Is it possible to failover a single or a selected number of databases
onto a standby server? We're currently log shipping about 12 databases
to a standby and I was wondering if it was possible to randomly
failover onto selected dbs.

My understanding of log shipping is that when the primary server goes
down, the standby takes over. But, does that mean that all of the db's
on the standby server now become the primary? Or, can failover occur on
selected dbs?

The reason I ask is because if one db on the primary, for example, was
to go down, I'd like to be able to bring the particular db on the
standby server online while I fix or restore what's on the primary
server. Can it be done individually or is it an all or nothing
scenario?

Your personal advice or links is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Peps

theSpinel (thespinel@gmail.com) writes:
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As far as I know there is no automatic failover with log shipping, but
you would have to failover clients manually.

If you are using database mirroring, failover can be automatic, and I
assume that this is per database, but I don't know.


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