I made a 2 node SQL Server 2012 fail over cluster but having some problems during installation so I wanted to know if the steps below I performed are correct.
Hardware
Node1 192.168.1.10
Node2 192.168.1.11
Added following entries in DNS
cluster.domain.local 192.168.1.12 (for Windows Cluster)
msdtc.domain.local 192.168.1.13 (for MSDTC)
sql.domain.local 192.168.1.14 (for SQL Server Cluster)
Cluster Storage
Disk1 (for Quorum)
Disk2 (for MSDTC
Disk3 (for SQL Server)
Now comes the installation. I am performing all these steps as DOMAIN ADMIN.
1. First I installed clustering role on both nodes
2. Then I ran fail over validation wizard on Node1 adding both nodes which went fine (there were some warnings)
3. Then I made a Windows Cluster on Node1 using these two nodes. I gave the name and IP to this cluster which I wrote above i.e. cluster.domain.local 192.168.1.12
4. Cluster was created and boths nodes are UP.
Now I want to ask a question here. Is it best practice to perform the above operation using DOMAIN ADMIN? Or if I use a standard domain user account with local admin rights, will it work? If not then exactly what rights are required to perform this operation.
5. Then I installed "Application Server" role on both Node1 and Node2 and also added "Distributed Transaction" feature
6. Then I right clicked on Windows Cluster I created and added a new role/feature which is "DTC"
7. I gave it the same name which I wrote above i.e. msdtc.domain.local 192.168.1.13
8. MSDTC was created but when it tried to UP its service, it threw an error. Upon investigation it turns out the Windows Cluster cluster.domain.local doesn't have proper rights to created some objects in AD. I didn't know what rights to give so I gave it full
permission and after that when I created MSDTC again, the service went up fine.
So I want to know what rights does cluster.domain.com require to make MSDTC?
Am I doing good so far?