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

Technical white paper | HP Insight Management 7.2

Appendix D: Applying Insight Management Software Patches

This appendix provides an overview of the steps to apply Insight Management Software patches during or after an

upgrade to a major release. Before applying the patch, the Insight Management software should be installed on the

system. To install an Insight Management Software Patch, follow the instructions provided with the patch.

The Insight Management Software patches can be applied in three ways:

• During a fresh installation of Insight Management release

• During an upgrade to a major Insight Management release

• After the fresh installation of an Insight Management release

Option 1: Installing a patch during a fresh install of Insight Management release

The main body of this whitepaper describes installing Insight Management in a cluster. It also discusses applying an

incremental update, if applicable, and any applicable patches during a fresh install. The steps from the main body of the

white paper are summarized as follows:

1. Create a two-node Failover Cluster with Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator and Microsoft SQL Server

Enterprise installed.

2. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the primary system, with secondary node powered down to avoid unintentional

failover. Immediately afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.2 incremental update, if applicable, on the primary

system followed by an install of any applicable Insight Management Software Patches.

3. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the secondary system with primary node powered down. Immediately afterwards,

install the Insight Management 7.2 incremental update, if applicable, on the secondary system followed by an install of

any applicable Insight Management Software Patches.

Note:

In the case of installing patches during a fresh install, re-applying the patch on the secondary system is required rather than

simply updating the registry.

4. Add cluster resources for Insight Management, complete the Insight Management configuration, and validate the

installation.

Option 2: Installing a patch during an upgrade to a major Insight Management release

Appendix B: Upgrading clustered Insight Management describes upgrading Insight Management in a cluster. It also

discusses installing an incremental update, if applicable, followed by any applicable Insight Management Software

Patches during an upgrade to a new major release of Insight Management. The steps from Appendix B: Upgrading

clustered Insight Management are summarized as follows:

1. Back up the cluster including the Insight Management and SQL Server shared disks.

2. Install any prerequisites for the new software on both cluster nodes.

3. Upgrade the primary system. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the primary system. Immediately afterwards, install

the Insight Management 7.2 incremental update, if applicable, on the primary system followed by an install of any

applicable Insight Management Software Patches.

4. Restore the Insight Management and SQL shared disks to their pre-upgrade states.

5. Upgrade the secondary system. Install Insight Management 7.2 on the secondary system with primary node powered

down. Immediately afterwards, install the Insight Management 7.2 incremental update, if applicable, on the secondary

system followed by an install of any applicable Insight Management Software Patches.

Note:

In case of installing patch during the fresh install, re-applying the patch is required than just a registry update on secondary

system.

6. Use Failover Cluster Manager to update cluster resources for the new software.

7. Start Systems Insight Manager on the primary system.

8. Perform validation and final configuration steps.