Marios Philippopoulos (3/26/2013)
Thank you for the article.
You're welcome.
Marios Philippopoulos (3/26/2013)
We are building a 3-node WSFC cluster that includes a 2-node FCI (active-passive configuration) coupled with a standalone AlwaysOn-AG instance on the 3rd node. Will we run into trouble if we name the instance the same on the FCI and AG nodes?(I was reading an article that described a similar scenario of a single WSFC comprised of 2 FCIs on 2 different subnets; in that article they mention that instance names should be different; I'm not clear why).
Since all 3 nodes are part of the same cluster (they have to be for AO), you could potentially install the FCI to the 3rd node. Since instance names are unique within the cluster, this is why you need separate instance names. Incidentally why do you feel that having your live and DR instances named differently will cause you issues??
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