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Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation Guide for HP Netservers Version 1.0 October 12, 2001 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 2
Guide Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by and other countries. Hewlett-Packard Company Network Server Division Technical Communications/ MS 45SLE 10955 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 3
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Contents 1 Overview ...1 General and Configuration Procedure 6 Command View SDM Software Installation 6 AutoPath Setup ...19 Secure Manager Wide Node Names 22 4 Create the Cluster Service Domain Account, Service Group, OU Group Policy 23 Introduction ... - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 4
descriptions of the hardware contained in referenced resource material and support documents. Finally, all steps necessary for RAID configuration of the external Fibre Channel storage array using HP Surestore Command View SDM software are provided in this document. The purpose of this document - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 5
Cluster Installation Guide Introduction This HP server models currently certified are LH 6000, LT 6000r, and LXr 8500r. • VA enclosure, containing two VA controllers • CD containing the Surestore Command View SDM software and the associated Command View SDM Installation and User Manual • Two HP - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 6
Hewlett-Packard VA Configuration poster (HP part/drawing number A5183-96130). Supplied with equipment and reference documentation. The manuals provide instructions for interconnection of all components and interfaces, installation of software like Microsoft Cluster Server, and verification of proper - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 7
Guide Local System Configuration The remainder of this procedure assumes that both HP Netservers have been configured with Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system and the latest service packs. For more information about installing Microsoft Windows 2000 software on HP Netservers - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 8
Guide Introduction This chapter contains detailed instructions for software. 6. If applicable, the local RAID disk arrays on both nodes and external storage array must be configured identically. For example, use the same driver letters and labels for local hard drives, CD-ROMs, and drives - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 9
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Virtual Array Setup and Configuration Procedure To perform the virtual array setup and configuration process, proceed as follows: Command View SDM Software Installation 1. Connect a null modem cable to one of the controllers in the VA. As shown below, the - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 10
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 2. Referring to the window shown below, type vfpfmt at the Ready prompt, then strike the Enter key on the keyboard. At the following (yes/no): prompt, type yes, then strike the Enter key on the keyboard. 10/12/01 7 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 11
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 3. Insert the CD containing the HP Surestore Command View SDM software in the CD-ROM drive. On the Windows 2000 desktop, click the desktop Start -> Settings -> Control Panel to obtain the Control Panel window, as shown below. In the Control Panel - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 12
5. On the Command View CD window shown below, click RunInst. VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 10/12/01 9 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 13
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 6. On the InstallShield Wizard for hp command view sdm window shown below, click Next. 10/12/01 10 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 14
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 7. On the License Agreement window shown below, click the I accept the terms in the license agreement button, then click Next. 10/12/01 11 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 15
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 8. On the Minimum Requirements window shown below, verify that the six settings are checked as shown. Then, click Next. 10/12/01 12 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 16
/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 9. The Installing hp command view sdm window as shown below appears and begins the software installation. It may require several minutes to complete the installation, however. Observe the Status bar in the displayed window. When the software installation is complete - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 17
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 10. On the InstallShield Wizard Completed window shown below, click Finish. 10/12/01 14 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 18
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 11. The Starting HostAgent window shown below appears, and remains for a few minutes. 12. The Command Prompt window appears as shown below. The term armdiscover - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 19
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 13. On the desktop display shown below, click the hp command view sdm icon. 14. The hp command view sdm launcher window appears, as shown below. This window shows the devices (and their characteristics) that the Command View SDM software has found. Click the - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 20
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 15. The hp command view sdm window appears. If necessary, click the Identity tab to obtain the VA identity display as shown below. Then, click the LUN Management tab. 10/12/01 17 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 21
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 16. The display of the hp command view sdm window under the LUN Management tab appears. Use the display as shown below to create the following LUNs, as required: a. Create a LUN 0 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 22
1. Ensure that AutoPath for Windows 2000 software has been installed. Refer to the Hardware Connections and Applicable Documents/Reference Material paragraphs of chapter 2. 2. On the desktop display, click the Start HP Auto Path Server/Client icon. The HP AutoPath - Adapters window appears, as shown - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 23
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 4. Click on Device Settings and observe that the Device for Windows 2000, proceed as follows: 1. Ensure that Secure Manager for Windows 2000 software has been installed. Refer to the Hardware Connections and Applicable Documents/Reference Material paragraphs - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 24
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Create Permission File An ASCII permission file for node address 3. The first number after the node address (0 or 1, in this case) identifies the specific LUN to which permissions are being granted. 4. The final character set of each entry is the indicator - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 25
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Identifying World-Wide Node Names The simplest method to In that case, enter the IP address of each Brocade switch in the system. 2. Click on the Name Server Table tab of the display as shown below, and observe the world-wide node name (circled) for each - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 26
Guide 4 Create the Cluster Service Domain Account, Service service drivers • Lock pages in memory • Log on as a service manually create the OU. The domain user account (OUName clusteradmin) to be created can also be used for the SQL server service and SQL server agent service in the SQL server Service - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 27
