#TIPS ON HOW TO INSTALL SQL SERVER 2014 FULL#
#TIPS ON HOW TO INSTALL SQL SERVER 2014 WINDOWS#

You don’t want tlog backups happening on these databases while the AlwaysOn group is being created. Remove these databases from any tlog backup maintenance during the installation of AlwaysOn (you can add them back later).

#TIPS ON HOW TO INSTALL SQL SERVER 2014 FULL#

Make sure all databases are in Full Recovery mode.

Make sure full backups have been run on each database. In fact, if your databases are large I would recommend using one of the other options, in which you would restore the databases yourself on all of the secondary replicas, instead of having the wizard do this step. There are other options to join your databases to the AlwaysOn group, if you prefer not to create this temporary File Share. This file share will be used for the initial backup/restore process that happens when your databases are joined to the AlwaysOn group during setup.

#TIPS ON HOW TO INSTALL SQL SERVER 2014 WINDOWS#

Make any necessary adjustments to your Windows Firewall, to allow the replicas to communicate with each other.Ĭreate a File Share (through Server Manager) that your SQL Service account and all your replicas can access with read/write permissions. You can do this through SSMS in the instance Properties, or by using sp_configure. Make sure all your replicas Allow Remote Connections. Navigate to the Securables page, and make sure the Connect SQL Grant box is checked. Give connect permissions to the SQL Service account through SSMS: Right click on the SQL Service login to open the Properties dialog box. If it isn’t there already, add your SQL Service account ( which should be a domain account – not the local machine service account) as a SQL login through SQL Management Studio (SSMS).Īdd your SQL Service account to the Administrators group on each replica (via Computer Management) Restart the SQL Server Service after making these changes. Navigate to the AlwaysOn High Availability tab, and select Enable AlwaysOn Availability Groups checkbox. While you are still in SQL Server Configuration Manager, right click on SQL Server Services to open the Properties dialog box. Right click on the TCP/IP entry and select Enable. You will see in the right panel of the dialog box the TCP/IP entry. On each of your replicas, open SQL Server Configuration Manager.Įxpand the SQL Server Network Configuration node, and click on Protocols for MSSQLSERVER. You don’t have to go through these steps on the other replicas…you’re all done with setting up the cluster.Īssuming you have already installed SQL Server 2012 or 2014 Enterprise edition on all of your replicas, and have installed it as stand-alone instances, we are ready to configure SQL Server. The secondary nodes will be added to the cluster, and your cluster should now show up on all replicas (through Failover Cluster Manager). Proceed next through the wizard, and your cluster will be created.

In the Access Point for Administering the Cluster dialog box, enter the virtual cluster name (not the server or instance name), and the virtual IP address of your cluster. It is normal to see some warning messages, especially if you decide to use shared storage.Īfter the validation and summary is complete, the Create Cluster Wizard will open. On the Testing Options page, click Run all tests (recommended).

On your primary replica, open the Server Manager console > open Failover Cluster ManagerĪdd the names of all the SQL Servers you want to configure as replicas in your AlwaysOn group. Configure Windows Failover Cluster (WSFC) You will need to do this on every replica in your AlwaysOn group. Proceed next through the wizard and click Install to finish the wizard. NET Framework, you will need to reboot the machine after installing). NET Framework 3.5.1 or greater installed on your server, select that checkbox as well to install. Proceed through the wizard, and when you get to the Select Features page, select the Failover Clustering checkbox.Īnd if you don’t already have. On each replica, open Server Manager > click Add Roles & Features > select Add Failover Clustering > click Install Add Windows Failover Clustering (WSFC) to each replica (server).The following steps need to be performed in this order: After you make sure you have everything in your environment ready to go and all the prerequisitesthat need to be done before deployment have been done, we are ready to install the AlwaysOn Availability Group!

Tips on how to install sql server 2014