https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/failover-server-hp-sim-4-2/m-p/3531603#M11548 Hi, <BR /><BR />I have three servers in my SIM architecture, production, test and failover. <BR /><BR />I'm hoping to find out what the easiest way to get my failover server running in the event of a hardware on my production server. <BR /><BR />This is what I have done so far...<BR /><BR />1) Built identical hardware (Proliant BL 20p) for each server.<BR /><BR />2) Installed W2000 SP4 on each, same security updates, etc. <BR /><BR />3) Installed HP SIM 4.2 and PMP 3 on each. <BR /><BR />4) MSDE is being used on each server. <BR /><BR />5) My production server is currently running SIM in production. My failover server is essentially "waiting to take over".<BR /><BR />If my production server fails and I decide to go to the failover server, could I just take a backed up copy of the database and "config" directory and apply it to my failover server? <BR />I notice that my Insight database files have different number tacked on to the end. Is this significant? <BR /><BR />Any advice on how all you experts are achieving a failover server welcome! <BR /><BR />Thank you! Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:37:26 GMT Bill_241 2005-04-25T15:37:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/failover-server-hp-sim-4-2/m-p/3531603#M11548 Hi, <BR /><BR />I have three servers in my SIM architecture, production, test and failover. <BR /><BR />I'm hoping to find out what the easiest way to get my failover server running in the event of a hardware on my production server. <BR /><BR />This is what I have done so far...<BR /><BR />1) Built identical hardware (Proliant BL 20p) for each server.<BR /><BR />2) Installed W2000 SP4 on each, same security updates, etc. <BR /><BR />3) Installed HP SIM 4.2 and PMP 3 on each. <BR /><BR />4) MSDE is being used on each server. <BR /><BR />5) My production server is currently running SIM in production. My failover server is essentially "waiting to take over".<BR /><BR />If my production server fails and I decide to go to the failover server, could I just take a backed up copy of the database and "config" directory and apply it to my failover server? <BR />I notice that my Insight database files have different number tacked on to the end. Is this significant? <BR /><BR />Any advice on how all you experts are achieving a failover server welcome! <BR /><BR />Thank you! Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:37:26 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/failover-server-hp-sim-4-2/m-p/3531603#M11548 Bill_241 2005-04-25T15:37:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/failover-server-hp-sim-4-2/m-p/3531604#M11549 That makes two of us interested. Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:27:25 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/failover-server-hp-sim-4-2/m-p/3531604#M11549 Brian Kelly_4 2005-04-26T12:27:25Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/failover-server-hp-sim-4-2/m-p/3531605#M11550 don't know for MSDE but it's peace of cake with SQL<BR />I have 2 CMS servers (production, test)<BR />security is set to trust by certificates so when configuring managed nodes I add certificates from both CMS servers and vice-versa so when failover ocures I have no security issues.<BR />next thing is database.<BR />I am planning in configuring log shipping between those SQL servers with HP SIM services down on failover server (database locks...).<BR /><BR />This is logical if you know that SIM is half cluster-aware.<BR />In cluster configuration you have to install CMS on both (or more) nodes but you also need to put database on shared storage.<BR />with log shipping you are just replicating data between databases.<BR /><BR />I haven't yet configured log shipping but in next few days I'll finally do it.<BR />Results will be of course posted here.<BR /><BR />hope this thoughts helped you a bit.<BR />c ya Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:38:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/failover-server-hp-sim-4-2/m-p/3531605#M11550 ms.tim 2005-04-26T12:38:24Z