Hello,
on a new project I have been assigned a role of a database administrator. My background is mobile application development, so this is a whole new existing world to me.
I am supposed to add a third SQL Server node to an existing failover cluster. Unfortunately, in the "Add Node" installation wizard there are no clusters to be selected from the dropdown menu.
Things I have already tried:
- check wheter all nodes can access the admin shares of each other (they do)
- install the third node as standalone server and the adding it do the cluster
- add the third node to the cluster without prior installation
- ping all nodes, Windows server failover cluster, and SQL failover cluster (everything is ping'able)
- turn off firewalls on all of the nodes
- update the windows server (all nodes are up-to-date)
Configuration of the cluster:
- Always On cluster without a shared storage
- Each node has four drives (C:\, SQL data, SQL temp & backup, SQL Logs)
- All three nodes are members of the same domain
- All three nodes are memebers of the same Windows failover cluster (there was no issue with adding the third node)
I couldn't find any other workaround or solution to my probem, that is why I am asking you (experienced database admins) for help!