Before you configure Always On for a TDE database make sure the following pre requisites are followed. 1. Always On endpoint port is opened in all node (5022 is default port, which can be changed). 2. Startup account of cluster service is added as SQL Server login and granted the ALTER ANY AVAILABILITY GROUP permission (for AlwaysOn Availability Groups) and the VIEW SERVER STATE permission (for SQL FCI). { In Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters, the cluster service...(read more)
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