AzureStack-QuickStart-Templates/sql-2016-alwayson

Create a two node SQL Server Always On Cluster with SQL 2016 on Windows Server 2016

This template deploys two SQL Server Enterprise, Standard or Developer instances in an Always On Availability Group. It creates the following resources:

• A network security group
• A virtual network
• Four storage accounts (One for AD, One for SQL, One for File Share witness and One for VM diagnostic)
• Four public IP address (One for AD, One for each SQL VM and One for Public LB bound to SQL Always On Listener)
• One external load balancer for SQL VMs with Public IP bound to the SQL Always On listener
• One VM (WS2016) configured as Domain Controller for a new forest with a single domain
• Two VM (WS2016) configured as SQL Server 2016 SP1 or SP2 Enterprise/Standard/Developer (must use the marketplace images)
• One VM (WS2016) configured as File Share Witness for the cluster
• Two Availability Sets, one containing the SQL and FSW 2016 VMs, the other containing the Domain Controller VM.

Notes

This template uses Azure Stack Marketplace images. These need to be available on your Azure Stack instance:

• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Image (for AD and FSW VMs)
• Choice of SQL Server 2016 SP1 or SP2 on Windows Server 2016 (Enterprise, Standard or Developer)
• Latest SQL IaaS Extension 1.2.x (currently 1.2.30)
• Latest DSC Extension (2.76.0, or higher)
• Latest Custom Script Extension for Windows (1.9.1, or higher)

Configuration

• Each SQL VMs will have the number and size of data disks specified, of up to 1TiB each. The SQL extension will configured these into a single volume using Storage Spaces.
• The SQL VMs and the file share witness will be configured in an Availability Set
  • Integrated Systems (fault domains:3, update domains:5)
  • ASDK will automatically use fault domains:1, update domains:1)
• The template configures the SQL instances with contained database authentication set to true.
• The external DNS suffix for public IP addresses (ASDK default: azurestack.external)

Parameters

Parameter Name	Description	Type	Default Value
_artifactsLocation	Blob store where all deployment artifacts are stored	string	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/AzureStack-QuickStart-Templates/master/sql-2016-alwayson
adminUsername	Admin user for new VMs and domain	string	localadmin
adminPassword	Password used for the new admin	securestring	(must be specified)
adVMSize	VM size for the domain controller	string*	Standard_D2_v2
witnessVMSize	VM size for the file share witness	string*	Standard_D1_v2
domainName	Name of the new AD domain	string	fabrikam.local
dnsSuffix	Name of the Azure Stack instance's external domain	string
virtualNetworkAddressRange	Address range for new VNET in CIDR format	string	10.0.0.0/16
staticSubnet	Range of addresses from the virtualNetworkAddressRange for static IP allocation	string	10.0.0.0/24
sqlSubnet	Address range used by the SQL & FSW VMs	string	10.0.1.0/26
adPDCNICIPAddress	IP address for the AD VM	string	10.0.0.250
deploymentPrefix	DNS prefix for the public IP addresses	string	aodns
virtualNetworkName	Name of the virtual network	string	sqlhaVNET
sqlServerServiceAccountUserName	The SQL Server Service Account name	string	sqlservice
sqlServerServiceAccountPassword	Password for the service account	secure string
sqlAuthUserName	SQL Server Admin user	string	sqlsa
sqlAutPassword	Password for the SQL Server Admin	secure string
sqlStorageAccountName	Name for the SQL Storage Account	string	derived from resource group name
sqlStorageAccountType	Standard or Premium Storage	string	Premium_LRS
sqlServerOffer	Name of the SQL Offer	string*	SQL2016SP2-WS2016
sqlServerSku	Name of the SKU	string*	Enterprise
sqlVMSize	Size of the SQL Server VMs	string *	Standard_DS2_v2
sqlAOAGName	SQL Always On Availability Group Name	string	sqlaa-ag
sqlAOListenerName	SQL Always On listener name	string	derived from the resource group name
sqlAOListenerPort	TCP port number used by the listener	string	1433
workloadType	SQL VM Workload (GENERAL, OLTP, DW)	string*	GENERAL
vmDiskSize	SQL data disk size (128, 256, 512, 1023)	string	128
numberOfSqlVMDisks	Number of SQL data disks per server	int	2
sampleDatabaseName	Sample HA database created during deployment	string	AutoHa-sample
autoPatchingDay	Day of the week to download and apply patches	string*	Sunday
autoPatchingStartHour	Hour to start patching process	string*	2

• parameter has a list of allowed values; please refer to the template.