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

Technical white paper | HP Insight Management 7.3

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

• High Availability Solution (SQL Server), http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190202.aspx

• AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances (SQL Server), http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189134.aspx

• SQL Server 2012 CU1 cannot enable NetFx3 on Windows Server 8,

http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/739800/sql-server-2012-cu1-cannot-enable-netfx3-on-

windows-server-8

• SQL Server uses an Incremental Servicing Model (ISM), http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935897/

• Hotfixes released periodically as cumulative updates, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2772858

• How to configure an instance of SQL Server to listen on a specific TCP port or dynamic port,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823938

• Remove a SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (Setup), see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190438.aspx

• Installation How-to Topics, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281837.aspx