Running the agent in a cluster environment
You can configure the Microsoft SQL Server agent in a cluster environment. Multiple instances of the Microsoft SQL Server and the Microsoft SQL Server agent can run on a single node.
After you install and configure the Microsoft SQL Server agent, complete the following tasks to run the
agent in a cluster environment:
- Add environment variables
- Change the startup type of the agent service and the collector service
- Add the agent and the collector to the cluster environment
You can set up a cluster environment for the following versions of the Microsoft SQL Server:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Microsoft SQL Server 2014
- Microsoft SQL Server 2016
- Microsoft SQL Server 2017
Important: On Windows systems, the agent
must be installed in the same directory where the OS agent is installed. Install the agent on the
nodes system disk of each cluster node.