Installing and upgrading to HP Insight Software 6.3 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster with SQL Server 2008 for high availability

invocation. The SQL Server installer screen names are given in quotes,

following each step number below.

1. Shut down the secondary system to ensure all cluster resources are owned by the primary system.

2. On the primary system launch the installer by one of the following methods:

a. Ru n setup.exe. In the left pane of the SQL Server Installation Center, click

Installation. Then, in the right pane, click New SQL failover cluster

installation.

b. If you have experienced the problem described in KB953748, in the Command

Prompt window, navigate to the directory containing setup.exe and execute the

command:

setup /SkipRules=Cluster_VerifyForErrors

/Action=InstallFailoverCluster

3. Setup Support Rules runs tests and produces a results display. Verify all tests are Passed and then

click

OK.

4. Setu p Support Files: if this screen appears, click Install. Installation commences.

5. Setup Support Rules again runs tests and produces a results display. Verify each test i s marked

Passed, or you understand and approve the W arning, or it is marked Not applicable. Click

Next.

Note:

If the cluster’s domain controllers are on the private network, the network

binding order should remain public first, then private. However, this will

produce a warning for the Network binding order test. This is just a

warning and it is acceptable to proceed.

6. Product Key: enter your product key and click Next.

7. License Term s: check the accept box and click Next.

8. Fea t u re Selection: check the components you want to install. The minimum requirement is to

install Database Engine Servi ces wi thout SQL Server Re p l i cation and Full-Text Sea rch.

To test this white paper the following features were selected:

o Database Engine (with SQL Server Replication and Full-Text Search)

o Analysi s Service

o SQ L Server Books O nli ne

o Management tools – Basic

You can customize the location of the Shared feature directory. In the configuration as descri bed

in this white paper it is on the C:\ disk. In any case, it must be on a disk like C:\ that is private to

the system. (A shared di sk, selected later, i s used for database storage.) Click

Next.

Note:

If you select Reporting Services or other additional features, there may be

configuration screens below in addition to the ones described

9. Instance Configuration: