How to create a Microsoft SQL Server failover cluster in the Google Cloud

Dave Bermingham – a Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP at SIOS Technology – provides guidance on how to create a Microsoft SQL Server failover cluster in the Google Cloud.

The article provides a step-by-step guide to using SIOS SAN-less failover clustering software to support SQL Server’s Always On Failover Clustering in Google Cloud, including:

  • Step #1: Create the VPC network and failover cluster instances
  • Step #2: Update the IP addresses and routes
  • Step #3: Create the cluster
  • Step #4: Install the SQL Server instances

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