Hi
For this question the architecture is:
I have a windows cluster working with 2 windows servers (2 server in a 1 cluster), running 2 SQL SERVER enterprise instances, and only server #1 is active (both instances should work on server #1).
I know that “In the event of a failover, a 30-day grace period is allowed to restore and run SQL Server.”
So I am sure that if the physical server #1 or the OS in server #1 will fail I got 30 days to fix it.
My question is what will happen if only 1 instance will fail, let’s say, instance #2 will failed to start on Server #1 (bin files problem, registry keys, port configuration, LUNs zoneing, ,etc), and will failover to server #2. In that case I will have Instance #1 on server#1 and instance #2 on server #2.
Is that mean that I need to pay immediatly for Server #2 license, or I can use the30-day grace period to fix instance #2 on server #1 in that time, and then failover back instance #2 to server #1?
Thanks,
Guy H