Deploying HP SIM 5.x on MSCS clusters on Windows 2008 with SQL Server 2005 536992-001, 02/2009

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Abstract
This white paper is intended to assist IT professionals in installing HP Systems Insight Manager (HP
SIM) 5.x in a Microsoft Cluster Server confi
guration. Microsoft Windows 2008
Enterprise Server with
HP SIM 5.x can be a sim
ple way of obtaining redundancy and failover capability from this powerful
management software.
Introduction
HP SIM 5.x offers the ability to run in a Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server clustered
environment, using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 clustered
environment, using Microsoft SQL Server
2008. By installing HP SIM 5.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 2005 and Microsof
t SQL Server 2008
and HP SIM 5.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 5.x on a
ProLiant cluster running Microsoft Windows 2008 Ent
erprise Server clustered environment,
using
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
.
The HP SIM 5.x database, the repository for all management information used by HP SIM 5.x, resides
on a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 virtual server, which is also clustered.

The relationsh
ip between the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition and Windows 2008
Enterprise Server instances and HP SIM
5.x is shown in
Figure
1
.
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HP SIM 5.x connects to the database using the network name of the Microsoft SQL Server 2
005
instance that owns the HP SIM 5.x database.
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A named instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 has a virtual server within the cluster, with a
network name and an IP address for which clients connect.

HP SIM 5.x has its own network name and IP address. Clie
nts who want to browse to the HP
SIM
5.x service can do so by using the unique name or IP address for HP SIM 5.x in the cluster.