Deploying HP SIM 5.x on MSCS Clusters on Windows 2008 With SQL Server 2008

HP SIM 5.x offers the ability to run in a Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server clustered environment, using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise server clustered environment, using Microsoft SQL Server 2008. 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 2005 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and HP SIM 5.x on separate systems, one can take advantage of maximum efficiency. This paper describes the steps to install a highly available clustered version of HP SIM 5.x on a ProLiant cluster running Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise Server clustered environment, using Microsoft SQL Server 2008.