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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 Default for the name
14. Right-click the Default key, select new, click String Value, and enter DataPath for the name
15. Double-click the string value and enter the path to the folder 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\Default, and click OK

    Warning

    There is a bug in Window 2012 where the Registry Replication tab is not available. If the tab is unavailable, use the Newtablink alias Add-ClusterCheckpoint url https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/failoverclusters/add-clustercheckpoint?view=win10-ps PowerShell cmdlet to add the necessary setting. EXAMPLE: Add-ClusterCheckpoint -ResourceName "SQLdmCollectionService`$Default" -RegistryCheckpoint "SOFTWARE\Idera\SQLdm\Default" -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

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