Test Lab Guide: Configure SharePoint Server 2013 in a Three-Tier Farm.
You add a new computer named APP2, make it a member of the corp.contoso.com domain, and then install SharePoint Server 2013 as a separate single-server farm. Both the 3-tier farm and the new farm share SQL1 as their database server. The
following figure shows the lab configuration (click on it to see a larger version):
The result is a test lab environment to demonstrate SharePoint Server 2013 cross-farm scenarios and solutions.
First, you create the SharePoint Server 2013 three-tier farm as described in the
Test Lab Guide: Configure SharePoint Server 2013 in a Three-Tier Farm.
Next, you install Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition as a standalone server on a new computer.
- Start the installation of Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Follow the instructions to complete the installation, specifying Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (full installation), and a strong password for the local Administrator account. Log on using the local
Administrator account.
- Connect the new computer to a network that has Internet access and run Windows Update to install the latest updates for Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Connect the new computer to the Corpnet subnet.
Next, you configure the TCP/IP protocol with a static IP address of 10.0.0.10 and the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
- In Initial Configuration Tasks, click
Configure networking.
- In Network Connections, right-click
Local Area Connection, and then click
Properties.
- Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click
Properties.
- Select Use the following IP address. In
IP address, type
10.0.0.10. In Subnet mask, type
255.255.255.0. Select
Use the following DNS server addresses. In
Preferred DNS server, type
10.0.0.1.
- Click Advanced, and then click the
DNS tab.
- In DNS suffix for this connection, type
corp.contoso.com, click
OK twice, and then click
Close.
- Close the Network Connections window.
Next, you join APP2 to the corp.contoso.com domain.
- In Initial Configuration Tasks, click
Provide Computer Name and Domain.
- In the System Properties dialog box, on the
Computer Name tab, click
Change.
- In Computer Name, type
APP2. In Member of, click
Domain, and then type
corp.contoso.com.
- Click OK.
- In Initial Configuration Tasks, click
Provide Computer Name and Domain.
- In the System Properties dialog box, on the
Computer Name tab, click
Change.
- When you are prompted for a user name and password, type
User1 and its password, and then click
OK.
- When you see a dialog box welcoming you to the corp.contoso.com domain, click
OK.
- When you are prompted that you must restart the computer, click
OK.
- On the System Properties dialog box, click
Close.
- When you are prompted to restart the computer, click
Restart Now.
- After the computer restarts, click
Switch User, and then click
Other User and log on to the CORP domain with the User1 account.
- In Initial Configuration Tasks, click
Do not show this window at logon, and then click
Close.
Next, you install the prerequisite software components for SharePoint Server 2013 on APP2.
- On APP2, log on using the User1 user account.
- Connect APP2 to a network that has Internet access and configure the TCP/IP protocol on the Local Area Connection as needed. The SharePoint Server 2013 prerequisite installer must download and install components
from the Microsoft Download Center. For example, if the network that has access to the Internet uses DHCP, configure the Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4) component from the properties of the Local Area Connection in the Network Connections folder to
use automatic addressing and to automatically configure a DNS server.
- On APP2, navigate to the location that contains the SharePoint Server 2013 installation files and double-click
SharePointServer.exe (for the downloaded evaluation version) or
default.hta on the SharePoint Server 2013 product media.
- On the SharePoint Server 2013 Start page, click
Install software prerequisites.
- On the Welcome to the Microsoft SharePoint Products Preparation Tool page, click
Next.
- On the License Terms for software product page, review the terms, select the
I accept the terms of the License Agreement(s) check box, and then click
Next.
- On the Installation Complete page, click
Finish.
The computer might restart to install some of the prerequisites. After it does the Products Preparation Tool will run again and install the remaining prerequisites. The computer must
be restarted again to install these prerequisites.
- On the Installation Complete page, click
Finish.
Next, you create a new SharePoint farm admin account and grant it rights to create databases on SQL1.
- On DC1, click
Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click
Active Directory Users and Computers.
