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Installing Microsoft Clustering Services on the Cluster Nodes
Follow these steps to install Microsoft Clustering Services on the first node of your cluster:
1. Start the node 1 virtual machine.
2. Follow the Windows setup prompts to enter
The Windows serial number.
The host name (SQL1).
The IP addresses of the public and private network adapters.
Note: For the public network adapter, enter an IP address that belongs to the physical network. For the private IP address, you may use an address like 192.168.x.x with a class C subnet mask (255.255.255.0).
3. At the end of the process, Windows automatically reboots.
4. Start the Disk Management tool and change both shared disks to Basic disks.
5. Format both shared virtual disks with NTFS if they are not already formatted.
6. Assign the first shared disk to Q: (quorum) and the second disk to R: (data).
If you have joined this virtual machine to an existing Active Directory domain, skip to
step 11.
7. Run dcpromo.exe from the command prompt. This starts the Active Directory Wizard.
8. Set up the current machine as a domain controller. For the domain name, use something similar to <vmcluster>.<domain.com> where <domain.com> is your DNS domain and <vmcluster> is your Active Directory domain.
You can set up this node as a new domain tree or a new domain forest, or join it to an existing domain tree or forest.
9. Make sure the DNS server is installed.
10. Set the domain permissions as mixed mode unless you plan otherwise.
11. To add a cluster services account in the domain, go to Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.
12. Add a cluster service account named cluster:
Enter the user's password.
Check the User cannot change password check box.
Check the Password never expires check box.
13. Insert the Windows CD in the CD-ROM drive.
14. Choose Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
15. Select Add/Remove Windows Components.
16. Check the Cluster Service component.
17. Click Next and follow the prompts to install the service.
18. As you configure the cluster service, choose Form a New Cluster.
19. Specify SQLCLUSTER as the cluster name.
20. Specify the cluster service account created in
step 12.
21. Specify that both shared disks should be managed by the cluster service.
22. Indicate the shared disk (Q:) to be the quorum disk.
23. Specify which network adapter is public and which is private.
24. Specify the cluster IP address. This is the address that represents the cluster. It must be on the same network as the physical Ethernet device.
25. Stop the cluster service on the local node (node 1) so that the second virtual machine (node 2) can access the shared disks.
From Cluster Manager, right-click the node name.
Select Stop Cluster Service.
You are finished installing Microsoft Clustering Services on the first node. The steps to install the software on the second node are similar.
1. Start the node 2 virtual machine.
2. Repeat
step 2 and
step 3 in the procedure for the first node.
3. Start the Disk Management tool and assign the first shared disk to Q: (quorum) and the second disk to R: (data).
4. Start
dcpromo.exe and add this virtual machine as a domain controller in the same domain created in
step 8 for the first node, or add it to an existing domain.
Note: The setup in node 2 must match the setup in node 1, which you specified in
step 8 for node 1.
5. In the node 1 virtual machine, start the cluster service.
From Cluster Manager, right-click the node name.
Select Start Cluster Service.
You are now finished configuring the cluster.