              @flags=0

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = @jobId, @start_step_id = 1

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver @job_id = @jobId, @server_name = N'(local)'

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback

COMMIT TRANSACTION

GOTO EndSave

QuitWithRollback:

    IF (@@TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION

EndSave:

GO

Step 3: Create a table in CSMonitor database to log the error details.

USE [CSMonitor]

GO

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[AG_ERROR_Data_Moment_Resumed](

       [Id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

       [Error_code] [int] NULL,

       [Error_desc] [varchar](max) NULL,

       [Date] [datetime] NULL

) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]

GO

Step 4: Open the property of the created Alert (AG_Data_Moment_Resumed), Click on Response à  check the Execute Job check box à Select the create job(AG_Data_Moment_Resumed_Job) from drop down list and Press OK button.

·         Modify DataDog stored procedure to add the script for Datadog agent. Copy below SP and execute on Primary and DR server.

USE [msdb]

GO

/****** Object:  StoredProcedure [dbo].[SP_datadogtest]    Script Date: 11/12/2018 5:20:16 AM ******/

SET ANSI_NULLS ON

GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

GO

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[SP_datadogtest]

AS

BEGIN

       -- SET NOCOUNT ON added to prevent extra result sets from

       -- interfering with SELECT statements.

       SET NOCOUNT ON;

declare @AA int

declare @bb int

declare @cc int

declare @dd int

declare @ee int

declare @ff int

declare @gg int

declare @hh int

declare @ii int

declare @jj int

declare @kk int

declare @ll int

DECLARE @DBCOUNT INT

-- If the job got failed, success or cancel by anyone.

set @aa=( SELECt COUNT(*) FROM MSDB.DBO.SYSJOBSERVERS SJS

LEFT OUTER JOIN MSDB.DBO.SYSJOBS SJ ON (SJ.JOB_ID = SJS.JOB_ID)

where SJS.LAST_RUN_OUTCOME in (0,2) and enabled =1

and convert(varchar(10), last_run_date, 126) = (convert(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 112) )) -- 0 failed 2 cannaclled

-- If the log file got full more than 80 percente

create table #TmpLOGSPACE(

  DatabaseName varchar(100)

  , LOGSIZE_MB decimal(18, 9)

  , LOGSPACE_USED decimal(18, 9)

  ,  LOGSTATUS decimal(18, 9))

insert #TmpLOGSPACE(DatabaseName, LOGSIZE_MB, LOGSPACE_USED, LOGSTATUS)

exec ('DBCC SQLPERF(LOGSPACE);')

set @bb= (select count(*) from #TmpLOGSPACE where DatabaseName not in ('Model','master','msdb')

and LOGSPACE_USED > 90) -- This is value which can be change as per our requirement.

-- Drop table #TmpLOGSPACE

-- If the blocking is more than 10 minutes

set @cc=(SELECT count (*) FROM SYS.DM_EXEC_REQUESTS REQ

CROSS APPLY SYS.DM_EXEC_SQL_TEXT(SQL_HANDLE) AS SQLTEXT

WHERE TOTAL_ELAPSED_TIME >=600000 -- 10 MINUTES

and blocking_session_id <>0)

-- If query running more than 1 hour

set @dd=(SELECT count(*) FROM SYS.DM_EXEC_REQUESTS REQ

CROSS APPLY SYS.DM_EXEC_SQL_TEXT(SQL_HANDLE) AS SQLTEXT

WHERE TOTAL_ELAPSED_TIME >=3600000) -- 1 hour

-- If DB status is not online

set @ee =( select COUNT(*) FROM sys.databases where state_desc in ('Offline','EMERGENCY', 'SUSPECT'))

-- If any login created on instance level

set @gg=( select count(*) from sys.syslogins nolock

where convert(varchar(10), createdate, 126)  >= convert(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 126) )

--If backup not done since 1 day

SET @HH = '0'

-- If job got modified by anyone.

set @ii =(select count(*) from  MSDB.DBO.SYSJOBS nolock where convert(varchar(10), date_modified, 126)  >= convert(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 126) )

--declare @timeTORUN int

--set @timeTORUN =(select SUBSTRING ( CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),GETDATE(),108),1,2))

--if (@timeTORUN =2 or @timeTORUN =4 or @timeTORUN =6 or @timeTORUN =8 or @timeTORUN =12 or @timeTORUN =14 or @timeTORUN =16 or @timeTORUN =18 or @timeTORUN =20 or @timeTORUN =22 or @timeTORUN =24)

--begin

--if database created in last one day

create table #Tmpdatabasecreation(

  databaseName varchar(100)

  , db_size nvarchar(100)

  , [owner] varchar(50)

  ,  [dbid] int

  , created date

  , [status] varchar(2000)

  ,compatiblity_level int )

insert #Tmpdatabasecreation(databaseName, db_size, [owner], [dbid],created,[status],compatiblity_level)

exec ('Sp_helpdb')

set @ff= (select count(*) from #Tmpdatabasecreation where DatabaseName not in ('tempdb')

and created >= convert(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 126) )

-- Drop table #Tmpdatabasecreation

 -- If AG data moment suspended

 set @jj= (select count(*) from CSMonitor.[dbo].[AG_ERROR_Data_Moment_suspended] where  [Date] >= convert(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 126) )

  -- If AG data moment Resumed

 set @kk= (select count(*) from CSMonitor.[dbo].[AG_ERROR_Data_Moment_Resumed] where  [Date] >= convert(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 126) )

  -- If AG Fail over

 set @ll= (select count(*) from CSMonitor.[dbo].[AG_ERROR_FailOver] where  [Date] >= convert(varchar(10), GETDATE(), 126) )

--end

CREATE TABLE #Datadog (

[metric] varchar(255) not null,

[type] varchar(50) not null,

[value] float not  null,

[tags] varchar(255))

insert into #Datadog values

('sqlserver.Agent.failedJob','gauge',@aa,'tag:FailedJob'),

('sqlserver.DB.LogSpace','gauge',@bb,'tag:LogSpace'),

('sqlserver.DB.Blocking','gauge',@cc,'tag:Blocking'),

('sqlserver.DB.LRQ','gauge',@dd,'tag:LRQ'),

('Sqlserver.DB.DBstatus','gauge',@ee,'tag:DBstatus'),

('Sqlserver.DB.NewDBCreated','gauge',@ff,'tag:NewDBCreated'),

('Sqlserver.DB.NewLoginCreated','gauge',@gg,'tag:NewLoginCreated'),

('Sqlserver.DB.BackupStatus','gauge',@hh,'tag:BackupStatus'),

('Sqlserver.DB.JobModified','gauge',@ii,'tag:JobModified'),

('Sqlserver.DB.Data_Moment_suspended','gauge',@jj,'tag:Data_Moment_suspended'),

('Sqlserver.DB.Data_Moment_Resumed','gauge',@kk,'tag:Data_Moment_Resumed'),

('Sqlserver.DB.FailOver','gauge',@ll,'tag:FailOver')

select * from #Datadog

END

Created a matrix in Datadog console to send the alert notification mail to DBA team.