0 Zero to High Availability in 60 Minutes Building a SQL 2012 HA Solution for SharePoint (In under an hour) Troy Lanphier Senior Solutions Developer – GUIO, LLC

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Who is this guy and why should we care? Troy Lanphier

Who is this guy and why should we care? Troy Lanphier Co-author: Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out

Who is this guy and why should we care? Troy Lanphier Co-author: Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out Author: Exam-Ref : Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (Available June 2013)

Who is this guy and why should we care? Troy Lanphier Co-author: Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out Author: Exam-Ref : Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (Available June 2013) Blog: Twitter:

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

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 Minutes Where we’ll start: MARS – Domain Controller

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 Minutes Where we’ll start: MARS – Domain Controller ROMULUS – Win Server 2012 (SQL bits installed)

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

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

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 Minutes Where we’ll end up: MARS – Domain Controller WS 2012 Failover Cluster (ROMULUS and REMUS)

Today’s Goal – AlwaysOn in 60 Minutes Where 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 Minutes Where 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 Minutes Where 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

Quorum Drive pre-built (5GB) on MARS (DC)

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

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

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

Step 1 Setting Up iSCSI Storage

Ensure that Windows Firewall is Off, or configure TCP Ports

Setting Up iSCSI Storage Ensure that Windows Firewall is Off, or configure TCP Ports Setup iSCSI Initiator on SQL Servers

Setting Up iSCSI Storage Ensure that Windows Firewall is Off, or configure TCP Ports Setup iSCSI Initiator on SQL Servers Setup iSCSI Target on DC

Setting Up iSCSI Storage Ensure that Windows Firewall is Off, or configure TCP Ports Setup iSCSI Initiator on SQL Servers Setup iSCSI Target on DC Connect Storage in iSCSI Initiator

Step 2 Configure DNS and Install Failover Clustering

Configure DNS and Failover Clustering Initial DNS Entries

Configure DNS and Failover Clustering Initial DNS Entries Cluster Installation

Configure DNS and Failover Clustering Initial DNS Entries Cluster Installation Assign Permissions in DNS to the A Record

Configure DNS and Failover Clustering Initial DNS Entries Cluster Installation Assign Permissions in DNS to the A Record Quorum Drive Addition

Step 3 Configure Availability Groups

Enable AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Configure Availability Groups Enable AlwaysOn Availability Groups SQL Configuration

Configure Availability Groups Enable AlwaysOn Availability Groups SQL Configuration Create Seed Database and Backup

Configure Availability Groups Enable AlwaysOn Availability Groups SQL Configuration Create Seed Database and Backup Create Availability Group Create Availability Listener

Configure Availability Groups Enable AlwaysOn Availability Groups SQL Configuration Create Seed Database and Backup Create Availability Group Create Availability Listener Build Backup Share

Step 4 Configure SharePoint 2013

Step 5 Adding SharePoint 2013 Content Databases to Availability Groups

51 References SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server

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