With respect to the maintenance window this Friday, Dec, 6th I am exploring adding our VM to an availability set but am having a hard time finding details that answer some questions. We have a web server and SQL server running on the same stand alone VM that we may add to an availability set. My questons are.
1. Does the second VM need to be made from an image of the current VM? IF not do I need to install all the applications on the new VM?
2. Will the data between the 2 sql servers (1 on each vm ) replicate between the two? Do I have to configure this via mirroring, etc?
3. Will the downtime only be for the duration of a reboot during this window?
4. Will we be notified when the maintenance is completed?
Thanks