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Script to get SQL Cluster Failover Time and Node Name

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A DBA’s life becomes easier if there is a script to get the required information. This article is about a script to get SQL Cluster Failover time and Node Name prior to failover and little more.

You can go through the following link to know what and how to check the same information in SQL Server Error log. I have also explained what all other related information can be found. The output of the below query will make more sense if you read the article first.

SQL Cluster Instance Failover Time and Node Name prior to Failover

After writing the above article I thought of working on the script to scan through all the error log files. This way I can find not only the latest SQL Cluster failover time and Node name but also history of failover information. This may help in situations where you are facing frequent failover issues or you need a failover history report.

CREATE TABLE #ErrorLog(
   LogDate DATETIME,
   ErrorSource NVARCHAR(MAX),
   ErrorMessage NVARCHAR(MAX)
)

CREATE TABLE #NumberOfLogs(
   ID INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
   LogDate DATETIME NOT NULL,
   LogFileSize bigint
)

INSERT INTO #NumberOfLogs(ID,LogDate,LogFileSize)
EXEC master.dbo.xp_enumerrorlogs

DECLARE @ErrorLogID INT

DECLARE cNumberOfLogs CURSOR FOR
   SELECT ID
   FROM #NumberOfLogs

OPEN cNumberOfLogs
FETCH NEXT FROM cNumberOfLogs INTO @ErrorLogID
   WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
   
   BEGIN
       INSERT INTO #ErrorLog(LogDate,ErrorSource,ErrorMessage)
       EXEC sp_readerrorlog @ErrorLogID, 1, 'NETBIOS'
        
       INSERT INTO #ErrorLog(LogDate,ErrorSource,ErrorMessage)
       EXEC sp_readerrorlog @ErrorLogID, 1, 'SQL Server is terminating'
       FETCH NEXT FROM cNumberOfLogs INTO @ErrorLogID
   END 
   
CLOSE cNumberOfLogs
DEALLOCATE cNumberOfLogs

SELECT LogDate, ErrorMessage FROM #ErrorLog

DROP TABLE #ErrorLog
DROP TABLE #NumberOfLogs
The below screen shot shows a sample result set:

If this is helpful, please let me know by leaving your comments below. I would love to hear from you if you have any better way to get the same information.

You may also like to check the  Script to List All Users with db_owner role in SQL 2000.

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Script to List All Users with db_owner role in SQL 2000

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The Requirement was to provide a report to list all users with db_owner role. No big deal right? But the fun part was there were many servers running SQL 2000 version. Of course first thing first, search in the internet. Got few but not quite which I was looking for.

So ultimately I wrote the below query to provide the required details in SQL 2000. I have kept the option open to list not only for db_owner but also for any other database role.
You can tweak it as per your requirements.

SELECT p.name AS UserName,
      CASE WHEN p.isntgroup =1 AND p.isntuser=0 THEN 'Windows Group'
           WHEN p.isntgroup =0 AND p.isntuser=1 THEN 'Windows Login'
           WHEN p.issqlrole=1 THEN 'Database Role'
      ELSE 'SQL Login' END AS 'Login Type',
      USER_NAME(roles.groupuid) AS 'AssociatedRole' 
      FROM sysmembers roles
           JOIN sysusers p ON roles.memberuid = p.uid
           JOIN sysusers pp ON roles.groupuid = pp.uid AND  p.uid NOT IN (0,1,2,3,4) AND
           USER_NAME(roles.groupuid) IN ('db_owner', 'db_datareader')

The following screen shot shows the output:

I hope this helps. This post can only be treated as complete once you put your thoughts in the comment section.
You might also want to check the link which includes video to know the Myth around Remote Query Timeout Option

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