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

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White paper | HP Insight Management 7.2
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Appendix B: Upgrading
clustered Insight
Management
This appendix describes how to upgrade Insight Management in a cluster environment. The
upgrade procedure can be used to do the following:
1. Upgrade from Insight Software 6.2 or a succeeding release to Insight Management 7.2.
2. Add new products to an existing installation of Insight Management 7.2.
3. Apply an Insight Management 7.2 incremental update to Insight Management 7.2.
4. Upgrade directly from Insight Software 6.2 or a succeeding release, to Insight
Management 7.2 Update x by installing Insight Management 7.2 together with the
incremental update and Insight Management Software Patches.
Upgrade overview
The following steps are a high level overview of the upgrade procedure for Insight Management
running in a two-node Failover Cluster. For details, see Upgrade steps.
1. Back up the cluster including the Insight Management and SQL Server shared disks.
Follow the backup-restore white paper that is specific to your pre-upgrade release,
Backing up and restoring HP Insight Management x.y Central Management System
(Windows). White papers for previous Insight releases are listed in the References
section.
2. Install any prerequisites for the new software on both cluster nodes.
3. Upgrade the primary system.
a. Ensure the secondary system is shut down.
b. After removing Insight Management services from cluster control, run
Administrative Tools Services to start the Insight Management services on
the primary system.
c. Upgrade Insight Management on the primary system. You can upgrade to a
new major release, install new products, and/or apply an incremental update.
4. Restore the Insight Management and SQL shared disks to their pre-upgrade states.
5. Upgrade the secondary system.
a. Ensure the primary system is shut down.
b. After removing Insight Management services from cluster control, run
Administrative Tools Services to start the Insight Management services on
the secondary system.