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

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4. Add cluster resources for Insight Management, complete the Insight Management
configuration, and validate the installation.
Option 2: Installing an Incremental Update during an
upgrade to a major release
Appendix B: Upgrading clustered Insight Management describes upgrading Insight Management in
a cluster. It also discusses installing an incremental update during an upgrade to a new major
release of Insight Management. The steps from Appendix B: Upgrading clustered Insight
Management are summarized as follows:
1. Back up the cluster including the Insight Management and SQL Server shared disks.
2. Install any prerequisites for the new software on both cluster nodes.
3. Upgrade the primary system. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the primary system.
Immediately afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.2 update on the primary
system. Make sure that the secondary system is down while installing Insight
Management 7.2 and the update.
4. Restore the Insight Management and SQL shared disks to their pre-upgrade states.
5. Upgrade the secondary system. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the secondary
system. Immediately afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.2 update on the
secondary system. Make sure that the primary system is down while installing Insight
Management 7.2 and the update.
6. Use Failover Cluster Manager to update cluster resources for the new software.
7. Start Systems Insight Manager on the primary system.
8. Perform validation and final configuration steps.
Option 3: Installing an Incremental update after installing
a major release
Appendix B: Upgrading clustered Insight Management describes upgrading Insight Management in
a cluster. It discusses applying an incremental update after installing a major release—applying an
incremental update to an existing installation of Insight Management. The steps from Appendix B:
Upgrading clustered Insight Management are summarized as follows.
1. Back up the cluster including the Insight Management and SQL Server shared disks.
2. Install any prerequisites for the new software on both cluster nodes.
3. Upgrade the primary system. Install the Insight Management 7.2 incremental update on
the primary system. Make sure that the secondary system is down while installing the
update.
4. Restore the Insight Management and SQL shared disks to their pre-upgrade states.
5. Upgrade the secondary system. Install the Insight Management 7.2 incremental update
on the secondary system. Make sure that the primary system is down while installing
the update.
6. Use Failover Cluster Manager to update cluster resources for the new software.
7. Start Systems Insight Manager on the primary system.