Requirements for clustering

• Two machines with Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or newer. Make sure that:
  • All servers that you want to add as cluster nodes are running the same version of Windows Server
  • All servers that you want to add as cluster nodes are joined to the same domain
  • You have log-in access to the Windows account as the local administrator

  About clusters in Microsoft Windows Servers, see Failover clusters https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/create-failover-cluster.

• A Microsoft SQL Server installation

  Either external SQL Server and a database installed outside the server cluster or an internal SQL Server service (clustered) within the server cluster (creating an internal SQL Server service requires the use of a Microsoft® SQL Server® Standard or Microsoft® SQL Server® Enterprise edition, which can work as clustered SQL Server).

  When connecting the management server to the database, depending on your system configuration password settings, you may be asked to provide the current system configuration password.

If you work in a failover cluster environment, it is recommended that you pause the cluster before you start tasks in the Server Configurator. This is because the Server Configurator may need to stop services while applying changes and the failover cluster environment may interfere with this operation.