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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4.
Use
Failover Cluster Manager
to move the Insight Software cluster service to the primary
system. Bring the service online. In this paper, the Insight Software service is called
cms
-
c2
-
hpsim.
H. Perform validation and final configuration steps
.
1.
After waiting a few minutes to ensure that the
Systems Insight Manager
service has started,
connect to the
Systems Insight Manager
service through a client Web browser, using the
network name specified for the
Systems Insight Manager
network name cluster r
esource.
2.
Select
Help

About
to verify the product names and versions in the
About
page. Click
Close
to close the
About
page.
3.
Select
Tasks & Logs

View All Scheduled Tasks
. Run the daily system identification task.
4.
Select
Options

Discovery
. Run any appropriat
e discovery tasks to make sure that managed
system data is up to date.
5.
If needed, perform
steps
14
-
18
in the
Complete and validate the installation
section of this
paper.
6.
If you are
usi
ng Insight Recovery, upgrade
the secondary site by following the steps in the
Configuring the CMS, managed systems, and products
section of the
HP Insight Software 6.1
Installation and
Configuration Guide
.
References
F
or more information regarding the topics discussed in this white paper
, refer to the following
.
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.htm
l

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
prod
uct
field and click the search button (
>>
). On the
next page click
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
.

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
.

Download
HP HPIO DSM
for Windows from HP website. Go to
Other Multi
-
Path Software
-
Windows
–
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 loca
tion. Install the
DSM
first, and then the
DSM Manager
.
Microsoft Failover Clusters

For certified HP server and storage hardware for Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters, see
http://www.windowsservercat
alog.com/
.

Maximum number of supported nodes in a cluster
(article ID: 288778)
located at
http://support.microsoft.com
.

Failover Clusters (top level) at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en
-
us/library/cc754482.aspx