Deploying HP SIM 6.x on MSCS Clusters on Windows 2008 with SQL Server 2005 White Paper

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Figure
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: The relationship between HP SIM 6.x, SQL Server 2005, and the cluster disks
Installing HP SIM on Windows 2008 failover cluster with
SQL Server 2005
If you are installing HP SIM 6.x into an environment without a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise
Edition instance already installed, go to for steps to install a clustered named instance of Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. T
his named instance can host the HP SIM 6.x databases and any
other production databases you might require in your environment.
If an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition already exists in your cluster, you can
go to for steps to install
HP SIM 6.x and the process to make it highly available.
System infrastructure
Figure
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details how to configure a cluster for enhanced performance after all components are
installed. With this configuration, you can distribute th
e load by designing each virtual group to work
on a separate system.
The primary system is for running the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition processor and
handling remote Microsoft SQL Server commands.
The secondary system is for running the HP
SIM 6.x service and all the component services it requires.