Installing Data Protection for SQL Server in a cluster environment

You can install Data Protection for SQL Server in a Windows failover cluster environment, and protect clustered SQL Server 2008 databases and later versions.

Before you begin

Before you install and configure Data Protection for SQL Server, verify that you satisfy the hardware and software requirements.

Procedure

  1. Install Data Protection for SQL Server on all nodes of your cluster where you intend to perform backups and restore operations.
  2. If you use a shared disk cluster, install Data Protection for SQL Server on all nodes on a disk that is local to each node and not on a shared cluster disk.
  3. Install Data Protection for SQL Server on a local system if required.
Related tasks:
Installing on a local system