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

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Storage configuration
Figure
1
displays the relationship between Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition instances
and HP SIM 6.x. At least two logic
al drives must be available in the shared storage if your
infrastructure does not have Microsoft SQL Server installed to which you can attach the HP SIM 6.x
database.

The first shared disk contains the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition data file
s. For the
examples discussed in this paper, the drive is I:.

The other shared disk contains the HP SIM 6.x program files. For the example discussed in this
paper, this drive is F:.
Note:
If you already practice separating your transaction log from your da
ta files,
you can enhance performance by specifying that the HP SIM 6.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.

HP SIM 6.x virtual server IP address and name
–
Function: To act as the virtual server IP address and name for HP SIM 6.x event reception. You
specify this name and address to conn
ect to HP SIM 6.x through Microsoft Internet Explorer.
–
Suggested action: All SNMP systems that report events to HP SIM 6.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.

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
t
he MSCS software. For the examples discussed in this paper, the IP address is 140.110.240.62.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 virtual server IP address and name
–
Function: To act as the virtual server IP address and name for the Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Enterpri
se Edition database software. This software is used to extract, manipulate, or back up the
HP SIM 6.x database.
–
Suggested action: The HP SIM 6.x ODBC data source uses this as the location where the HP SIM
6.x DSN points. In the examples discussed in this p
aper, the IP address is 140.110.240.63.

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 t
his address to
connect to this system. In the examples discussed in this paper, the IP address is
140.110.240.60.

MSCS secondary system IP address and name
–
Function: To serve as the TCP/IP address and name of the specific Microsoft Windows server
host.
–
Sug
gested 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.