Deploying HP SIM 6.x or greater on MSCS clusters on Windows 2003 with SQL Server 2005

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Target audience
This white paper is intended for users who
have an excellent understanding of the following concepts
and services:

Basic clustering concepts

Basic Windows 2003 services

Advanced TCP/IP and Domain Name System (DNS) network concepts
In addition, readers must be familiar with installing a
nd administering these products:

Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server and MSCS

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition, particularly named instances
Hardware and software requirements
This
white
paper discusses configuring and administrating a clu
ster using the following products
,
which use a
two
-
system HP ProLiant cluster with each system satisfying all the hardware requirements
for HP
SIM 6.x
.
Note:
For best results, each system should meet the recommended memory and
processor speed requirements.

One free shared disk for the HP SIMO 6.x program files

At least one free shared disk for Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with Service Pack 1

Microsoft Cluster Services

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 or later

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Micro
soft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 3 or greater

HP SIM 6.x

HP Management CD 7.1 or later and related ProLiant Support Packs
Setting up the failover environment
Note
:
This section of the paper assumes that you log in to each of your
cluster
systems with the same administrator credentials that you are using to access
all of the HP SIM 6.x and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 components that are
being set up.
Installing SNMP
SNMP is a prerequisite for the HP SIM 6.x installation. The following section detai
ls how to install
SNMP to the cluster systems intended to host HP SIM 6.x.
1.
Insert the
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server CD
into the CD
-
ROM drive of the target
server.