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

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Figure
1
:
The relationship between HP SIM 5.x, SQL Server 2005, and the cluster disks
Installing
HP SIM on Windows 2008 failover cluster with
SQL Server 200
5
If you are installing HP SIM 5.x into an environment without a Microsoft
SQL Server
2005
Enterprise
Edition instance already installed, go to for steps to install a clustered named instance of Mi
crosoft
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 environment.
If an instance of Microsoft
SQL Server 200
5
Enterprise Edition already exists in you
r cluster, you can
go to for steps to install HP SIM 5.x and the process to make it highly available.
If HP
SIM
5.0 is running in your cluster, go to
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for steps to
upgrade
the
HP SIM 5.0 to HP SIM 5.2 in a cluster.
If HP
SIM
5.1 is running in your cluster, go to
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for steps to
upgrade the HP SIM 5.1 to HP SIM 5.2 in a cluster.
System infrast
ructure
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.
Th
e primary system is for running the Microsoft
SQL Server 200
5
Enterprise Edition processor and
handling remote Microsoft SQL Server commands.