Difference between SQL Server Cluster name and SQL Server Instance name

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  Both clustered instance name and cluster server name are wide terms use to address Windows server failover cluster or SQl Server clustered instance.

  Let us say you have windows server failover cluster WINCLUS now you went ahead and created a SQL Server cluster Network name SQLCLUS ( this is needed to identify failover cluster instance which you call as SQL cluster)  and installed a SQL Server instance called as INST1.  Now when you would connect to SQl Server via SSMS you would use SQLCLUS\INST1 in server name . Clear ?

  There is 

  Windows Server failover cluster Name

  SQL Server network name

  SQL Server instance name

  Others are just wrong term

  
  

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  • Edited by Shanky_621MVP Thursday, June 13, 2019 3:18 PM
  • Proposed as answer by Cathy JiMicrosoft contingent staff Friday, June 14, 2019 3:28 AM
  • Marked as answer by Ekta Sri Monday, June 17, 2019 9:12 AM

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