Deploying HP SIM 5.x on MSCS clusters on Windows 2003 with SQL Server 2005 481363-002, 02/2009

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Abstract
This white paper is intended to assist IT professionals in installing HP Systems Insight Manager (HP
SIM) 5.x in a Microsoft Cluster Server configuration. Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with
HP SIM
5.x can be a simple way of obtaining redundancy and failover capability from this powerful
management software.
Introduction
HP SIM 5.x offers the ability to run in a Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server clustered
environment, using Microsoft SQL Serv
er
2005
Enterprise Edition
on an HP ProLiant cluster. By
installing HP SIM 5.x as a clustered application, this versatile and simple management product can
also be highly available.
Additionally, by distributing the load for Microsoft SQL Server 200
5
and H
P SIM 5.x on separate
systems, you can take advantage of maximum efficiency.
This white paper describes the steps to install a highly available clustered version of HP SIM 5.x on a
ProLiant cluster running Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Server.
The HP
SIM 5.x database, the repository for all management information used by HP SIM 5.x, resides
on a Microsoft SQL Server 200
5
virtual server, which is also clustered.

The relationship between the Microsoft SQL Server 200
5
Enterprise Edition instances and HP
S
IM
5.x is shown in
Figure
1
.

HP SIM 5.x connects to the database using the network name of the Microsoft SQL Server 200
5
instance that owns the HP SIM 5.x database.

A named instance of Microsoft SQL Server 200
5
has a virtual serve
r within the cluster, with a
network name and an IP address for which clients connect.

HP SIM 5.x has its own network name and IP address. Clients who want to browse to the HP
SIM
5.x service can do so by using the unique name or IP address for HP SIM 5.x
in the cluster.