Adding a Node in SQL Cluster

Microsoft SQL Server

Global DBA Team

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1. Scope .................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Purpose ................................................................................................................................................ 2
3. Pre requirements ................................................................................................................................ 2
4. Installation screens ............................................................................................................................... 5
5. basic Post Installation Steps ................................................................................................................ 23
6. Roll Back Steps (If Required) ............................................................................................................... 25
7. Version History .................................................................................................................................... 25

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Cluster:

Cluster is a group of servers and resources that act like a single system and enable high
availability and, in some cases, load balancing.

Prerequisites for SQL Cluster:

1. Ensure that the DBA group / Service a/c is listed in the local administrators.
2. Verify that Microsoft .Net Framework is installed on each node of the cluster.
3. Ensure that We can look up the SQL server virtual name via DNS using both host name and the
fully qualified domain name
4. Ensure the user control access is disabled.
5. Ensure the shared storage have been created and added to the cluster.
6. Ensure mount points exists and have correct amount of space added to them. Must be
formatted to correct block size.
7. The SQL server service account must be granted full permissions on the clustered and non-
clustered drives
8. Ensure that Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) is installed or not.
9. SQL server Service account needs to be granted "Lock Pages In Memory “
10. SQL server service account needs to be granted "Perform Volume Maintenance Tasks “.
11. The DBA group / Service a/c needs to be added the following privileges in the local security
policy. Modify the following items by adding local admins as part of the group. Once these have
been modified we need to reboot the host. This needs to be done for each node of the cluster.

a. Act as part of operating system

b. Allow log on locally
c. Backup Files and Directories
d. Bypass Traverse checking
e. Debug Programs
f. Log On As a Batch Job
g. Logon As a service
h. Manage Auditing and Security Log
i. Replace a process level token

12. Ensure that clustered MSDTC is installed using a clustered disk

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 Adding Node to SQL 2012 Failover Cluster

Login to Node 2 and follow the below steps to complete the adding node installation

 Right click on setup.exe and select Run as administrator from the installation media to launch
SQL Server Installation Center.

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  Click on the Add node to a SQL Server failover cluster link. This will run the SQL Server 2012
Setup wizard.

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  In the Setup Support Rules dialog box, validate that the checks return successful results and click
OK.

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 In the Setup Support Rules dialog box, validate that the checks return successful results. If the
checks returned a few warnings, make sure we fix them before proceeding with the installation.
Please find below 4 warnings which we can ignore.

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  In the Product Key dialog box, enter the product key that came with your installation media and
click Next.

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  In the License Terms dialog box, click the I accept the license terms check box and click Next.

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In the Cluster Node Configuration dialog box, validate that the information on the existing SQL Server
2012 cluster is correct. Click Next.

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  In the Cluster Network Configuration dialog box check the network IP and click on Next.

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  In the Service Accounts dialog box, verify that the information is the same as what you have
used to configure the first node. Click Next.

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  In the Error and Usage Reporting dialog box, click Next.

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  In the Add Node Rules dialog box, verify that all checks are successful and click Next.

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  In the Ready to Add Node dialog box, verify that all configurations are correct and click Install.

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  In the Complete dialog box check weather all the components are installed successfully or not
and click Close.

 Reboot both nodes after completing the installation just to be sure that there are no pending
reboot operations.

After completing the Installation of SQL failover Cluster please validate the all services and components
on Failover Cluster manager console.

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 1. Roll Back Steps (If Required)
Click Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Click Microsoft SQL Server 2012-
>Click Uninstall -> Remove all the components with name having SQL server 2012

2. Version History

Document Document Author/

Date Document Revision History
Version Reviser
09-Nov-2016 1.0 Initial Draft Naveen M

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