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

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Target audience
It is assumed that readers of this document have an excellent understanding of the
following concepts and services:
– Basic clustering concepts
– Basic Windows 2003 services
– Basic Windows Server 2008 services
– Advanced TCP/IP and Domain Name System (DNS) network concepts
In addition, readers must be familiar with installing and administering these products:
– Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Windows 2008 Failover Clustering
– Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Server, particularly named instances
Hardware and software requirements
This paper discusses configuring and administrating a cluster using the following products:
• A two-system HP ProLiant cluster with each system satisfying all the hardware
requirements for HP SIM 7.x
Note:
For best results, each system should meet the recommended
memory and processor speed requirements.
– One free shared disk for the HP SIM 7.x program files
– At least one free shared disk for Microsoft SQL Server 2008
– Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Service Pack 2 (x-64) or later
– Microsoft Cluster Services
– Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 or later
– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
– HP SIM 7.x
– HP Management CD 7.1 or later and related ProLiant Support Packs
– Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise edition with latest Service Pack
Setting up the failover environment
Note:
This section of the paper assumes that you log into each of your
cluster systems with the same administrator credentials that you are
using to access all of the HP SIM 7.x and Microsoft SQL Server 2008
components that are being set up.
Installing SNMP
SNMP is a prerequisite for the HP SIM 7.x installation. The following section details how to
install SNMP to the cluster systems intended to host HP SIM 7.x.