Database Mirroring - 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON.' failed

Hello,

I have set up 3 servers - Primary, Mirror and Witness. When I run the database mirroring wizard all my endpoints are configured, but when i start the mirroring service i get a 1418 error - in the logs in says -

Database Mirroring login attempt by user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON.' failed with error: 'Connection handshake failed. The login 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON' does not have CONNECT permission on the endpoint. State 84.'. [CLIENT: 10.20.1.5]

I have looked through the BOL and can't find anything helpful. - I'm pretty new to SQL server, so any help is very much appreciated!

Thanks

Kerpoise

This is not a SQL problem but an authentication issue. The right approach is to follow the guidance of the authentication troubleshooting whitepaper: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/security/tkerberr.mspx

HTH,
~ Remus

|||But why is my Primary server trying to logon as NT AUTHORITY/ANONYMOUS LOGON? When I have defined my logon through the Mirroring Wizard as a sysadmin account, with enabled Connect privileges on all servers.

I can't find a simple solution in the white paper. Isn't there a simple way to either - authenticate as a sysadmin account, or to allow NT AUTHORITY/ANONYMOUS to have CONNECT privileges to all servers?

It seems like this should be a very quick thing to do, but I really can't figure it out.

Please help!|||

Do not grant connect permission to ANONYMOUS LOGON.

When connecting the two instances what gets authenticated is the 'service account', the Windows account that runs the SQL Server instance. Depending on how you insnstalled the instances, the appropiate action is:
- if installed as 'LOCAL SERVICE': you must change the service account, it will never work. The SQL Management console in mmc has an option to change the service account, selecta different account.
- if installed as 'NETWORK SERVICE' or 'LocalSystem': you have to register the service SPN for Kerberos authentication to succeed. Use a tool like setspn.exe (available at microsoft download center) and register the SPN. Mirroring will use an SPN on the format 'MSSQLSvc/<partnername>:<partnerport>'. Also, make sure the AUTHENTICATION option on the mirroring endpoint is WINDOWS, WINDOWS NEGOTIATE or WINDOWS KERBEROS (in other words NTLM will not work). After registering the two SPNs (both for mirror and principal!), the authentication will resolve to the machine account ('DOMAIN\MachineName$'), you must create a login for this account and grant connect permission to it.
- if installed as a local account ('PrincipalMachine\LocalAccount' and/or 'MirrorMachine\LocalAccount'): it will not work, you must change the service account(s).
- if installed as domain account ('DOMAIN\UserName'), then it should work as long as both the mirror and the principal are in the same domain, or there is a trust relationship between their domains.

An alternative is to use certificate based authentication, then the whole domain/user/SPNs issue vanishes as the authentication will use a diferent protocol (SChannel's TLS).

HTH,
~ Remus

Database Mirroring - Multiple Endpoints

Hi All
Is it possible to create multiple endpoints for Database Mirroring in SQL
Server 2005?
After reading that only 10 databases should be mirrored per endpoint I tried
to create another endpoint and received the following error:
An endpoint already exists with the bindings specified. Only one endpoint
supported for a specific binding. Use ALTER ENDPOINT or DROP the existing
endpoint and execute the CREATE ENDPOINT statement.
Can someone please clarify how to create an additional endpoint and/or how
to mirror more than 10 databases.
Thanks
Can you point me to the document which talks about 10 mirrored database per
endpoint.
I have more than 10 endpoints in my server.
Thank you
"David" <David@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2303C6A1-5317-4BBB-B00A-EA8E48DDC7FC@.microsoft.com...
> Hi All
> Is it possible to create multiple endpoints for Database Mirroring in SQL
> Server 2005?
> After reading that only 10 databases should be mirrored per endpoint I
> tried
> to create another endpoint and received the following error:
> An endpoint already exists with the bindings specified. Only one endpoint
> supported for a specific binding. Use ALTER ENDPOINT or DROP the existing
> endpoint and execute the CREATE ENDPOINT statement.
> Can someone please clarify how to create an additional endpoint and/or how
> to mirror more than 10 databases.
> Thanks
|||Hi David, please take a look at the below link:
http://www.sqlcommunity.com/default.aspx?tabid=77&id=79
All mirroring connections on a server instance use a single database
mirroring endpoint.
There's no hard limit on ho many databases can be mirrored per server. This
depends on the resources available on the server. The best practice however
is to limit your SQL Server with 10 but this is not an official limit.
You may explore more about database mirroring @. Database Mirroring clinic on
www.sqlcommunity.com (Below is the link)
http://sqlcommunity.com/Articles/SQLClinic/DatabaseMirroringClinic/tabid/117/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Thank you,
Saleem Hakani
HTTP://WWW.SQLCOMMUNITY.COM (SQL Server Community)
SQLTips, SQL Forums, SQL Blogs, SQL RADIO, SQL Events, SQL Scripts, SQL
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"David" wrote:

