Symptoms
When you use log shipping together with Always On Availability Groups in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and 2017, log shipping can't detect available replica and fails with the following error message:
The backup operation on database 'DatabaseName' was skipped because it is part of an availability group and not its preferred backup replica
Resolution
This problem is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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