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…
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SQL Server FCI Part 7 of 13: Adding the Second Node (Node-02) — Real HA Begins
SQL Server is installed on Node-01 only — that’s technically a single point of failure dressed up as a cluster. This part fixes that. We run the same setup.exe on…
SQL Server FCI Part 6 of 13: Installing FCI on Primary Node (Node-01)
The big moment. Five parts of plumbing — networks, SAN, initiators, cluster, validation — have led here. Now we install SQL Server itself, but in a special mode: Failover Cluster…