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Account/Group Creation Procedure To create the domain user account and the new user (global security) cluster group, proceed as follows: 1. Log in to a machine - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 28
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 6. After the account has been created and made a member of the cluster group, ensure that it is not a member of any other group. Right-click - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 29
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide NOTE The following step places the newly-created Cluster Group (Genuity Cluster Group) into the domain-level group called Service Accounts. 8. In the customer OU (Genuity), right-click Cluster Group (Genuity Cluster Group), and select Properties. Then, - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 30
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide NOTE The following steps create a GPO at the OU level to contain the security policy settings that will be applied locally to each cluster node. - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 31
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 11. When the Group Policy window shown below opens, in the left-hand pane, click Windows Settings beneath Computer Configuration. Then, click Security Settings, Local - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 32
Guide 13. Perform step 12 above to edit the policy setting for each of the following user rights: o Load and unload device drivers o Act as part of the operating system o Back up files and directories o Increase quotas o Increase scheduling priority o Lock pages in memory o Log on as a service - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 33
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide NOTE The following two steps are to be select Properties, and then go to the Security tab. Click Add, select Service Accounts, then click OK. Set the Permissions for the Service Accounts group to explicitly deny Read & Execute, and Read access, as shown - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 34
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 5 Node 1 (Primary Node) Configuration Introduction This chapter contains the step Ensure that all requirements detailed in chapters 2 through 4 have been thoroughly reviewed and successfully completed. 2. Ensure that configuration of the internal and external - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 35
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 3. Open the Run window as shown below by clicking the desktop Start -> Run. In the Open text box of the Run window, enter diskmgmt.msc. - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 36
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide CAUTION It is very important not to upgrade disks because the cluster can only use basic disks, not dynamic disks. 6. The Select Disks to Upgrade - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 37
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 9. In the Disk Manager window of step 8, right-click on one of the Unknown disks (Disk 3, in this example), and the Write Signature Disk Manager - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 38
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 12. In the Specify Partition Size window that appears as shown below, enter the desired partition size in the Amount of disk space to use: text box (1024, minimum), then click Next. 13. In the Assign Drive Letter or Path window that appears as shown below, - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 39
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 14. In the Format Partition window that appears as shown below, select Format this partition with the following settings: (the default). Ensure that the following - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 40
Cluster Installation Guide 15. In the Completing the Create Partition Wizard window that appears as shown below, review the entered operations until specifically instructed in chapter 7 because both nodes cannot simultaneously access the external storage array before cluster service has been - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 41
Cluster Setup VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Introduction This chapter provides detailed instructions for performing the cluster setup. Preliminary Operations completely filled out. 6. On the node 1 Windows 2000 Configure Your Server window shown below, click Finish setup. 10/12/01 38 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 42
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Cluster Setup Procedure To perform the cluster setup procedure, proceed as follows: 1. In the Add/Remove Programs window shown below, click button labeled Configure to configure cluster service. 2. The Cluster Service Configuration Wizard Welcome window - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 43
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 4. In the Create or Join a Cluster window shown below, select The first node in the cluster, then click Next. 5. In the Cluster Name window shown - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 44
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 7. In the Add or Remove Managed Disks window shown below, select the disk array to be used for this cluster. Select disks in the Unmanaged - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 45
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 9. In the Configure Cluster Network dialog box shown below, click Next. 10. In the Network Connections window for the public access NIC shown below, verify - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 46
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 11. In the Network Connections window for the dedicated Ethernet internal connection shown below, verify that the Network name (private network, in this case) is - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 47
7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 13. In the Cluster IP Address window shown below, enter 15.18.116.215 in the IP address field, and repeat verification of the public access NIC as performed in step 10. Then, click Next. 14. In the Completing the Cluster Service Configuration Wizard window shown - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 48
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 16. Open the Cluster Administrator window as shown below by clicking the desktop Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Cluster Administrator. Verify that cluster node 1 has started - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 49
7400 Cluster Installation Guide 7 Node 2 in chapters 2 through 6 have been thoroughly reviewed and successfully completed. 2. Ensure that storage , there is no need to pause any server, as was done with node 2 at the end of chapter 5. Ensure that the drive letters are identical on both nodes (refer - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 50
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 4. In the Cluster Name window shown below, type CLUS2 in the cluster name field. Then, enter cluster in the User name: field and the applicable - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 51
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 6. In the Completing the Cluster Service Configuration Wizard window shown below, click Finish to complete the cluster node 2 and ready for installation of a cluster resource application such as Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. 10/12/01 48 - HP D5970A | Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services Installation - Page 52
VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide A Configuration Worksheet Manual Configuration Worksheet This sheet should be filled out completely before beginning the provisioning process. Specific documents referencing appropriate servers, DNS entries, etc. should be available for each data center. If
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Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400
Microsoft
Cluster Services
Installation Guide
for
HP Netservers
Version 1.0
October 12, 2001