Thanks- looks like PS "Move-ClusterGroup" can do the trick

Thanks Steve- makes sense

If I am not missing anything- can be done this way-

Catalog sys.server_principals has column: modify_date- "Time at which the principal definition was last modified."

Can be used to identify when principal...

Thanks Johan- will give it a try.

Thanks Sue- this is what Doctor ordered🙂
Funny enough but I tried this way and did not get correct answer.
Now tried it again- got 30- correct number.

Thanks Sue- Business agreed to repair with data loss after we did the test- restored same "corrupted" already backup and run repair- 1 row was recovered but 260 were deleted...

As I got you would like to install one more instance that won't be part of existing cluster- correct?
In that case you can install standalone instance on node 3. We...

Thanks again, Jeff for your time and tips. This "chasing ghosts" is what I try to avoid therefore trying to understand what/who contribute to this not very common wait type...

Thanks Jeff- will double check with Dev team. Good to know about your real life example-
kind of "Curious case of MARS enabled" 🙂
Do you have any...

Thanks Perry

2012

"Starting with 2016 SP1, TDE is now available on Standard and Express editions."

Just small correction- TDE is still available on Enterprise Ed only- it's Always Encrypted that is...

OK,
will give it a try
Thanks

Thanks Lynn, this is the plan- add 3-rd node to cluster, install 2016/2014 version on all 3 nodes (first 2 nodes certainly have already 2016 running) and make 3-nd node...