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

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2. On the View by: menu, select Small icons.

3. Click HP Management Agents.

4. Click the Services tab.

5. Ensure that Clustering information is either present in or added to the list of Active

agents.

6. Click OK to apply the update and Yes to restart the management agents.

Matrix pre-requisites

If you are installing Matrix in a high availability configuration, add any additional Windows features

or tools required for Matrix at this point.

Creating the Failover Cluster

Ensure both systems are powered on. Log in to one of them using the Cluster Administrator

account.

Follow the five steps as described in Checklist: Create a Failover Cluster at

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755009.aspx and the notes included in Table 2. See

also the additional information on Failover Clusters at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/cc754482.aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831579.aspx.

Table 2. Creating the Failover Cluster

Step #

Step Description

Notes

1 Understanding

Requirements for

Failover Clusters:

http://technet.mic

rosoft.com/en-

us/library/jj61286

9.aspx

Use multi-path I/O software if available for your storage. To

install multi-path I/O software, perform the following steps on

each cluster node:

Install the device-specific module (DSM) for your shared

storage. If you are using an HP SAN, download the appropriate

DSM from the HP website. Go to Other Multi-Path Software-

Windows – Download drivers and software - specify product

name and open Other Multi-Path Software – Windows –

Download drivers and software – specify product name. Select

Download drivers and software and search for Windows

MPIO DSM. Download and install the HP MPIO DSM Manager

from the same location. Install the DSM first, and then install

the DSM Manager.

2 Install the Failover

Clustering

Feature:

http://blogs.msdn.

com/b/clustering/

archive/2012/04/

06/10291601.asp

It is required to install the Failover Cluster Command

Interface feature with Windows Server 2012.