Deploying HP SIM 6.x on MSCS clusters on Windows 2008 with SQL Server 2008 SP1 White Paper

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Basic clustering concepts
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Basic Windows 2003 services
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Basic Windows 2008 services
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Advanced TCP/IP and
Domain Name Sys
tem (DNS) network concepts
In addition, readers must be familiar with installing and administering these products:
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Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server and Windows 2008 Failover Clustering
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Server, particularly named
instances
Hardware and software requirements
This paper discusses configuring and administrating a cluster using the following products:
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A two
-
system HP ProLiant cluster with each system satisfying all the hardware requirements for
HP
SIM 6.x
Note:
For be
st results, each system should meet the recommended memory and
processor speed requirements.
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One free shared disk for the HP SIM 6.x program files
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At least one free shared disk for Microsoft SQL Server 2008
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Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server with Ser
vice Pack 1
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Microsoft Cluster Services
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 or later
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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HP SIM 6.x
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HP Management CD 7.1 or later and related ProLiant Support Packs
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise E
dition with latest Service Pack
Setting up the failover environment
Note:
This section of the paper assumes that you log into each of your cluster
systems with the same administrator credentials that you are using to access
all of the HP SIM 6.x and Micros
oft SQL Server 2008 components that are
being set up.
Installing SNMP
SNMP is a prerequisite for the HP SIM 6.x installation. The following section details how to install
SNMP to the cluster systems intended to host HP SIM 6.x.
Note:
SNMP Services must be
installed for Windows 2008.