You are going to create a Windows Cluster in Part 2 of our series on how to build a SQL Cluster Lab. You will run cluster validation followed by creating the Windows Server Failover Cluster. In addition, you configure the Cluster Networks and a File Share Witness. Here are links to the other articles in the series.
- Part 1 – Building the environment. Hyper-v VMs, Active Directory, DNS, and Routing and Remote Access Services
- Part 2 – Windows Failover Clustering. Cluster validation, networks, and quorum
- Part 3 – Availability Group. Dedicated network and AD permissions
- Part 4 – Failover Cluster Instance. Creating shared storage using iSCSI and adding the storage to the cluster.
Network Configuration
Here is the list of IP addresses from Part 1 that you will need to configure the cluster.
| Data Center 1 IP | Data Center 2 IP | |
| Cluster | 10.0.0.10 | 172.16.0.10 |
| AG Listener | 10.0.0.11 | 172.16.0.11 |
| FCI | 10.0.0.15 | N/A |
Architecture
As a refresher, here is the diagram of the lab you are building.
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