In this post, let’s learn about the error message “988 – Unable to access database ‘%.*ls’ because it lacks a quorum of nodes for high availability. Try the operation again later.” in Microsoft SQL Server, the reason why it appears and the solution to fix it.
SQL Server Error Message
988 – Unable to access database ‘%.*ls’ because it lacks a quorum of nodes for high availability. Try the operation again later.
Reason for the Error
The SQL Server Error Msg 988 occurs when there is not enough redundancy in a SQL Server database configuration to ensure it can continue running correctly in case of hardware failures or other issues.
In simpler terms, this error means there are not enough backup copies of the database to ensure that it can keep running if something goes wrong with one of the copies.
Solution
To resolve this error, you may need to add more backup copies of the database to the configuration or adjust the configuration settings to allow for a smaller number of backup copies to be available. Additionally, as the error message suggests, you may need to wait and try the operation again later.
