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

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

• Setting Up Windows Service Accounts, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/ms143504.aspx

• How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2008 R2,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2527041

• Error message when you install SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Server 2008-based cluster: “The

cluster either has not been verified or there are errors or failures in the verification report. See

KB953748 or SQL server books online,” see

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953748

• What’s New (SQL Server 2008),

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb500435.aspx

• Microsoft White Papers,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee410014.aspx

• High Availability with SQL Server 2008 R2,

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

us/library/ff658546(v=sql.100).aspx

• Getting Started with SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering,

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

us/library/ms189134.aspx

• SQL Server uses an Incremental Servicing Model (ISM),

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935897/

• Hotfixes released periodically as cumulative updates,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970365/

• How to configure an instance of SQL Server to listen on a specific TCP port or dynamic port,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823938

• How to : Remove a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (Setup), see

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190438.aspx

• Installation How-to Topics, see

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281837.aspx

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC)

• Distributed Transaction Support for Application Server, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/cc772014.aspx

• 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