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Chapter 2. Installing Data Protection For SQL

This document provides instructions for installing Data Protection for SQL, including requirements, package options, and steps to complete the installation. It discusses operating environment requirements, hardware requirements, software requirements, supported communication protocols, and instructions for installing in a typical or custom configuration. It also provides details for installing in a Microsoft Cluster Service environment.

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Chapter 2. Installing Data Protection For SQL

This document provides instructions for installing Data Protection for SQL, including requirements, package options, and steps to complete the installation. It discusses operating environment requirements, hardware requirements, software requirements, supported communication protocols, and instructions for installing in a typical or custom configuration. It also provides details for installing in a Microsoft Cluster Service environment.

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Chapter 2.

Installing Data Protection for SQL


This chapter provides information on Data Protection for SQL requirements and discusses some of the choices you will need to make during installation. |Data Protection for SQL is available in the following |packages: | |Paid in Full |This package contains a license component and is a complete stand-alone |release of the product. |Program Temporary Fix (PTF) |This package does not contain a license component. It is intended |to install over a previously licensed version of Data Protection for |SQL. |Try and Buy |This package contains a license component that allows installation and use |for sixty days. |

Data Protection for SQL environment requirements


This section describes operating environment, hardware, software, and communication protocol information required to install Data Protection for SQL. For compatibility and installation issues with Data Protection for SQL Version 1, see Version migration and coexistence considerations.

Operating environment
Data Protection for SQL must be installed on the same machine as the SQL Server. Data Protection for SQL uses the Storage Manager API to communicate with the Storage Manager Server. Data Protection for SQL also uses the the SQL-DMO interface and the SQL-VDI to communicate with the SQL Server.

Hardware requirements
The following hardware is required: Intel Pentium 166 or higher, or equivalent or later processor 48 MB of RAM (96 MB or more is highly recommended) 12 MB of free disk space Note: If you are installing using the electronically downloaded single .exe file, you may need several additional MB of free space in your Windows system and temporary directories. This selfstarting, self-extracting file requires additional temporary working space. See the read1st.txt file that is shipped on the product installation media for current information.

|Software requirements
|||||||| |The following software is required: |

|Microsoft Windows NT Server Version 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or |later (Server or Enterprise Edition) |Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 1 or later (Server, |Advanced Server, DataCenter Server) | o |Clustering capabilities for Windows 2000 are supported only by Advanced |Server and Datacenter Server. | ||| |Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 with Service Pack 3 (or later) |Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 1 (or later) | o |If running SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 on the same machine, |a backup failure may occur. See Microsoft Knowledge Base article |Q280759 at: |http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q280/7/59.asp | |Storage Manager Server Version 4.2.0 (or later) | o |Storage Manager Server can reside on a different machine than Data |Protection for SQL. | ||||| |Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Version 5.1.1 (or |later) to take advantage of Storage Manager scheduling and a comprehensive |disaster recovery plan |

Supported communication protocols


Data Protection for SQL supports the same set of communication protocols supported by other Storage Manager clients on Win 32 platforms. Refer to the Storage Manager Server being used to see which protocols it supports.

Installing Data Protection for SQL


Data Protection for SQL must be installed from an account having administrator privileges to the local system. Follow these instructions to install Data Protection for SQL: 1. Insert the Data Protection for SQL CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Note: Windows may automatically start the InstallShield Wizard for you. If autorun is not enabled, perform the following steps: a. Select Run from the Start menu. b. Enter x:\setup where x is your CD-ROM drive letter.

c.

Click OK to start the installation program.

Alternatively, you can double-click setup.exe using the file manager. 2. Follow the instructions displayed on your screen. |You can install the following program features: | o o |Data Protection for SQL code |Language Support for the following languages: | |Chinese (Simplified) |Chinese (Traditional) |German |Spanish |French |Italian |Japanese |Korean |Portuguese (Brazilian) | | |You can select one of the following setup types: | |Typical |This installs most commonly used program features. If a Storage |Manager product exists on your machine, the base path to that product |(c:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM) becomes the default |installation directory. Installing all Storage Manager products and |components into the same base directory is highly recommended. |Custom |This allows you to choose which Language Support you want to |install. You can also view the required disk space for selected program |features and the available space on your drive. | | |If Data Protection for SQL Version 1 exists on your system, Data Protection |for SQL Version 5.1.5 installs to a different |sub-directory than Version 1. If you are storing backup objects created |by Data Protection for SQL Version 1, you must retain Version 1 for as |long as you retain those backup objects. Data Protection for SQL |Version 5.1.5 will not overwrite the existing Data |Protection for SQL option, configuration, and log files. |If Data Protection for SQL Version 5.1.5 was |previously installed on your machine, you can select one of the |following Program Maintenance features: | |Modify |This allows you to choose which program features you want to install and |the way these program features are installed. |Repair |This allows you to repair errors in the Data Protection for SQL |application. Errors can be missing files, corrupt files, shortcuts, or |registry entries. |Remove |This allows you to remove Data Protection for SQL from your |machine. | 3. Click Finish to complete the installation.

When the installation is complete, you must: Register the client workstation with the Storage Manager Server. See Registering Data Protection for SQL with a Storage Manager Server for detailed information. Configure Data Protection for SQL. See Configuring the Data Protection for SQL options file for detailed information.

|Installing Data Protection for SQL in a MSCS environment


||| |Installing Data Protection for SQL in a MSCS environment requires the |following: | |Install Data Protection for SQL on the both nodes of your MSCS if you are |installing Data Protection for SQL for a clustered SQL Server. |If you installed Data Protection for SQL prior to converting to |a MSCS environment, modify the Start menu shortcut for the Data Protection for |SQL GUI program. Do this by adding the /sqlserver parameter |to the invocation of the tdpsql command. For example, if you |installed Data Protection for SQL to the default location and your virtual SQL |Server name is marssql1, you would modify the shortcut to: |"C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPSQL\tdpsql.exe /sqlserver=marssql1" |If you have an Active/Active SQL Server cluster environment, you should |create a Start menu shortcut for each virtual SQL Server that can run on this |machine. |

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