Using HP Insight Software from a Highly Available Central Management Server with Microsoft Cluster Service
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IMPORTANT:
Be sure to specify the same user credentials and path information that you
used on the primary system.
Be sure that the secondary system owns all of the clustered disks. It is
recommended to shutdown the primary node.
1. Shutdown the primary node.
2. On the secondary system, rename the existing HP ICM installation folder with all its installed
components folders on the shared disk. For this paper, the shared disk V:\ is used. Be sure to
specify the same location and same folder name on the same shared disk as in the primary system
installation.
3. On the secondary system, before attempting installation, run the Insight Control Environment
Advisor to confirm that all the installation requirements are met. Then, repeat steps 3-12 in
“Installing Insight software components on the primary system” with respect to the secondary
system.
4. Open the ~\Systems Insight Manager\config\database.props file (e.g. using notepad) and record
the database name corresponding to the keyword hp.Database.databaseName.
5. Shutdown the Secondary system.
Adjusting the HP SIM data source name on the primary system
1. Bring up primary system.
2. Run Control PanelAdministrative Tools->Data Sources (ODBC).
3. Select the System DSN tab.
4. Select Insight_v50_0 and click Configure.
5. Update the Database Description referring to the database name created on the secondary
system.
Note: Use the database name (corresponding to the hp.Database.databaseName keyword)
recorded in step 4 of “Installing Insight software components on the secondary system.”
6. Click Next. The authentication mode selection window appears. The default settings may be
retained.
7. Click Next. The database selection window appears, as shown in Figure 5.
8. Select the database created by the secondary system. Use the database name (corresponding to
the hp.Database.databaseName keyword) recorded in step 4 of “Installing Insight software
components on the secondary system.”
9. Click Next. The final Microsoft SQL Server DSN Configuration window appears.
10.Click Finish to complete the configuration. A summary window appears. Optionally, click Test
Data Source to validate the connection.
11.Click OK. The ODBC Data Source Administrator window appears.
12.Click OK to close the ODBC Data Source Administrator window.