Two-Node Hyper-V Failover Cluster Part 5 of 15: Add 500GB VHDX to the iSCSI VM
The iSCSI VM has its OS disk (40 GB) but nothing to share yet. This part adds a 500 GB Fixed VHDX as the storage pool, attaches it to the…
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Two-Node Hyper-V Failover Cluster Part 4 of 15: Post-Install Tasks for All Three VMs
VMs created in Parts 2 and 3. Now the basic post-install tasks for all three. This is foundation sysadmin work — rename, domain-join, static IP, patch, reboot. If any of…
Two-Node Hyper-V Failover Cluster Part 3 of 15: Create NODE-01 & NODE-02 VMs
Same workflow as Part 2 (the iSCSI VM), repeated twice. NODE-01 and NODE-02 are the cluster nodes — the actual hypervisor hosts that will run highly-available VMs in Part 13.…
Two-Node Hyper-V Failover Cluster Part 2 of 15: Create the iSCSI VM (SAN Emulator)
Architecture is in your head from Part 1. Now we build VMs. The iSCSI VM is first because the cluster nodes need shared storage to be cluster-able — and that…
Two-Node Hyper-V Failover Cluster Part 1 of 15: Planning & Lab Overview
Welcome to part 1 of a 15-part series on building a Two-Node Hyper-V Failover Cluster. This is a planning post — no terminals, no wizards, no screenshots. The architecture goes…
SQL Server FCI Part 13 of 13: Scaling Down & Advanced Cluster Management
The grand finale. Twelve parts of building — this part is about tearing down gracefully when nodes need to be replaced or decommissioned. Plus advanced cluster moves: shuffling individual disks,…
SQL Server FCI Part 12 of 13: Migrating Data & Performing Manual Failover
3-node FCI is built. Now we use it. This part covers the real-world “go-live” flow: migrate a database from a legacy standalone SQL Server into AOFCI via backup/restore, then perform…
SQL Server FCI Part 11 of 13: Installing SQL Server & SSMS on the Third Node
Node-03 is in the Windows cluster (Part 10) but has no SQL binaries. This part installs SQL Server in Add Node mode on Node-03 — functionally identical to Part 7…