SQL 2008

Symptom

When using SQL 2008, after a switchover or a failover, the variable servername still points to the primary system.

Solution

You can use “select SERVERPROPERTY (‘ServerName’)” instead of using the variable @ @servername. This query will return the correct name of the machine after a switchover or failover.

or

1. Execute the following commands on the new backup server:

sp_dropserver @server=’sys-A’

sp_addserver @server=’sys-B’, @local=’LOCAL’

2. Restart the service.