Step by Step 4 Node

Cluster with SQL 2016

Hussain Shakir LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrhussain

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Table of Contents

About Author .................................................................................................................................................. 2

Product Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 3

Lab Setup ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Cluster Network Object Name & IP ............................................................................................................... 4

Virtual Machines Disk & Shared Storage Layout ........................................................................................... 5

Installation of SharePoint on App01 Server.................................................................................................... 5

SharePoint Node 2 Installation Application Server-02 ................................................................................ 22

SharePoint Web Server Installation Node-01 ............................................................................................... 33

About Author

Shakir is IT Consultant with over 13 years of extensive experience working with Microsoft

Technologies AD, Exchange, O365, Windows Azure, PowerShell, Skype for Business, SQL,

SharePoint and Microsoft public clouds, and providing solutions to different local &

international Enterprise customers.

Shakir has been involved in Infrastructure Designing and Implementation, Virtualization, and

Disaster Recovery. Extensive hands-on experience in Core Server Infrastructure, Cloud

Computing, Virtualization/ Management and Information Protection. Analysis and Support of

Microsoft Windows Server based Client / Server network, AD, Messaging, Skype for Business,

SQL Always ON, Virtualization and System Center Infrastructure Products. Shakir has various

industry certifications: MCT, MCTS, MCITP, MCSA, MCSE: Messaging, MCPS, MCSE: Cloud

Platform and Infrastructure and also providing trainings on Microsoft Based Technologies.

Product Overview

SharePoint Server 2016 has been designed, developed, and tested with the Microsoft Software as

a Service (SaaS) strategy, building on SharePoint Online as its core. Drawing extensively from

that experience, SharePoint Server 2016 offers you new and improved, highly flexible deployment

options. You can choose from a traditional on-premises deployment, a hosted service with

Microsoft Office 365 sites powered by Microsoft SharePoint Online, deployment in Azure

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), or a mix of these options with a hybrid approach, empowering

you to choose how and when you take advantage of on-premises or cloud-based solutions, all

without changing the user experience. Seamless integration with on-premises people

experiences and taxonomy ensure a consistent experience within or beyond the firewall.

Dear Folk’s: Microsoft has officially made SharePoint 2016 available for us to play with. I’ve had

the chance to play with it for a little while, and here's everything you need to know about

installation. I am going to setup SharePoint 2016 with backend SQL Server 2016 in a highly

available failover cluster environment to test its core features and show you how we can start its

installation Step by Step with 4 Node Cluster, two Node will act as APP Server’s and two Node

will act as Web Server’s.

Lab Setup

This lab setup is based on Virtualized environment with ESX 6.0, so basic knowledge is required

to setup this lab in the same Virtualized environment. This can also be achieved by setting up

the same in Hyper-V. Table 1.1 is providing complete information about the Virtual Machines

names, Network Cards, IP/Subnet mask, and Replication Network.

Microsoft SQL Server Two Node Cluster with SharePoint 4 Node Cluster

Sr. No.

Server FQDN Roles Domain Network

Replication Network

NIC

1 DC-01.saas.net DC 172.16.110.173 1

2 SP-SQL-01.saas.net SQL 172.16.110.151 192.168.200.1 2

3 SP-SQL-02.saas.net SQL 172.16.110.152 192.168.200.2 2

4 SP-APP-01.saas.net Application Services 1

5 SP-APP-02.saas.net Application Services 1

6 SP-Web-01.saas.net Web Services 1

7 SP-Web-02.saas.net Web Services 1

Cluster Network Object Name & IP

Cluster Name Cluster IP

SQLWINCLUSTER01 172.16.110.186

SQL Server Network Name & IP

Cluster Name Cluster IP

SQL-SNN 172.16.110.187

CPU and RAM of VMs

Server Name Virtual Socket/Core Per Socket

RAM

DC-01.saas.net 1x1 8 GB

SP-SQL-01.saas.net 2x2 16 GB

SP-SQL-02.saas.net 2x2 16 GB

SP-APP-01.saas.net 2x2 16 GB

SP-APP-02.saas.net 2x2 16 GB

SP-Web-01.saas.net 2x2 16 GB

SP-Web-02.saas.net 2x2 16 GB

Virtual Machines Disk & Shared Storage Layout

Both SQL Server will use shared storage for Cluster, DB, Logs and Temps.

Server Name C Drive Quorum-Disk

Root-Backup

Database-Disk

Logs-Disk Temp-DB-Disk

SP-SQL-01 100 GB 4.90 GB 244.14 GB 255.66 GB 146.48 GB 153.34 GB SP-SQL-02 100 GB 4.90 GB 244.14 GB 255.66 GB 146.48 GB 153.34 GB

Note: - You can use minimum storage for testing and lab purpose but for production

environment you have to look into the data growth in your organization and plan the storage

requirement accordingly.

Installation of SharePoint on App01 Server

Create two service accounts in AD for SharePoint Installation.

Add full permission to first node of APP server Property Security Apply Ok

Add SP-Admin-01 account in SQL as Sysadmin.

SharePoint Node 2 Installation Application Server-02

Let’s install the application server on SP-APP-02. I just shown here the first and necessary steps

rest of steps will remain same on Node 2.

Both Application Server Roles are successfully installed in centralized SQL Server 2 Node Cluster.

SharePoint Web Server Installation Node-01

At this point we have completed the installation of 2nd Node for Application role. Let’s install

First Node in Web Form Server.

Remaining installation steps will remain same I will just show only the snaps having changes and

SharePoint Server Role selection.

At this point we have completed the installation of First Node of SharePoint Web Server role and

same steps are required to do on the 2nd Node of SharePoint Web server.

I hope you will enjoy the smooth process of this Step by Step 4 Node SharePoint Server 2016

Deployment.

Before starting of this installation you need to setup the SQL Server cluster first, for that purpose

you need to follow my earlier Step by Step SQL Server 2016 2 Node Cluster.

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Step-by-Step-SQL-Server-fe761e63

I hope both Step by Step will help you to understand and smooth installation of SharePoint and

SQL Server Cluster