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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Components supported in a highly-a va ila ble environment
Ta b le 1: Components supported in a highly-available environment
Insight Software Component
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Supported in HA
environment
Comment
HP Systems Insight Manager Yes Additional configuration steps required
HP System Management Homepage Yes Installed by default
HP Version Control Yes
Additional configuration steps required
WMI Mapper Yes Additional configuration step required
HP Insight Control licensing and reports Yes
HP Insight Control performance management Yes
Additional configuration steps required
HP Insight Control virtual machine management Yes
HP Insight Control power management Yes Additional configuration step required
HP Insight Control server deployment No
HP Insi g ht managed system setup wizard Yes
HP Insight Control server deployment SIM integration
module
No
HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software No
HP Insight Control server deployment supplement No
HP Insight Control server migration Yes Additional configuration step required
HP Insight mxsync Utility Yes
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Yes
HP Insight Dynamics capacity planning,
configuration, and workload management and HP
Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
Yes Additional configuration step required
HP Insight Dynamics infrastructure orchestration Yes, with restriction Additional configurations steps
required. The f
ederated CMS feature is
not supported.
HP Insight Dynamics recovery management Yes
HP Insi g ht So ftware Advisor Yes
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HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack, formerly part of Insight Software, is not supported in the Insight Software HA.
Insight Software components run in a Microsoft W indows Server environment, using Microsoft SQL
Server on HP ProLiant servers. By installing Insight Software components as clustered applications,
these management products can also be highly available. In a Failover Cluster environment, a virtual
server name and associated IP address for the Systems Insight Manager service can be created as a
cluster resource, allowing failover for higher availability in case of a system failure or planned
shutdown. Cluster resources are also created for other Insight Software components, including those
that are bundled with Insight Control and Insight Dynamics, allowing failover of these services.
Additionally, by distributing the load for Microsoft SQL Server and Insight Software components on
separate systems, more efficient use can be made of cluster system resources.
This white paper describes the steps to install a highly available clustered version of Insight Software
on HP ProLiant servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Microsoft SQL
Server 2008 Enterprise Service Pack 1. Refer to the
HP Insight Softwa re Support Ma trix for details on
the hardware and software installation requirements for Insight Software. This and other Insight