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

White paper | HP Insight Management 7.2
17 | March 2013
Setting up the failover
environment
This section covers setting up the cluster environment in preparation for installing SQL Server
2012 and Insight Management. At this time, Windows Server 2012 Standard 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 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
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:
All tasks in this section are performed on each system of the cluster. Ensure the Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 Standard 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 7.2
Preinstallation Worksheet.
Installing Application Server Role
Install this role and features to support Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, Microsoft
SQL Server and HP Insight Management.