Login to the Azure Management portal using your credentialsĢ. In this section, Azure cloud-only virtual network with two subnets will be created – one for regular network traffic and another for cluster heartbeat and storage volume replication:ġ. This also allows network administrators to create solutions and control network topology, including configuration of DNS and IP address ranges.
It is recommended to have more than two (2) vNICs to achieve quality of service (QoS) and fault tolerance for both the cluster and storage replication. There are at least two virtual network adapters (vNICs) for the WSFC nodes – one for production traffic and one for cluster heartbeat and storage volume replication. Below is the network diagram that will be used to implement the SQL Server failover clustered instance. Enlist the help of network engineers to make sure that your design complies with your corporate standards and is configured appropriately.
However, the software will be installed on the cluster nodes.
This guide is intended for experienced Windows system administrators, IT professionals, and SQL Server database administrators who would like to install and configure a 2-node Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster that will host a SQL Server failover clustered instance (FCI) on Azure virtual machines. The Azure-hosted storage used for building a WSFC will leverage StarWindVirtual SAN for the implementation of a volume-level replication. ExpressRoute for a remote iSCSI Target shared block storage.Volume-level replication for a non-shared storage.