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

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Figure 1: The relationship between HP SIM 7.x, SQL Server 2008, and the cluster disks
System infrastructure
Figure 1 details 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 SQL Server 2008 Enterprise edition processor
and handling remote Microsoft SQL Server commands.
The secondary system is for running the HP SIM 7.x service and all the component services it
requires.
Storage configuration
Figure 1 displays the relationship between Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise edition
instances and HP SIM 7.x. At least two logical 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 7.x database.
• The first shared disk contains the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise edition data files. For
the examples discussed in this paper, the drive is I:.
• The other shared disk contains the HP SIM 7.x program files. For the example discussed in
this paper, this drive is F:.