HP XP Cluster Extension Software Installation Guide (5697-2449, July 2013)

Contents
1 Preparing to install HP XP Cluster Extension Software......................................5
Installation overview..................................................................................................................5
Required disk space and system memory.....................................................................................5
General installation prerequisites................................................................................................5
Requirements for RAID Manager instances...................................................................................6
Required disk array microcode and software................................................................................6
2 Installing HP XP Cluster Extension Software....................................................7
Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................7
Pre-installation procedures.........................................................................................................7
Create volumes in the disk arrays and map them to servers.......................................................8
Creating and mapping volumes at the local (primary) site....................................................8
Creating and mapping volumes at the remote (secondary) site..............................................8
Partition physical disks..........................................................................................................8
Create the RAID Manager configuration file and pair disk pairs.................................................9
Create a Microsoft failover cluster..........................................................................................9
Installing HP XP Cluster Extension Software .................................................................................9
Upgrading HP XP Cluster Extension Software.............................................................................12
Upgrading from HP XP Cluster Extension 5.01.00 or later........................................................12
Upgrading from HP XP Cluster Extension 6.00.00 (Windows Server 2012)................................13
HP XP Cluster Extension maintenance........................................................................................13
Modifying the HP XP Cluster Extension installation..................................................................13
Repairing the HP XP Cluster Extension installation...................................................................14
Removing HP XP Cluster Extension........................................................................................14
Troubleshooting the Windows installation..................................................................................15
Troubleshooting installation and maintenance problems..........................................................15
Registering the resource type and resource extension DLL manually...............................................19
Unregistering the resource type and resource extension DLL manually............................................20
Registering the CLX PowerShell Cmdlet DLL manually (Only Windows Server 2012).........................21
Unregistering the CLX PowerShell Cmdlet DLL manually (Only Windows Server 2012)......................21
3 Licensing.................................................................................................22
Retrieving a license key...........................................................................................................22
Using AutoPass to retrieve permanent license keys.......................................................................22
Licensing models supported by CLX...........................................................................................22
Using the clxautopass command-line utility.................................................................................23
Installing instanton license keys............................................................................................23
Applying host based permanent license ....................................................................................23
Importing a license key from a file........................................................................................23
Using the HP XP Cluster Extension registration tool ................................................................23
Applying device based permanent license.................................................................................23
Applying device based permanent license keys in clustered environment....................................24
Applying device based permanent license keys in non-clustered environment..............................24
Removing host based or device based license keys......................................................................25
4 Support and other resources......................................................................27
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................27
Subscription service............................................................................................................27
Related information.................................................................................................................27
White papers....................................................................................................................27
HP websites......................................................................................................................28
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................28
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