Installing and upgrading HP Insight Management 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters

Setting up the failover environment

This section covers setting up the cluster environment in preparation for installing SQL Server 2008 R2

and Insight Management. At this time, Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise with SP1 should be installed on

the primary and secondary systems, the public and private networks should be configured on each,

the systems should be members of the domain which is to host the cluster, and all other network and

storage resources described above should have been made available.

Administrator credentials used by this white paper

Review the credential requirements for the person who creates the cluster and configures the clustered

services. See Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring Accounts in Active Directory at

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731002(v=ws.10).aspx, and then click Steps for

configuring the account for the person who installs the cluster.

See Setting Up Windows Service Accounts,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/ms143504(v=SQL.105).aspx, for information on SQL Server 2008 R2 service accounts.

This white paper defines two logical administrator accounts:

• The Cluster Administrator account used to create the cluster. This account must meet the account

requirements described in the document previously noted for the person who installs the cluster.

• A SQL/IM Administrator account, used to install and configure the Microsoft SQL Server R2 and

Insight Management components. This account must meet the same requirements as the Cluster

Administrator account.

In practice these may be separate accounts or the same account.

Installing and configuring prerequisites on both systems

Note:

Until the next major section, Install the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

Enterprise, all tasks below are performed on each system of the cluster.

Ensure the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 distribution media

is available to each system.

Prepare for installation of the Insight Management CMS

Ensure that each system complies with the configuration specifications for an Insight Management

Central Management Server (CMS). Check for compliance all settings that are applicable to the

Insight Management components you plan to install. The settings are described in the Preparing the

Central Management Server (CMS) section of the

HP Insight Management 7.0 Preinstallation

Worksheet.

Installing Application Server Role

Install this role and features to support Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, Microsoft SQL

Server 2008 R2 and HP Insight Management.