Installing and upgrading HP Insight Management 7.2 on Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters

White paper | HP Insight Management 7.2
81 | March 2013
Appendix C: Applying Insight
Management Incremental
Updates
This appendix describes how to apply an Insight Management incremental update (patch) to
Insight Management in a Failover Cluster.
An Insight Management incremental update is a patch that is applied to a major release. For
example, an Insight Management 7.2 update is a patch for Insight Management 7.2. Insight
Management 7.2 must already be installed before installing an Insight Management 7.2 update.
After installing the Insight Management Incremental Update, the Insight Management Software
Patches can be installed, if applicable. See Appendix D: Applying Insight Management Software
Patches for more information about installing an Insight Management Software Patch.
Best Practice:
Applying the Incremental Update as part of a release upgrade is recommended due to time
efficiency.
Testing for this paper focuses on major releases such as Insight Management 7.2. Not all updates
are tested in a cluster environment. Only install an update if you have good cause to do so.
You can install an update at the following times:
• During a fresh install of a major Insight Management release.
• During an upgrade to a major Insight Management release.
• After installing an Insight Management major release, you can apply an incremental
update to an existing Insight Management installation.
The rest of this appendix contains an overview of installing an update at each of these three times.
Also, it contains information about running the incremental update installer.
Option 1: Installing an Incremental Update during a fresh
install
The main body of this white paper describes installing Insight Management in a cluster. It also
discusses applying an incremental update during a fresh install. The steps from the main body of
the white paper are summarized as follows.
1. Create a two-node Failover Cluster with Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator
and Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise installed.
2. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the primary system. Immediately afterwards, install
the Insight Management 7.2 update on the primary system. Make sure that the
secondary system is down while installing Insight Management 7.2 and the update.
3. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the secondary system. Immediately afterwards,
install the Insight Management update on the secondary system. Make sure the primary
system is down while installing Insight Management 7.2 and the update.