June 6, 2014 at 1:48 pm
When adding a node to a SQL Server 2012 Standard edition cluster, how I do I identify the location for SQL server shared components and the rest of the SQL Server installation binaries?
When adding a node to a SQL Server 2012 Standard edition cluster all the binaries went to the C: drive default location. We put those files on a different drive when installing the first node. What needs to be done so both nodes have the binaries on the same drives and folders?
David Bird
June 7, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Hello,
If you're adding node to existing SQL Server 2012 cluster it will perform an installation that is identical to your first node, including any directories you have defined. Pretty much only thing you can choose is the clustered instance you wish to add the second node to and then type in the passwords for your Service Accounts when prompted.
June 10, 2014 at 1:46 pm
Something went wrong with my install because the DTEXEC is located on different drives on each node.
David Bird
June 16, 2014 at 2:56 am
Put it another way... On an ADDNODE install you cannot specify the location for the SQL binaries, they always go to the system drive.
I agree it is a good idea to have the binaries on the same drive letters on all nodes, so it is the original primary node you need to fix. My advice is:
a) Fail over to your newly added second node
b) Evict the old first node from the cluster
c) Reinstall Windows on the old primary node
d) Install SQL Server in a configuration to match the other nodes in the cluster
In theory it is possible to uninstall SQL Server on the old primary node and thus avoid the Windows rebuild, but personally I always regard a SQL install as a one-way process because I want the environment it runs in to be as clean as possible.
Original author: https://github.com/SQL-FineBuild/Common/wiki/ 1-click install and best practice configuration of SQL Server 2019, 2017 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008 and 2005.
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