> Hi All
> Is it possible to create multiple endpoints for Database Mirroring in SQL
> Server 2005?
> After reading that only 10 databases should be mirrored per endpoint I tried
> to create another endpoint and received the following error:
> An endpoint already exists with the bindings specified. Only one endpoint
> supported for a specific binding. Use ALTER ENDPOINT or DROP the existing
> endpoint and execute the CREATE ENDPOINT statement.
> Can someone please clarify how to create an additional endpoint and/or how
> to mirror more than 10 databases.
> Thanks
|||Hi Shailesh, there's no limit on how many databases you can mirror per
server. This depends on the availability of the resorces on the server.
However, the best practice hs been to limit your server with 10.
More info on database mirroring can be found at Database Mirroring Clinic on
www.sqlcommunity.com :
http://sqlcommunity.com/Articles/SQLClinic/DatabaseMirroringClinic/tabid/117/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Thank you,
Saleem Hakani
HTTP://WWW.SQLCOMMUNITY.COM (SQL Server Community)
SQLTips, SQL Forums, SQL Blogs, SQL RADIO, SQL Events, SQL Scripts, SQL
Articles, SQL Clinic and a lot of SQL fun.
"Shailesh Khanal" wrote:

> Can you point me to the document which talks about 10 mirrored database per
> endpoint.
> I have more than 10 endpoints in my server.
> Thank you
>
> "David" <David@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2303C6A1-5317-4BBB-B00A-EA8E48DDC7FC@.microsoft.com...
>
>

