We have a two node cluster - both nodes are Server 2016 Standard to provide HA SQL. The cluster is configured with a FSW on a third server that does not have WSFC installed.
Whenever the server holding the FSW is rebooted for maintenance, the cluster fails over to the other node. Should this happen? Is there a way to configure the cluster so it does not?
I understand the cluster object can no longer write to the FSW so it sees it as offline, which is why it fails over after 60 seconds but how is this useful then? I thought the point of an FSW is to make sure the cluster does not fail over since both nodes are up.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and help!