Installing and upgrading to HP Insight Software 6.2 on Windows Server 2003 R2 MSCS for high availability

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Figure 1:
Relationships
between
Insight Software
,
SQL Server 2005
, and the cluster disks
The cluster monitors the services belonging to Insight Softwa
re and Microsoft SQL Server 2005
.
If
a
service fail
s
, the cluster auto
matically
presents that service
s shared storage to the other system and
restarts the failed service.
Getting started
Before beginning to install Insight Software, MSCS must be installed and working on the two
systems. Refer to the Microsoft
Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster under Windows
Server 2003
white paper for step
-
by
-
step instructions for cluster installation, configuration, and
installation testing.
The maximum number of
system
s supported in a
cluster varies depending on operating system
version and type of storage. For details, see
Maximum number of supported
system
s in a cluster
.
This white paper documents the installation of a two
-
system
cluster.
If
Insight Software is being installed into an environment without a Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Enterprise Edition instance already installed, see
Installing the Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Enterprise Edition
for steps to install a clustered named instance of Mi
crosoft SQL Server 2005
Enterprise Edition. This instance can host the databases created by HP Systems Insight Manager
and Insight Software applications.
1.
MSCS cluster
IP address 140.110.240.62
2. Insight
software virtual server
IP address 140.110.240.64
3. MSCS SQL Server 2005 virtual server
IP address 140.110.240.63
4. MSCS primary system
IP address 140.110.240.60
5. MSCS secondary system
IP address 140.110.240.6
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Local connection
Remote connection
S: on shared storage
V: on shared storage
SQL Server instance files
Insight software files