Failover Cluster Manager will hang unless
following KB is installed (on Windows Server 2012)
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2803748
If you can't use VMware/Hyper-V mounts, transfer SQL Server installation medias to C:\temp\ as ISO file and mount them as Z: or anything else as chosen cluster disks letter to avoid errors
SQL Server installation needs be started from cmd by using switches listed in KB: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/953748 if Windows Cluster has errors in it
When the installer is started, it will take VERY LONG time (HOURS) to process any operation unless admin shares are enabled
To enable admin shares do following
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Change the value of LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Lanmanserver\Parameters
Change the value of AutoShareWks to 1
Change the value of AutoShareServer to 1
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2803748
If you can't use VMware/Hyper-V mounts, transfer SQL Server installation medias to C:\temp\ as ISO file and mount them as Z: or anything else as chosen cluster disks letter to avoid errors
SQL Server installation needs be started from cmd by using switches listed in KB: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/953748 if Windows Cluster has errors in it
- Setup /SkipRules=Cluster_VerifyForErrors /Action=InstallFailoverCluster on first node
- Setup /SkipRules=Cluster_VerifyForErrors /Action=AddNode on second node
When the installer is started, it will take VERY LONG time (HOURS) to process any operation unless admin shares are enabled
To enable admin shares do following
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Change the value of LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Lanmanserver\Parameters
Change the value of AutoShareWks to 1
Change the value of AutoShareServer to 1