- In the console tree, open
corp.contoso.com, right-click Users, point to
New, and then click User.
- In the New Object - User dialog box, in
Full name, type
SPFarm2Admin, and in User logon name, type
SPFarm2Admin.
- Click Next.
- In Password and in
Confirm password, type P@ssword1.
- Clear User must change password at next logon.
- Click Next, and then click
Finish.
- On SQL1, log on with the User1 account.
- Click Start, click
All Programs, click Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, and then click SQL Server Management Studio.
- In Connect to Server, click
Connect.
- In SQL Server Management Studio, in the tree pane, open
Security.
- Right-click Logins, and click
New Login.
- In Login – New, type
CORP\SPFarm2Admin in Login name.
- In the Select a page pane, click
Server Roles.
- In the Server Roles pane, select
dbcreator, and then click OK.
- Close SQL Server Management Studio.
Next, you install SharePoint Server 2013 on APP2.
- Connect APP2 to the Corpnet subnet and configure the TCP/IP protocol on the Local Area Connection as needed. For example, configure the Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4) component from the properties
of the Local Area Connection in the Network Connections folder to use the address 10.0.0.10 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and the preferred DNS server of 10.0.0.1.
- On the SharePoint Server 2013 Start page, click
Install SharePoint Server.
- On the Enter Your Product Key page, enter the product key (for the 180-day trial version [Download
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013], use the product key NQTMW-K63MQ-39G6H-B2CH9-FRDWJ), and then click
Continue.
- On the Read the Microsoft Software License Terms page, review the terms, select the
I accept the terms of this agreement check box, and then click
Continue.
- On the Server Type tab, click
Complete, and then click Install Now.
- When Setup finishes, a dialog box prompts you to complete the configuration of your server. Ensure that the
Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard now check box is selected.
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- On the Welcome to SharePoint Products page, click
Next.
- In the dialog box that notifies you that some services might need to be restarted during configuration, click
Yes.
- On the Connect to a server farm page, click
Create a new server farm, and then click Next.
- On the Specify Configuration Database Settings page, type
SQL1 in Database server, type SharePoint_Config_Farm2 in
Database name, type CORP\SPFarm2Admin in
User name, type P@ssword1 in Password, and then click
Next.
- On the Specify Farm Security Settings page, type
P@ssphrase in both Passphrase and Confirm passphrase, and then click
Next.
- On the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application page, click
Next.
- On the Completing the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard page, click
Next.
- On the Configuration Successful page, click
Finish. Internet Explorer launches with a tab named Initial Farm Configuration Wizard. The
Working on it page might display for a while before it completes.
- In the Help Make SharePoint Better dialog box, click
No, I don’t wish to participate, and then click OK.
- For How do you want to configure your SharePoint farm?, click
Start the Wizard.
- On the Configure your SharePoint farm page, in
Service account, click Use existing managed account.
- In
Services, clear all the check boxes except the box next to
State Service, and then click Next. The Working on it page might display for a while before it completes.
- On the Create Site Collection page, click
Start the Wizard.
- On the Configure your SharePoint farm page, click
Next. The next page might take a while to render and you might have to refresh it.
- On the Create Site Collection page, in
Title and description, type Contoso Corporation Farm 2 in
Title, from the URL list select “/”, and then click
OK.
- This step creates a team site at http://app2.corp.contoso.com.
- On the This completes the Farm Configuration Wizard page, click
Finish. The Internet Explorer tab shows the SharePoint 2013 Central Administration site, from which you can configure and manage this SharePoint server.
Finally, you verify access to the default team site on APP2.
- Attach CLIENT1 to the Corpnet subnet, and then log on with the User1 account.
- Start Internet Explorer on CLIENT1.
- In the Address bar, type
http://app2.corp.contoso.com and then press ENTER.
- You should see a SharePoint team site for the Contoso Corporation Farm 2. The site might take a while to render.
If you are running this test lab in a virtual environment, you can create snapshots of the virtual machines (VMs) for all of the test lab computers to save this configuration.
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