Hello,
We are in the planning stages of migrating from SQL Server 2008R2 to 2012 to be running on Windows Server 2012, and I have a question about MSDTC, Availability Groups and multiple sql instances on a single box.
We have a couple of databases that rely on MSDTC so we know they can not participate in Availabilty Groups, but most of the other dbs we use DO NOT need MSDTC so I wondering the following:
1) Can I install two instanaces of SQL Server on a single box and have one using a local DTC, and therefore unable to use AGs, and the other instance on the same box NOT use DTC and therefor CAN use AGs?
2) If I can't do this, I assume each instance would need it's one machine. Is that correct?
Thanks
Eric