Deploying HP SIM 5.x on MSCS clusters on Windows 2008 with SQL Server 2008 536993-001, 02/2009

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Basic clustering concepts
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Basic Windows 2003 services
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Basic Windows
2008
services
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Advanced TCP/IP and
Domain Name System (DNS) network concepts
In addition, readers must be familiar with installing and administering these products:
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Microso
ft Windows
2008
Enterprise Server and
Windows 2008 Failover Clustering
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Microsoft
SQL Server 2008
Enterprise
Server
, particularly named instances
Hardware and software requirements
This paper discusses configuring and administrating a cluster using the foll
owing products:

A two
-
system HP ProLiant cluster with each system satisfying all the hardware requirements for
HP
SIM 5.x
Note:
For best results, each system should meet the recommended memory and processor speed
requirements.
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One free shared disk for the
HP SIM 5.x program files
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At least one free shared disk for Microsoft
SQL Server 2008
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Microsoft Windows
2008
Enterprise Server with Service Pack 1
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Microsoft Cluster Services
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 or later
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Simple Network Managem
ent Protocol (SNMP)
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HP SIM 5.x
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HP Management CD 7.1 or later and related ProLiant Support Packs
–
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition with latest Service Pack
Setting up the failover environment
Note:
This section of the paper assumes that you log i
nto each of your cluster systems with the same
administrator credentials that you are using to access all of the HP SIM 5.x and Microsoft
SQL Server
2008
components that are being set up.
Installing SNMP
SNMP is a prerequisite for the HP SIM 5.x installati
on. The following section details how to install
SNMP to the cluster systems intended to host HP SIM 5.x.
Note:
SNMP Services must be installed for Windows 2008.
1.
Insert the
Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server CD
into the CD
-
ROM drive of the target
ser
ver.
2.
Select
Start>Settings>Control Panel
.
3.
Click
Add/Remove Programs
.
4.
Click
Add/Remove Windows Components
.