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

3. Upgrade the primary system. Install Insight Management 7.0 on the primary system. Immediately

afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.0 incremental update, if applicable, on the primary

system, followed by an install of any applicable Insight Management Software Patches.

4. Restore the Insight Management and SQL shared disks to their pre-upgrade states.

5. Upgrade the secondary system. Install Insight Management 7.0 on the secondary system with

primary node powered down. Immediately afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.0

incremental update, if applicable, on the secondary system, followed by an install of any

applicable Insight Management Software Patches.

Note:

In case of installing patch during the fresh install, re-applying the patch is

required than just a registry update on secondary system.

6. Use Failover Cluster Manager to update cluster resources for the new software.

7. Start Systems Insight Manager on the primary system.

8. Perform validation and final configuration steps.

Option 3: Installing a patch after installing a major Insight Management

release

The main body of this whitepaper describes installing Insight Management in a cluster. It also

discusses applying an incremental update, if applicable, and any applicable Insight Management

Software Patches after Insight Management release 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 2008 R2 Enterprise installed.

2. Install Insight Management 7.0 on the primary system, with secondary node powered down to

avoid unintentional failover. Immediately afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.0

incremental update, if applicable, on the primary system.

3. Install Insight Management 7.0 on the secondary system with primary node powered down.

Immediately afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.0 incremental update, if it was installed

on the primary system.

4. Power on the primary system and wait for it to come up online.

5. Move the Insight Management resources over to the primary system. Wait for the HP SIM group

resources to come online.

6. Install the Insight Management Software Patches following the patch instructions on the primary

system, if applicable.

7. After the patch installation is completed on the primary system, move the Insight Management

resources over to the secondary system. Wait for the HP SIM group resources to come online.

8. Install the Insight Management Software Patches on the secondary system, if the Insight

Management Software patches have been installed on the primary system.

Note:

For patch updates requiring only a registry update on secondary system,

follow the instructions as described in the patch.

9. Perform validation.