Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 Minutes

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll start:

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll start:• MARS – Domain Controller

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll start:• MARS – Domain Controller• ROMULUS – Win Server 2012 (SQL bits

installed)

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll start:• MARS – Domain Controller• ROMULUS – Win Server 2012 (SQL bits

installed)• REMUS – Win Server 2012 (SQL bits

installed)

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll start:• MARS – Domain Controller• ROMULUS – Win Server 2012 (SQL bits

installed)• REMUS – Win Server 2012 (SQL bits

installed)• RHEA – Win Server 2012 (SP 2013 bits

installed)

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll end up:

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll end up:• MARS – Domain Controller

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll end up:• MARS – Domain Controller• WS 2012 Failover Cluster (ROMULUS and

REMUS)

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll end up:• MARS – Domain Controller• WS 2012 Failover Cluster (ROMULUS and

REMUS)• SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability

Group

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll end up:• MARS – Domain Controller• WS 2012 Failover Cluster (ROMULUS and

REMUS)• SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability

Group• (ROMULUS and REMUS Independent SQL

Nodes)

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 MinutesWhere we’ll end up:• MARS – Domain Controller• WS 2012 Failover Cluster (ROMULUS and

REMUS)• SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability

Group• (ROMULUS and REMUS Independent SQL

Nodes)• RHEA – Win Server 2012 (SharePoint

Configured)

SQL Server High Availability

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Business Intelligence and Standard:

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Business Intelligence and Standard:• Database Mirroring (Safety Full Only)

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Business Intelligence and Standard:• Database Mirroring (Safety Full Only)

• DEPRECATED in 2012, possibly unavailable thereafter

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Business Intelligence and Standard:• Database Mirroring (Safety Full Only)

• DEPRECATED in 2012, possibly unavailable thereafter

• Failover Clustering (Two Nodes Only)

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Enterprise (and Developer):

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Enterprise (and Developer):• Database Mirroring

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Enterprise (and Developer):• Database Mirroring

• Still DEPRECATED

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Enterprise (and Developer):• Database Mirroring

• Still DEPRECATED• Failover Clustering (OS Maximum)

SQL Server High Availability (By Edition)

SQL Server Enterprise (and Developer):• Database Mirroring

• Still DEPRECATED• Failover Clustering (OS Maximum)• AlwaysOn Availability Groups

The Setup

The SetupQuorum Drive pre-built (5GB) on MARS (DC)

The SetupQuorum Drive pre-built (5GB) on MARS (DC)Networking pre-built:

The SetupQuorum Drive pre-built (5GB) on MARS (DC)Networking pre-built:• Heartbeat NIC – Non-routed• Storage – iSCSI NIC• Intrafarm – All Farm Communications

The SetupQuorum Drive pre-built (5GB) on MARS (DC)Networking pre-built:• Heartbeat NIC – Non-routed• Storage – iSCSI NIC• Intrafarm – All Farm CommunicationsFirewalls Disabled

Step 1Setting Up iSCSI Storage

Setting Up iSCSI StorageEnsure that Windows Firewall is Off, or configure TCP Ports

Setting Up iSCSI StorageEnsure that Windows Firewall is Off, or configure TCP PortsSetup iSCSI Initiator on SQL Servers

Setting Up iSCSI StorageEnsure that Windows Firewall is Off, or configure TCP PortsSetup iSCSI Initiator on SQL ServersSetup iSCSI Target on DC

Setting Up iSCSI StorageEnsure that Windows Firewall is Off, or configure TCP PortsSetup iSCSI Initiator on SQL ServersSetup iSCSI Target on DCConnect Storage in iSCSI Initiator

Step 2Configure DNS and Install Failover Clustering

Configure DNS and Failover ClusteringInitial DNS Entries

Configure DNS and Failover ClusteringInitial DNS EntriesCluster Installation

Configure DNS and Failover ClusteringInitial DNS EntriesCluster InstallationAssign Permissions in DNS to the A Record

Configure DNS and Failover ClusteringInitial DNS EntriesCluster InstallationAssign Permissions in DNS to the A RecordQuorum Drive Addition

Step 3Configure Availability Groups

Configure Availability GroupsEnable AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Configure Availability GroupsEnable AlwaysOn Availability GroupsSQL Configuration

Configure Availability GroupsEnable AlwaysOn Availability GroupsSQL Configuration• Create Seed Database and Backup

Configure Availability GroupsEnable AlwaysOn Availability GroupsSQL Configuration• Create Seed Database and Backup• Create Availability Group

• Create Availability Listener

Configure Availability GroupsEnable AlwaysOn Availability GroupsSQL Configurations• Create Seed Database and Backup• Create Availability Group

• Create Availability Listener• Build Backup Share

Step 4Configure SharePoint 2013

Step 5Adding SharePoint 2013 Content Databases to Availability Groups

References• SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/gg490638.aspx

• Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2012 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645993.aspx

Contact information:Troy LanphierEmail: t.lanphier@guio.comBlog: http://www.guio.com/troyTwitter: @troylanphier