Hi,
I am a complete novice at Dynamics and SQL Server so please be gentle :)
I have been tasked with setting up a basic dynamics environment with Always On HA.
I have 3 servers at my disposal for this test and i think my setup will be as follows
WIndows Server 2012 Cluster that will incorporate the 2 SQL 2012 Server
TestSQL1
TestSQL2
A Seperate 2012 Server that will host the Dynamics Server
TestCRM
The intention is to set up the SQL Servers with High Availability under the cluster, i understand how to setup the cluster and the whole replica things works.
Hopefully i will get a fourth server at some point and put another Dynamics Server into the setup to provide backup.
Three questions i still have
1. If i understand it right it will just be case of building a Dynamics server and pointing at the Cluster that holds the db from the orig TestCRM install to create a new CRM Server?
2. We might be getting a load balancer in our network soon but if not how do i cope with a server failure and switching between the two?
3. Where do i install the reporting services, do i install on each Dynamics server and point them to the Cluster for the db so that same db is available to both servers or do i install on the SLQ Servers but how does that work as the ReportServer dbs will be created on each sql server and wont sync over the top of each other?
I have read innumerable articles about this but i think i have just confused myself.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Mark