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

Technical white paper | HP Insight Management 7.3
I. Run the Insight Management Advisor to confirm that all the installation requirements are met. Select Filter, and
then Customize. Select the same products that you chose on the primary system. Only select products which are
supported in a highly available environment. See Table 1 for the list of Components supported in a highly
available environment. Click OK and Run Now.
Note that in testing for this paper, Insight Software Advisor reported an erroneous result
SQL Server does not exist or access denied, which can be ignored.
J. When ready, select Run Insight Installer. The installer will mark the components that are supported and suitable
for your purpose. Review the list of selected components. Click the Customize button to change the selection..
Select the same products that you chose on the primary system. Review the list of supported components in a
cluster environment.
Do not select those components that are not supported in a clustered environment. See Table 1 for
the list of Components supported in a highly available environment.
De-select HP Insight Control server deployment and HP Insight Remote Support Advanced software if
they are pre-selected because they are not supported with CMS in highly available configuration. Click
Next. Depending on the components you choose, you may need to configure parameters that are not
described in the following steps. See the ICG for instructions on how to configure these parameters.
K. Repeat Steps I through T of Upgrade the primary system.
Install Insight Management 7.3 Incremental Update and Insight Management Software Patches on the Secondary System
L. If you installed an incremental update on the primary system, also install it on the secondary system. See
Appendix C: Applying Insight Management Incremental Updates for more information about installing an update.
See How to run the Incremental Update Installer in Appendix C for details about running the incremental installer.
M. If you installed Insight Management Software patches on the primary system, also install them on the secondary
system. See Appendix D: Applying Insight Management Software Patches for more information about installing a
patch.
That is the end of Secondary System upgrade.
6. Use Failover Cluster Manager to update the cluster resources for the new software.
The specific modifications needed for the cluster resources vary, depending on your Insight Management source and
target release numbers. Identify the “Change Set” number from Table 4 that corresponds to upgrade that you are
performing. Then execute each following step that is prefaced with your Change Set number. For example, if you are
upgrading from 6.3 to 7.3, perform all steps that tagged with a “[1]” or “[All]”.
Table 4. Change Set numbers and descriptions
Change Set # Change Set Description
1 Upgrade from 6.x to 7.3
2 Upgrade from 7.0 to 7.3
3 Upgrade from 7.1 to 7.3 or 7.2 to 7.3
4 Upgrade from 7.2 to 7.3
5 Add product(s) not previously installed in 7.3 to an existing 7.3 installation
A. [All]: If the HP SIM clustered service is online, use the Failover Cluster Manager to take it offline All resources
EXCEPT the Server Name and Disk Drive resources must be offline at this time.
B. [1]: If the resource named HPSIM Delay Script exists in your system, delete it:
i. In Failover Cluster Manager, in the center pane, right-click HP Systems Insight Manager and
select Properties.
ii. Click the Dependencies tab.
iii. In the Resource column, select HPSIM Delay Script and then click the Delete button.
iv. Verify that HP Systems Insight Manager has a dependency on Pegasus WMI Mapper. If it
does not, add this dependency.
v. Click OK.
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