SQL Server: SQL Server Cluster or Always-On setup failure on Windows Server 2012/R2 with error “Cluster network Resource ‘SQL Network Name (Name)’ failed to create its associated computer object in domain”
Hi all, today in this post I’ll discuss one of the scenario, which I face (quite commonly now), while installing clustered SQL instance or setting up Always-on availability groups on machines running with Windows Server 2012/R2. Issue While installing Clustered SQL instance on a Windows Server 2012/R2 cluster, you may also see below error before installation is about to complete. In case you also seeing this error then you should visit Window’s “ Event Viewer ” before quitting the setup to have more details on the same. Cause In this post we are discussion one of the possible case, which is causing this issue and i.e. “Failure to create SQL Cluster Object in AD”. If this is the case then you’ll see an error similar to the one below in Window’s “Event Viewer” . While installing a Clustered SQL Instance, SQL Server setup is also required to create a “ computer object ” in AD with same name as “ SQL Cluster Name ” provided during the setup. This is required so that Virt