Database Mirroring - Multiple Endpoints

Hi All
Is it possible to create multiple endpoints for Database Mirroring in SQL
Server 2005?
After reading that only 10 databases should be mirrored per endpoint I tried
to create another endpoint and received the following error:
An endpoint already exists with the bindings specified. Only one endpoint
supported for a specific binding. Use ALTER ENDPOINT or DROP the existing
endpoint and execute the CREATE ENDPOINT statement.
Can someone please clarify how to create an additional endpoint and/or how
to mirror more than 10 databases.
ThanksCan you point me to the document which talks about 10 mirrored database per
endpoint.
I have more than 10 endpoints in my server.
Thank you
"David" <David@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2303C6A1-5317-4BBB-B00A-EA8E48DDC7FC@.microsoft.com...
> Hi All
> Is it possible to create multiple endpoints for Database Mirroring in SQL
> Server 2005?
> After reading that only 10 databases should be mirrored per endpoint I
> tried
> to create another endpoint and received the following error:
> An endpoint already exists with the bindings specified. Only one endpoint
> supported for a specific binding. Use ALTER ENDPOINT or DROP the existing
> endpoint and execute the CREATE ENDPOINT statement.
> Can someone please clarify how to create an additional endpoint and/or how
> to mirror more than 10 databases.
> Thanks|||Hi David, please take a look at the below link:
http://www.sqlcommunity.com/default.aspx?tabid=77&id=79
All mirroring connections on a server instance use a single database
mirroring endpoint.
There's no hard limit on ho many databases can be mirrored per server. This
depends on the resources available on the server. The best practice however
is to limit your SQL Server with 10 but this is not an official limit.
You may explore more about database mirroring @. Database Mirroring clinic on
www.sqlcommunity.com (Below is the link)
http://sqlcommunity.com/Articles/SQLClinic/DatabaseMirroringClinic/tabid/117/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Thank you,
Saleem Hakani
HTTP://WWW.SQLCOMMUNITY.COM (SQL Server Community)
SQLTips, SQL Forums, SQL Blogs, SQL RADIO, SQL Events, SQL Scripts, SQL
Articles, SQL Clinic and a lot of SQL fun.
"David" wrote:
> Hi All
> Is it possible to create multiple endpoints for Database Mirroring in SQL
> Server 2005?
> After reading that only 10 databases should be mirrored per endpoint I tried
> to create another endpoint and received the following error:
> An endpoint already exists with the bindings specified. Only one endpoint
> supported for a specific binding. Use ALTER ENDPOINT or DROP the existing
> endpoint and execute the CREATE ENDPOINT statement.
> Can someone please clarify how to create an additional endpoint and/or how
> to mirror more than 10 databases.
> Thanks|||Hi Shailesh, there's no limit on how many databases you can mirror per
server. This depends on the availability of the resorces on the server.
However, the best practice hs been to limit your server with 10.
More info on database mirroring can be found at Database Mirroring Clinic on
www.sqlcommunity.com :
http://sqlcommunity.com/Articles/SQLClinic/DatabaseMirroringClinic/tabid/117/language/en-US/Default.aspx
--
Thank you,
Saleem Hakani
HTTP://WWW.SQLCOMMUNITY.COM (SQL Server Community)
SQLTips, SQL Forums, SQL Blogs, SQL RADIO, SQL Events, SQL Scripts, SQL
Articles, SQL Clinic and a lot of SQL fun.
"Shailesh Khanal" wrote:
> Can you point me to the document which talks about 10 mirrored database per
> endpoint.
> I have more than 10 endpoints in my server.
> Thank you
>
> "David" <David@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2303C6A1-5317-4BBB-B00A-EA8E48DDC7FC@.microsoft.com...
> > Hi All
> >
> > Is it possible to create multiple endpoints for Database Mirroring in SQL
> > Server 2005?
> >
> > After reading that only 10 databases should be mirrored per endpoint I
> > tried
> > to create another endpoint and received the following error:
> >
> > An endpoint already exists with the bindings specified. Only one endpoint
> > supported for a specific binding. Use ALTER ENDPOINT or DROP the existing
> > endpoint and execute the CREATE ENDPOINT statement.
> >
> > Can someone please clarify how to create an additional endpoint and/or how
> > to mirror more than 10 databases.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>

Database Mirroring

Im trying to get mirroring working go my endpoints set using the wizard,
the servers are called server1 and server2 when I trying to start
mirroring I get "specify the FQDN for each server, and click start
mirroring again" the computers see each other as server1 and server2 is
there away round this error ?You should follow the recommandation of the following topic on the Books on
Line:
SQL Server Database Engine -> Administering the Database Engine ->
Configuring High Availability -> Database Mirroring -> Setting Up Database
Mirroring -> Specifying a Server Network Address(Database Mirroring)
Gilberto
"sambino" wrote:

> Im trying to get mirroring working go my endpoints set using the wizard,
> the servers are called server1 and server2 when I trying to start
> mirroring I get "specify the FQDN for each server, and click start
> mirroring again" the computers see each other as server1 and server2 is
> there away round this error ?
>

Database Mirroring

Im trying to get mirroring working go my endpoints set using the wizard,
the servers are called server1 and server2 when I trying to start
mirroring I get "specify the FQDN for each server, and click start
mirroring again" the computers see each other as server1 and server2 is
there away round this error ?You should follow the recommandation of the following topic on the Books on
Line:
SQL Server Database Engine -> Administering the Database Engine ->
Configuring High Availability -> Database Mirroring -> Setting Up Database
Mirroring -> Specifying a Server Network Address(Database Mirroring)
Gilberto
"sambino" wrote:
> Im trying to get mirroring working go my endpoints set using the wizard,
> the servers are called server1 and server2 when I trying to start
> mirroring I get "specify the FQDN for each server, and click start
> mirroring again" the computers see each other as server1 and server2 is
> there away round this error ?
>