Installing and upgrading HP Insight Management 7.3 on Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters

Technical white paper | HP Insight Management 7.3
Setting up the failover environment
This section covers setting up the cluster environment in preparation for installing SQL Server 2012 and Insight
Management. At this time, Windows Server 2012 Standard should be installed on the primary and secondary systems, the
public and private networks should be configured on each, the systems should be members of the domain which is to host
the cluster, and all other network and storage resources described above should have been made available.
Administrator credentials used by this white paper
Review the credential requirements for the person who creates the cluster and configures the clustered services. See
Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring Accounts in Active Directory at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc731002(v=ws.10).aspx
, and then click Steps for configuring the account for the person who installs the cluster.
See Setting Up Windows Service Accounts, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143504(v=SQL.105).aspx, for
information on SQL Server service accounts.
This white paper defines two logical administrator accounts:
• The Cluster Administrator account used to create the cluster
This account must meet the account requirements described in the document previously noted for the person who
installs the cluster.
• A SQL/IM Administrator account, used to install and configure the Microsoft SQL Server and Insight Management
components
This account must meet the same requirements as the Cluster Administrator account.
In practice these may be separate accounts or the same account.
Installing and configuring prerequisites on both systems
Note:
All tasks in this section are performed on each system of the cluster. Ensure the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard
distribution media is available to each system.
Prepare for installation of the Insight Management CMS
Ensure that each system complies with the configuration specifications for an Insight Management Central Management
Server (CMS). Check for compliance all settings that are applicable to the Insight Management components you plan to
install. The settings are described in the Preparing the Central Management Server (CMS) section of the HP Insight
Management 7.3 Preinstallation Worksheet.
Installing Application Server Role
Install this role and features to support Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, Microsoft SQL Server and HP Insight
Management.
On each system:
1. Select Start  Administrative Tools  Server Manager.
2. If Application Server is listed in the left pane, select it, and then in the right pane ensure that all the Role and Feature
Services listed Figure 2: Application Server Role Services from Server Manager are installed. If so, exit Server Manager
and go to the next section,
Setting the SNMP service community name and security. If Role and Feature Services are
missing in the right pane, run the Add Roles and Features wizard and then continue at step 8.
3. If Application Server is not listed in the left pane, run the Add Roles and Features Wizard.
4. In the Select Server Roles window, select Application Server.
5. If the Add Roles and Features Wizard pops up and prompts you to Add features required for Application server, click
the button Add Features.
6. With Application Server selected on the Select Server Role window, click Next.
7. Read the Application Server window, and then click Next.
8. In the Select Role Services window, under Distributed Transactions, select the boxes for Incoming Remote Transactions
and Outgoing Remote Transactions. If present, select the boxes for .NET Framework 4.5 and TCP Port Sharing. Click
Next.
9. Review the selections on the Confirm installation selections screen. For an automatic restart of the server select
Restart the destination server automatically if required. Click Install.
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