Installing and upgrading HP Insight Management 7.2 on Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters

White paper | HP Insight Management 7.2
12 | March 2013
• Because the Microsoft SQL Server instance used by Insight Management is also a
clustered service, Insight Management connects to it via the instance’s own client access
point.
• The databases used by the Insight Management reside on a shared disk managed by
Microsoft SQL Server. Other CMS data are stored on a shared disk owned by Insight
Management.
• Figure 1 shows the Failover Cluster with a virtual server for Insight Management and
another for the clustered SQL Server instance. In this document, the preferred system
for running Insight Management is called the primary system. The system on which SQL
Server normally runs is called the secondary system.
Figure 1: Relationships among HP SIM, Insight Management, SQL Server 2012, and the cluster
disks
Insight Software virtual server
HP SIM
IP address : 15.199.242.164
SQL Server virtual server
IP address : 15.199.242.163
Failover Cluster primary system
IP Address: 15.199.242.157
Failover Cluster secondary system
IP Address: 15.199.242.159
SQL Server instance files
Insight Software files
Local connection
Remote connection
S: on shared storage V: on shared storage
Failover Cluster virtual server
15.199.242.161
The cluster monitors the Insight Management and Microsoft SQL Server clustered services. If a
clustered service fails, the cluster takes action as determined by policy. The cluster can restart a
resource on the same node or fail over the clustered service by automatically presenting its
shared storage to the other system, moving its virtual server, and restarting the clustered service
there.