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

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References
Refer to the following for more informa tion rega rding the topics discussed in this white paper.
HP infrastructure software, servers, and storage
• All documentation for Insight Software, including HP Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control, and
Insight Dynamics, can be found through the following link:
http:/ / h18004.www1.hp.com/ products/ servers/ management/ unified/ infolibraryis.html
Also, the following white papers can be found at the above link:
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Ba cking up and restoring HP Insight Softwa re 6.3 Centra l Management System
(W indows)
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Da ta migra tion of an existing Microsoft W indows CMS to a new Insight Software 6.3
system
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Insta lling and upgrading to HP Insight Softwa re 6.2 on W indows Server 2003 R2
MSCS for high
a vailability
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Insta lling HP Insight Software 6.1 Update 1 on W indows Server 2008 R2 Fa ilo ve r
Clusters with SQ L Server 2008 for high availability
SQL Server 2008 for high availability
• ProLiant Support Pack downloads are found at:
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html. Select Download drivers and software (and
firmware), enter “ ProLiant Support Pack” into the product field and click the search button (“
>>” ).
On the next page click “ Microsoft W indows Server 2008 R2” .
o For HP boot from SAN information see the document
Booting HP ProLiant servers
from a storage area network, and go to
http:/ / h18004.www1.hp.com/ storage/ networking/ bootsan.html
o Download HP HPIO DSM for Windows from HP website. Go to
Other Multi-Pa th
Softw a re-W indows – Download drivers and software - specify product name; or, go
to
http:/ / welcome.hp.com/ country/ us/ en/ support_task.html, select “ Download
drivers and software”, and search for “Windows MPIO DSM”. Download and install
the HP MPIO DSM Manager from the same location. Install the DSM first, and then
the DSM Manager.
Microsoft Failover Clusters
• For certified HP server and storage hardware for W indows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters, see
http:/ / www.windowsservercatalog.com/
• “ Maximum number of supported nodes in a cluster” (article ID: 288778).
http:/ / support.microsoft.com (search for “Maximum number of supported nodes in a cluster” )
• Failover Clusters (top level) at
http:/ / technet.microsoft.com/ en-us/ library/ cc754482.aspx
• “ Checklist: Create a Failover Cluster” at
http:/ / technet.microsoft.com/ en-
us/ library/ cc755009.aspx
• Hotfix: “ The Resource Hosting Subsystem (Rhs.exe) process stops unexpectedly when you start a
cluster resource in W indows Server 2008 R2” , refer
http:/ / support.microsoft.com/ kb/ 978527
• The Network binding order should be public network first. For more information see
http:/ / support.microsoft.com/ kb/ 955963