Deploying HP SIM 5.x on MSCS clusters on Windows 2003 with SQL Server 2005 481363-002, 02/2009

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Figure
1
:
The relationship between HP SIM 5.x, SQL Server 200
5
, and the cluster disks
Getting started
If you are installing HP SIM 5.x into an environment without a Microsoft SQL Server 200
5
Enterprise
Edition
instance already installed, go to for steps to install a clustered named instance of Microsoft
SQL Server 200
5
Enterprise Edition. This named instance can host the HP SIM 5.x databases and any
other production databases you might require in your environmen
t.
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 5.x and the process to make it highly available.
If HP SIM 4.x SP2 is running in your cluster, go to
for steps to up
grade the HP SIM 4.2 SP2 to HP SIM
5.x in a cluster.
If HP
SIM
5.0 is running in your cluster, go to
Upgrading HP SIM 5.
1
to HP SIM 5.
3
in a cluster
environment
for steps to upgrade the
HP SIM 5.0 to HP SIM 5.2 in a cluster.
If H
P
SIM
5.1 is running in your cluster, go to
Upgrading HP SIM 5.
2
to HP SIM 5.
3
in a cluster
environment
for steps to upgrade the HP SIM 5.1 to HP SIM 5.2 in a cluster.
System infrastructure
Figure
1
detai
ls how to configure a cluster for enhanced performance after all components are
installed. With this configuration, you can distribute the load by designing each virtual group to work
on a separate system.
The primary system is for running the Microsoft
SQ
L Server 2005
Enterprise Edition processor and
handling remote Microsoft SQL Server commands.