Installing and upgrading HP Insight Management 7.2 Update 2 on Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters
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HP infrastructure software, servers, and storage
• All documentation for Insight Management, including HP Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control, and Matrix, can be
found through the following link:
http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs
Also, the following white papers can be found on this website:
• Backing up and restoring HP Insight Management 7.1 Central Management System (Windows)
• Data migration of an existing Microsoft Windows CMS to a new Insight Management 7.1
system
• Installing and upgrading HP Insight Software 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover
Clusters with SQL Server 2008 for high availability
• Installing and upgrading HP Insight Software 6.3 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover
Clusters with SQL Server 2008 for high availability
• Installing and upgrading to HP Insight Software 6.2 on Windows Server 2003 R2 MSCS for
high availability
• For Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP) downloads: http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download.
• For ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) downloads:
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 Windows Server 2012.
• For HP Boot from SAN information, see HP Boot from SAN Configuration Guide and Boot from SAN.
• 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 location. Install the DSM first, and then the DSM Manager.
Microsoft Failover Clusters
• For certified HP server and storage hardware for Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters, see
http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/. For a cluster to qualify for support, all server and storage components must
have a Windows Server 2012 logo.
• 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
• The Network binding order should be public network first. For more information see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955963
• Full computer names of the cluster nodes should include the cluster domain name to avoid a “disjointed namespace
configuration.” See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952247 Understanding Backup and Recovery Basics for a Failover
Cluster, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771973.aspx
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC)
• Distributed Transaction Support for Application Server, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772014.aspx
• Requirements for Creating an MS DTC Resource in a Failover Cluster, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc770748(WS.10).aspx
• Understanding MS DTC Resources in Failover Clusters, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc755269(v=ws.10).aspx
• Administering Distributed Transactions, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755134(WS.10).aspx
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
• Setting Up Windows Service Accounts, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143504.aspx
• How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2012, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2755533
• What’s New in SQL Server 2012), http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb500435.aspx
• Microsoft White Papers, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee410014.aspx