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

Figure 6: Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator service in Failover Cluster Monitor

For additional information on DTC, see:

• Requirements for Creating an MS DTC Resource in a Failover Cluster,

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770748(WS.10).aspx

• Understanding MS DTC Resources in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters,

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730992(WS.10).aspx

• Administering Distributed Transactions,

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

us/library/cc755134(WS.10).aspx

Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise as a clustered service

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise provides SQL database services to Insight Management.

SP1 is recommended. Install each node sequentially. (This white paper documents the Add Node

alternative for installing SQL server 2008 R2, the simpler choice for a two-node cluster. The other

option is called Advanced/Enterprise installation.)

SP1 for SQL Server 2008 R2 is recommended. In the following method, SP1 is applied after installing

the original release. Alternatively, you may create or use a slipstream distribution that includes SP1.

Alternative method for launching the SQL Server 2008 R2 installer

HP encountered an installation difficulty, documented by Microsoft as Error message when you install

SQL Server 2008 R2 on a Windows Server 2008-based cluster: “The cluster either has not been