USE [master] GO DROP ENDPOINT [Mirroring] GO CREATE ENDPOINT [Mirroring] STATE = STARTED AS TCP (LISTENER_PORT = 5022, LISTENER_IP = ALL) FOR DATA_MIRRORING ( ROLE = PARTNER, AUTHENTICATION = CERTIFICATE DatabaseMirroring, ENCRYPTION = REQUIRED ALGORITHM AES ) GO CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = ''; GO USE master; CREATE CERTIFICATE DatabaseMirroring WITH SUBJECT = 'Certificate for database mirroring', EXPIRY_DATE = '2100-01-01'; GO BACKUP CERTIFICATE DatabaseMirroring TO FILE = 'C:\Distr\DatabaseMirroring.cer' WITH PRIVATE KEY(ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD='password', FILE='C:\Distr\DatabaseMirroring.pvk'); CREATE CERTIFICATE DatabaseMirroring FROM FILE ='C:\Distr\DatabaseMirroring.cer' WITH PRIVATE KEY(FILE='C:\Distr\DatabaseMirroring.pvk', DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD='password');