Sql manager requirements – HP Storage Mirroring V5 Software User Manual

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Introduction

The Exchange configurations on the source and target servers must be identical for the following

components:
• Storage groups
• Location of storage groups (log and data files)
• Log file prefixes
• Database locations (log and data files)
• Message Transfer Agent (MTA) location
• Queue paths

In a parent\child domain, at least one domain controllers in the child domain must designated as a global

catalog server.

The Application Manager does not support configurations where Exchange and the domain controller are

on the same node of a cluster.

While installing Exchange Server 2003 on a domain controller is a supported operation, it is not generally

recommended. Hewlett-Packard also does not recommend this configuration. If you must use Exchange

Server 2003 on a domain controller, review the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822179
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/332097
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305065
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304403
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875427

SQL Manager requirements

If you are using the Storage Mirroring Application Manager for SQL, your system must meet the following

requirements:

Two licensed copies of Microsoft SQL Server that meet one of the following requirements:
• SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later
• SQL Server 2005

NOTE:

If you are using SQL Server, you will be prompted to download and install the Microsoft SQL

Server 2005 backward compatibility components. This package includes the SQLDMO library, which

is required to run the Application Manager.

You should use the same version and service pack of SQL Server on both the source and target servers.

The only exception would be that you may use a newer version of SQL Server on the target server to

perform a failover while in

Database Only

protection mode (for instance, when using Storage Mirroring

Application Manager to facilitate a migration from SQL Server 2000 on the source to SQL Server 2005

on the target). You can

NOT

failback when using different versions of SQL Server on the source and

target.

To enable the Application Manager to work with MSDE (SQL Express 2000) and SQL Server 2005

Express, Named Pipes and TCP/IP need to be added to the Enabled Protocols. By default, these are

disabled. They must be enabled to accept remote connections.
• For MSDE, you must run the

svrnetcn.exe

command, which is located in the

C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn

directory.

• For SQL Server 2005 Express, you must launch the

SQL Server Configuration Manager

, expand

SQL Server

2005 Network Configuration

, and for

Protocols for MSSQLSERVER

enable

Named Pipes

and

TCP/IP

.

To use the Storage Mirroring Application Manager for SQL, the user logged on to Windows

must

be a

member of the SQL Server

sysadmin

role on the source and target servers.

The source and target SQL servers

must

be in the same domain; otherwise, the SQL Server service on both

the source and target servers must be configured to start with the same domain user account.

In order to protect SQL named instances, both the source and target SQL Servers must have named

instances with the

exact

same name installed

prior

to configuring protection.

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