Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure — Question 66

You have an Azure subscription. The subscription contains three virtual machines that run Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

You plan to implement a highly available deployment of Microsoft SQL Server 2022 on the virtual machines by using failover cluster instances (FCIs).

You need to prepare for the implementation.

What should you do first on each server?

Answer options

• A. Create the FCI disk and network resources.
• B. Install a named SQL Server instance.
• C. Install the cluster resource manager and the FCI resource agent.
• D. Install the default SQL Server instance.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct first step is to install the cluster resource manager and the FCI resource agent, which are essential for managing the failover cluster instances. The other options involve tasks that come after establishing the cluster configuration, such as creating resources or installing SQL Server instances.