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

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Note:
If you already practice separating your transaction log from your
data files, you can enhance performance by specifying that the HP
SIM 7.x transaction log be installed to a separate disk.
IP addresses
Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) requires that all virtual servers in a cluster have a unique
static IP address. For the configuration described in this paper, five unique IP addresses are
required.
1. HP SIM 7.x virtual server IP address and name
– Function: To act as the virtual server IP address and name for HP SIM 7.x event
reception. You specify this name and address to connect to HP SIM 7.x through
Microsoft Internet Explorer.
– Suggested action: All SNMP systems that report events to HP SIM 7.x should use this
IP address and name for the location of the Event Consolidator, the SNMP trap
destination. For the examples discussed in this paper, the IP address is
140.110.240.64.
2. MSCS cluster IP address/name
– Function: To act as the virtual server IP address and name for the MSCS software.
– Suggested action: MSCS management tools would use this address to get status
and reconfigure the MSCS software. For the examples discussed in this paper, the IP
address is 140.110.240.62.
3. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 virtual server IP address and name
– Function: To act as the virtual server IP address and name for the Microsoft SQL
Server 2008 Enterprise edition database software. This software is used to extract,
manipulate, or back up the HP SIM 7.x database.
– Suggested action: The HP SIM 7.x ODBC data source uses this as the location where
the HP SIM 7.x DSN points. In the examples discussed in this paper, the IP address is
140.110.240.63.
4. MSCS primary system IP address and name
– Function: To serve as the TCP/IP address and name of the specific Microsoft
Windows server host.
– Suggested action: Any software that references system-specific functions uses this
address to connect to this system. In the examples discussed in this paper, the IP
address is 140.110.240.60.
5. MSCS secondary system IP address and name
– Function: To serve as the TCP/IP address and name of the specific Microsoft
Windows server host.
– Suggested action: Any software that references system-specific functions uses this
address to connect to this system. For the examples shown in this paper, the IP
address is 140.110.240.61.