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…
Tag: Cluster Scaling
SQL Server FCI Part 10 of 13: Validating & Adding Node-03 to the Cluster
Node-03 prepared in Part 9. Now we formally add it to the Windows Failover Cluster as a voting member. Short post — the Add Node wizard does most of the…
SQL Server FCI Part 9 of 13: Adding the Third Node (Node-03) — OS & Storage Prep
Two-node FCI works. Tested it. But the design from Part 1 reserved a third node IP — this part builds it. The work splits into two posts: Part 9 (this…