Installing HP Insight Software 6.1 Update 1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters with SQL Server 2008 for high availability

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Insight Dynamics takes advantage of HP Virtual Connect to bring the flexibility of virtualization to a
physical environment.
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HP Insight Dynamics recovery management:
A component of HP Insight Dynamics that provides
automated di
saster recovery of logical server environments. Logical servers are server profiles that
detach the logical identity from the physical resource. Logical servers that are managed
by HP
Insight Dynamics recovery management are referred to as Disaster
Recovery Protected
(DR
Protected) logical servers. Each DR Protected logical server is configured to run on an
HP ProLiant
server; either a c
-
Class blade equipped with HP Virtual Connect, or on a virtual
machine under
the control of a VMware ESX server. HP
Insight Dynamics recovery management utilizes the
Continuous Access capabilities of HP storage environments to make sure that critical data is
properly transitioned to the recovery location.
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HP Insight Dynamics infrastructure orchestration:
An HP Insight
Dynamics component that delivers
workflow automation combined with template
-
driven multi
-
tier/multi
-
node infrastructure design,
provisioning, and on
-
going operations for HP BladeSystem environments.
Components supported in a highly
-
available environment
Table 1:
Components supported in a highly
-
available environment
Insight Software Componen
t
1
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 Insight Control server deployment S
ystems
I
nsight
M
anager
Integration Module
No
HP Insight managed system setup wizard
Yes
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 mxsynch 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
Additional configuration step required
HP Insight Dynamics recovery management
Yes
HP Insight Software Advisor
Yes
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HP Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack, formerly a part of Insight Software, is not supported in
the Insight Software HA environment.
Insight Software components run in a Microsoft Windows Server environment, using Microsoft SQL
Server on HP ProLiant servers. By installing Insight Software components as clustered applications,