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

White paper | HP Insight Management 7.2
85 | March 2013
Appendix B: Upgrading clustered Insight Management describes upgrading Insight Management in
a cluster. It also discusses installing an incremental update, if applicable, followed by any
applicable Insight Management Software Patches 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 incremental update, if
applicable, on the primary system followed by an install of any applicable Insight
Management Software Patches.
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 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 case of installing patch during the fresh install, re-applying the patch is required than
just a registry update on secondary system.
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 a patch after installing a major 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 Insight Management
Software Patches after Insight Management release 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.
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 it was installed on the primary system.
4. Power on the primary system and wait for it to come up online.
5. Move the Insight Management resources over to the primary system. Wait for the HP
SIM group resources to come online.
6. Install the Insight Management Software Patches following the patch instructions on the
primary system, if applicable.