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1. After installing the cluster agent service on all Listener nodes, open Server Manager.
2. In the Server Manager tree, click Server Manager > Features > Failover Cluster Manager. The system displays Failover Cluster Manager.
3. Select the cluster service group created for the cluster agent service. In the following example, AGroup001 is the cluster service group.
   
4. In the Server Name area, select the resource name of the cluster service group, and then click Properties in the Actions panel. In the following example, aoaglistener is the resource name. Failover Cluster Manager displays the Properties window. Click the Dependencies tab.
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5. Verify that the Resource field displays the listener IP address.
6. In the Other Resources area of the Failover Cluster Manager window, select the resource of the cluster service group, and then click Properties in the Actions panel. In the following example, AGroup01 is the other resource name. Failover Cluster Manager displays the Properties window. Click the Dependencies tab.
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7. Verify that the Resource field displays the listener name. Click Cancel to close this window.
8. After adding the resource information, right-click the cluster service group in the tree, and then select Add a resource > 4 - Generic Service. Failover Cluster Manager displays the New Resource Wizard to allow you to create the new resource.
9. In the Select Service page of the New Resource Wizard, select the cluster service agent from the available list, and then click Next. The cluster service name names are displayed in the format SQLcomplianceAgent$[listener name] where [listener name] is a virtual SQL Server name. In the following example, SQLcomplianceAgent$AOAGLISTENER is the service name.
   

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1. Left click ‘Next >’ button, until ‘Summary’ page of the ‘New Resource’ wizard will be opened.

1. Left click ‘Finish’ button to close the ‘New Resource’ wizard.

1. Click Next, the New Resource Wizard displays the Confirmation window.
2. Verify that the displayed information is correct, and then click Next.
3. In the Configure Generic Service window, Failover Cluster Manager creates the new resource. Click Next.
4. In the Summary window, verify the information regarding the new resource, and then click Finish.
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5. In the Other Resources area of the Failover Cluster Manager window, select the Select the ‘SQLcomplianceAgent$[listener name]’ cluster service (in this case it is ‘SQLcomplianceAgent$AOAGLISTENER’) and left click the ‘group, and then click Bring this resource online’ itemonline from the context menu (see the screenshot below).

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1. . In the following example, SQLcomplianceAgent$AOAGLISTENER is the cluster service and is currently offline as noted in the Status column.
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   Failover Cluster Manager bring the service online and displays the updated status, as shown in the following example.
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2. The ‘SQLcomplianceAgent$[listener name]’ cluster service need to be online (see the screenshot below):

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The Listener scenario is recommended for users who want to audit only AlwaysOn databases on the Primary node using LISTENER. If you want to audit read-only Secondary nodes , use the Nodes scenario.