Using HP Insight Software from a Highly Available Central Management Server with Microsoft Cluster Service

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– One free shared disk for the Insight software program files
– At least one free shared disk for Microsoft SQL Server 2005
– Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2
– Microsoft Cluster Service
– Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
– Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
– HP Insight Control Management DVD 2.30
– HP Management CD (version 7.1 or later) and related ProLiant Support Packs
Refer to the HP Insight Control Management Quick Setup Poster for details on the hardware and
software installation requirements for Insight software.
System infrastructure
Figure 1 shows how to configure a cluster for enhanced performance once all components are
installed. With this configuration, load is distributed by designating each virtual group to work on a
separate system.
The purpose of the primary system is to run the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
processes and handling remote Microsoft SQL Server commands.
The purpose of the secondary system is to run Insight Dynamics - VSE, the HP SIM service and other
Insight Control components.
Storage configuration
Figure 1 shows the relationship between Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition instances and
VSE Management Software/HP SIM. At least two logical drives must be available in the shared
storage environment if the infrastructure does not have Microsoft SQL Server installed to which you
can attach the VSE Management Software and HP SIM databases.
 The first shared disk contains the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition data files. For the
examples discussed in this paper, this drive is S:.
 The second shared disk contains the Insight software components program files. For the examples
discussed in this paper, this drive is V:.
Tip:
In Cluster Administrator, create a separate cluster resource group for SQL,
and another for VSE Management Software. Add the SQL Server shared
disk (in this example, S:) as a new disk resource in the cluster resource
group for SQL. Add the VSE Management Software shared disk (in this
example, V:) as a new disk resource in the cluster resource group for VSE
Management Software. However, if you plan to use the script in Appendix
A to create the required VSE Management Software cluster resources,
neither create the VSE Management Software cluster resource group, nor
add the VSE Management Software shared disk as a new disk resource to
the group, at this time; these steps will be performed later by the script.
IP addresses
Microsoft Cluster Service requires that each virtual server in a cluster have a unique static IP address.
For the configuration described in this paper, five unique IP addresses are required.