1. by Microsoft Cluster MVP David Bermingham
What SQL Server DBAs need to know about Windows Server 10 Technical Preview
by Microsoft Cluster MVP David Bermingham

2. Agenda
Cloud Witness
Storage Replica
SQL Rolling Upgrades

3. Cloud Witness Replaces the need for a file share witness
Replaces the need for a disk witness
Solves the “3rd datacenter” problem in multisite clusters
Quorum Primer -
Cloud Witness Details-

4. Solving the 3rd Datacenter Problem
Windows Failover Cluster
SQL1
SQL2
AlwaysOn AG
DC1
FSW
DC2
WAN
Philadelphia
New York
FSW in Primary Site

5. Solving the 3rd Datacenter Problem
Windows Failover Cluster
SQL1
SQL2
AlwaysOn AG
DC1
FSW
DC2
WAN
Philadelphia
New York

6. Solving the 3rd Datacenter Problem
False Failover
Windows Failover Cluster
SQL1
SQL2
AlwaysOn AG
DC1
DC2
WAN
FSW
Philadelphia
New York
FSW in DR Site

7. Solving the 3rd Datacenter Problem
Windows Failover Cluster
SQL1
SQL2
AlwaysOn AG
WAN
DC1
DC2
Philadelphia
New York
WAN
WAN
FSW
Chicago

8. Solving the 3rd Datacenter Problem
Windows Failover Cluster
SQL1
SQL2
WAN
DC1
DC2
Philadelphia
New York
WAN
WAN
FSW
Chicago

9. Solving the 3rd Datacenter Problem
Windows Failover Cluster
SQL1
SQL2
AlwaysOn AG
WAN
DC1
DC2
Philadelphia
New York
Could Witness
CLOUD

10. Cloud Witness Demo

11. Storage Replica

12. Hyper-V Multisite Failover Cluster
Hyper-V Multisite Cluster
SQL Server Multisite Cluster?
Storage Replica
Hyper-V Multisite Failover Cluster
HYPV2
HYPV1
HYPV3
HYPV4
SAN
Storage Replica
SAN
DC1
DC2
WAN
Philadelphia
New York
CLOUD

13. Rolling Upgrades
Technical Preview Supports Hyper-V and Scale Out File Server Workloads
SQL Server Works?

14. Rolling Upgrades ClusterFunctionalLevel=8 Windows Server 2012 R2
Backup Cluster Database
Backup Workload
Stop CAU
Pause node/Drain roles
Evict Node from Cluster
Clean OS Install
Add FC Feature
Config Network/Storage
Run Add-ClusterNode
Reinstall Cluster Role (Hyper-V, SQL, etc)
Workload Failover Can Now Occur
Run Update-ClusterFunctionalLevel
ClusterFunctionalLevel=9
Windows Server 10 Tech Preview

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