Deploying HP SIM 7.0 on MSCS clusters on MS Windows 2008 with SQL Server 2008

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Abstract
This white paper is intended to assist IT professionals in installing HP Systems Insight Manager
(HP SIM) 7.x in a Microsoft Cluster Server configuration. Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Enterprise with HP SIM 7.x can be a simple way of obtaining redundancy and failover
capability from this powerful management software.
Introduction
HP SIM 7.x offers the ability to run in a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise clustered
environment using Microsoft SQL 2008. By installing HP SIM 7.x as a clustered application, this
versatile and simple management product can also be highly available.
Additionally, by distributing the load for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and HP SIM 7.x on
separate systems, you can take advantage of maximum efficiency.
This white paper describes the steps to install a highly available clustered version of HP SIM
7.x on a ProLiant cluster running in a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise clustered
environment using Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
The HP SIM 7.x database, the repository for all management information used by HP SIM 7.x,
resides on a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 virtual server, which is also clustered.
• The relationship between the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise edition and Windows
Server 2008 Enterprise instances and HP SIM 7.x is shown in Figure 1.
• HP SIM 7.x connects to the database using the network name of the Microsoft SQL Server
2008 instance that owns the HP SIM 7.x database.
• A named instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has a virtual server within the cluster, with
a network name and an IP address to which clients connect.
• HP SIM 7.x has its own network name and IP address. Clients who want to browse to the
HP SIM 7.x service can do so by using the unique name or IP address for HP SIM 7.x in the
cluster.