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

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Abstract
This white paper is intended to assist IT professionals in installing HP Systems Insight Manager (HP
SIM) 6.x in a Microsoft® Clus
ter Server configuration. Microsoft Windows® 2008 Enterprise Server
with HP SIM 6.x can be used to obtain redundancy and failover capability from this powerful
management software.
Introductio
n
HP SIM 6.x offers the ability to run in a Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server clustered
environment, using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 clustered environment or Microsoft SQL Server 2008
clustered environment. By installing HP SIM 6.x as a clustered ap
plication, this versatile and simple
management product can also be highly available.
Additionally, by distributing the load for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008
and HP SIM 6.x on separate systems, you can take advantage of maximum e
fficiency.
This white paper describes the steps to install a highly available clustered version of HP SIM 6.x on a
ProLiant cluster running Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server clustered environment, using
Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
The HP SIM 6.x dat
abase, the repository for all management information used by HP SIM 6.x, resides
on a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 virtual server, which is also clustered.
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The relationship between the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition and Windows 2008
Enterprise S
erver instances and HP SIM
6.x is shown in
Figure
1
.
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HP SIM 6.x connects to the database using the network name of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005
instance that owns the HP SIM 6.x database.
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A named instance of Micro
soft SQL Server 2005 has a virtual server within the cluster, with a
network name and an IP address for which clients connect.
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HP SIM 6.x has its own network name and IP address. Clients who want to browse to the HP
SIM
6.x service can do so by using the u
nique name or IP address for HP SIM 6.x in the cluster.