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

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Abstract
This white paper is intended to assist IT professionals in installing HP Systems Insight Manager (HP
SIM) 5.x in a Microsoft Cluster Server confi
guration. Microsoft Windows 2008
Enterprise Server with
HP SIM 5.x can be a simple way of
obtaining redundancy and failover capability from this powerful
management software.
Introduction
HP SIM 5.x offers the ability to run in a Microsoft Windows
2008
Enterprise Server clustered
environment, using
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft Window
s 2008 Enterprise server
clustered environment, using Microsoft SQL Server 2008
. By installing HP SIM 5.x as a clustered
application, this versatile and simple management product can also be highly available.
Additionally, by distributing the load for Micr
osoft
SQL Server 200
5 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008
and HP SIM 5.x on separate systems, you can take advantage of maximum efficiency.
This white paper describes the steps to install a highly available clustered version of HP SIM 5.x on a
ProLiant cluster
running
Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server clustered environment, using
Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
The HP SIM 5.x database, the repository for all management information used by HP SIM 5.x, resides
on a Microsoft
SQL Server 2008
virtual server, which
is also clustered.

The relationship between the Microsoft
SQL Server
2008
Enterprise Edition
and Windows 2008
Enterprise Server
instances and HP SIM
5.x is shown in
Figure
1
.

HP SIM 5.x connects to the database using the network
name of the Microsoft
SQL Server 2008
instance that owns the HP SIM 5.x database.

A named instance of Microsoft
SQL Server 2008
has a virtual server within the cluster, with a
network name and an IP address for which clients connect.

HP SIM 5.x has its own
network name and IP address. Clients who want to browse to the HP
SIM
5.x service can do so by using the unique name or IP address for HP SIM 5.x in the cluster.