emeadaxsupport: Installing the AX 2012 R3 Async Server to a Clustered SQL Server Environment

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A while back I had a request to install the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Async Server against a SQL Server Cluster. Since the Demo VM's available are all one-box setup's I thought this would be a good challenge. As it turns out I was right, in order to install against a SQL Server Cluster we have to make a few slight modifications to installation. Since we have to modify the installation we are going to have to install and configure the Async Server via the PowerShell Installation method. If you are not familiar with this method then please check out the Installation Document on TechNet at: http://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/l.../dn741219.aspx



For this particular install we are running the following:

1. 3 SQL Nodes on the default SQL Instance (you can use a named instance if you desire) all ready setup and configured
2. Windows Clustering Service to act as a our load balancer/failover which is all ready setup and configured
3. Our cluster virtual name that we are installing/connecting to is: AGCluster.Contoso.com
4. We are only going to be installing the Website against a Single IIS instance. (I'll cover installing against an IIS Load Balanced site later)
5. Remember the installing user must have permissions to access the SQL Server and create Databases.

To begin:

1. Launch your AX 2012 R3 media
2. Select to Install the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Async Server
3. When you reach the Configure Async Server Window > UnMark the "Configure Async Server" option

4. Click next to proceed with the Installation until it completes

5. After your installation completes, open Windows File Explorer and browse to your Async Server install directory. (The default for this is: C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\CDX\Async Server\Tools unless you selected to install AX to a different drive)

6. Within the Tools folder we need to modify both the SS-Settings.xml and SS-Topology.xml files before we can proceed with the PowerShell Install.

A. First we are going to start with the SS-Settings.xml file. Since we are going to do a Single IIS Server we can follow the instructions on the TechNet Installation page for most of the xml file. However there are a few key fields that we need to pay special attention to. They are listed below:



HQMessageDatabaseServerName

HQMessageDatabaseServerNamedInstanceName

HQMessageDatabase

InstallDatabase

InstallSynchService

WebApplicationServiceBinarySourceFolder



In order to install the Async Server against a SQL Cluster we are going to have to do a split install. A split install means we are only installing the database portion or IIS portion as one time. So let's quickly break down what each of these settings will do.




HQMessageDatabaseServerName