Registering SQL Diagnostic Manager services with Microsoft Failover Cluster Manager allows the Microsoft Cluster Service to manage the services in failover situations. The following configuration ensures the high availability of the services during a failover.

Below, you can find two sets of instructions to register the SQL Diagnostic Manager services as a clustered resource:

Creating a new role for SQL Diagnostic Manager services

This set of instructions helps you to configure SQL Diagnostic Manager services in its own cluster. This option requires an available disk on the cluster to store the temporary files used by the SQLDM services.

  1. Launch Failover Cluster Manager on a node of the cluster. For more information on how to launch the Failover Cluster Manager, check Installing the Failover Cluster Feature and Tools in Windows Server 2012
  2. Right-click on Role and select Create Empty Role
  3. Right-click on New Role and select Properties
  4. Specify a new name for the role and click OK
  5. Right-click on the Role, select Add Resource, and click Client Access Point
  6. When the New Resource Wizard opens, type an unique network name and an IP address, and click Next
  7. Click Next on the Confirmation screen
  8. Click Finish on the Summary screen
  9. Right-click on the Role and select Add Storage
  10. Select a disk, and click OK
  11. In File Explorer, create a folder to be used by SQLDM services on the disk that was added
  12. Open Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Idera\SQLdm
  13. Right-click the SQLdm key, select New, click Key, and enter DataPath for the name
  14. Right-click the DataPath key, select new, click String Value, and enter DataPath for the name
  15. Double-click the string value and enter the path to the foder that was created for SQLDM services, click OK
  16. Go back to Failover Cluster Manager
  17. Right-click on the role, select Add Resource, and click Generic Service
  18. On the Select Service screen, select the SQLdm Collection Service, and click Next
  19. Click Next on the Confirmation screen
  20. Click Finish on the Summary screen
  21. Repeat steps 17-20 for the remaining SQLDM services: SQLdm Management Service, SQLdm Predictive Analytics Service, and SQLdm Rest Service
  22. Right-click on one of the added SQLDM services and select Properties
  23. Go to Dependencies tab and add the following resources:
    1. Name
    2. IP Address
    3. Disk
  24. Click Apply and go to the General tab
  25. Check the box of Use network name for computer name, and click Apply
  26. Go to the Registry Replication tab, click Add, enter SOFTWARE\Idera\SQLdm\DataPath, and click OK

    There is a bug in Window 2012 where the Registry Replication tab is not available. If the tab is unavailable, use the Add-ClusterCheckpoint PowerShell cmdlet to add the necessary setting.

    EXAMPLE: Add-ClusterCheckpoint -ResourceName "SQLdmCollectionService`$Default" -RegistryCheckpoint "SOFTWARE\Idera\SQLdm\DataPath" -Cluster "SQLdmServices"

  27. Click Apply, and then click OK
  28. Repeat steps 17-27 for the remaining SQLDM services: SQLdm Management Service, SQLdm Predictive Analytics Service, and SQLdm Rest Service
  29. Right-click on each SQLDM service and select Bring Online

Adding the SQL Diagnostic Manager services to an existing role

The following set of instructions helps you to add the SQL Diagnostic Manager services to an existing role:

  1. Launch Failover Cluster Manager on a node of the cluster. For more information on how to launch the Failover Cluster Manager, check Installing the Failover Cluster Feature and Tools in Windows Server 2012
  2. Right-click on an existing role, select Add Resource, and click Generic Service
  3. On the Select Service screen, select SQLdmCollection Service, and click Next
  4. Click Next on theConfimation screen
  5. Click Finish on the Summary screen
  6. Repeat steps 2-5 for the reimaining SQLDM services: SQLdm Management Service, SQLdm Predictive Analytics Service, and SQLdm Rest Service
  7. Right-click on one of the added SQLDM service, and select Properties

  8. Go to Dependencies tab and add the following resources:
    1. Name
    2. IP Address
    3. Disk
  9. Click Apply and go to the General tab
  10. Check the box of Use network name for computer name, and click Apply.
  11. Go to the Registry Replication tab, click Add, enter SOFTWARE\Idera\SQLdm\DataPath, and click OK

    There is a bug in Window 2012 where the Registry Replication tab is not available. If the tab is unavailable, use the Add-ClusterCheckpoint PowerShell cmdlet to add the necessary setting.

    EXAMPLE: Add-ClusterCheckpoint -ResourceName "SQLdmCollectionService`$Default" -RegistryCheckpoint "SOFTWARE\Idera\SQLdm\DataPath" -Cluster "SQLdmServices"

  12. Click Apply, and then click OK
  13. Repeat steps 7-13 for the remaining SQLDM services: SQLdm Management Service, SQLdm Predictive Analytics Service, and SQLdm Rest Service
  14. Right-click on each SQLDM service and select Bring Online

When you finish registering the SQL Diagnostic Manager services as Clustered Resources, you need to Reconfigure the SQLDM Services and Repository Database.



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