Installing and upgrading HP Insight Management 7.2 Update 2 on Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters

Technical white paper | HP Insight Management 7.2
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Getting started
This white paper documents how to install Insight Management on a new two-node Microsoft Failover Cluster.
The major steps are as follows:
• Set up the failover environment
• Install the SQL Server 2012 instance in the cluster
• Install and configure Insight Management in the cluster
If a clustered Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise instance exists in the same domain but in a different cluster than the
one in which Insight Management is to run, you may use this instance and skip the installation of a new SQL Server 2012
instance in the Insight Management cluster. In this case, you can also skip the allocation of the client access point IP
addresses and network names and the shared disks for Microsoft SQL Server and for Microsoft Distributed Transaction
Coordinator.
Otherwise, the SQL Server instance created below will be used to host the databases required by Insight Management.
Target audience
It is assumed that readers of this document have an excellent understanding of the following concepts and services:
• Basic clustering concepts
• Basic Windows Server 2012 services
• Advanced TCP/IP and DNS network concepts
In addition, readers must be familiar with installing and administering these products:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard and Failover Clustering
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise, particularly named instances
Hardware, software, storage, systems, and network requirements
This white paper discusses installing and configuring a cluster using the following products and resources.
Hardware
Two HP ProLiant physical servers with attached shared storage are needed. Virtual machines are not supported. Each
system must satisfy all the hardware and recommended requirements for Insight Management and Windows Server 2012
Standard, including the processor, memory, networking, storage, and disk space. For details, see the Management servers
in the
HP Insight Management Support Matrix, and also see http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/ to validate that servers
and storage are certified for Windows Server 2012.
If the servers are ProLiant Server Blades, it is a best practice to locate them in separate enclosures that will not be managed
by the Insight Management software that runs on them.
Software
The following software is needed:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard, which includes:
– Failover Clustering
– Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise or Standard
• HP Insight Management 7.2 DVD #1 and DVD #2
• Update DVD, if installing any future Insight Management 7.2 update
• Additional software specified as requirements for non-OS software and supported browsers in the HP Insight
Management 7.2 Support Matrix
• One of the following:
– Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP)
– ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) and Smart Update Firmware DVD
Use of SPP is encouraged. The PSP will be phased out in the future. See the HP Insight Management Support Matrix to know
the supported version of SPP and PSP.