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

White paper | HP Insight Management 7.2
84 | March 2013
Appendix D: Applying Insight
Management Software
Patches
This appendix provides an overview of the steps to apply Insight Management Software patches
during or after an upgrade to a major release. Before applying the patch, the Insight Management
software should be installed on the system. To install an Insight Management Software Patch,
follow the instructions provided with the patch.
The Insight Management Software patches can be applied in three ways:
• During a fresh installation of Insight Management release
• During an upgrade to a major Insight Management release
• After the fresh installation of an Insight Management release
Option 1: Installing a patch during a fresh install of Insight
Management release
The main body of this whitepaper describes installing Insight Management in a cluster. It also
discusses applying an incremental update, if applicable, and any applicable patches during a fresh
install. The steps from the main body of the white paper are summarized as follows:
1. Create a two-node Failover Cluster with Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator
and Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise installed.
2. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the primary system, with secondary node powered
down to avoid unintentional failover. Immediately afterwards, install the Insight
Management 7.2 incremental update, if applicable, on the primary system followed by
an install of any applicable Insight Management Software Patches.
3. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the secondary system with primary node powered
down. Immediately afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.2 incremental update,
if applicable, on the secondary system followed by an install of any applicable Insight
Management Software Patches.
Note:
In the case of installing patches during a fresh install, re-applying the patch on the
secondary system is required rather than simply updating the registry.
4. Add cluster resources for Insight Management, complete the Insight Management
configuration, and validate the installation.
Option 2: Installing a patch during an upgrade to a major
Insight Management release