Symantec Backup Exec

• Symantec highly recommends that you use the default database instance (MSDE) that Backup Exec installs if you plan to cluster Backup Exec.

• Symantec also supports using a remote SQL Server instance to host the Backup Exec database. However, if you plan to use this scenario, review the following:

  Only one installed instance of Backup Exec can be installed into the remote SQL Server instance on a clustered node. All other installed instances of Backup Exec in the cluster must use the default Backup Exec MSDE database instance.

  Note:

  You must run the Backup Exec cluster wizard on the cluster node that uses the remote SQL Server instance.

If you use Windows Server 2008 or later and you use a remote, clustered SQL Server instance to host the Backup Exec Database:

• The Backup Exec media server must use the same operating system level that is installed on the computer that hosts the remote SQL Server instance.

If you use Windows Server 2008 or later and you use the Backup Exec Utility to reconfigure the clustered Backup Exec installation or the clustered remote SQL Server instance:

• Run the Backup Exec Utility on a computer that uses the same operating system level at the Backup Exec media server and the computer that hosts the remote SQL Server instance.