You can install and deploy SQLsafe to meet your unique backup, recovery, and SQL Server environment needs.
Typical environment
The following figure illustrates a typical SQLsafe implementation scenario. This configuration includes the following installations:
- Management Console on your workstation
- Repository and Management Service on a SQL Server instance
- Backup Agents on each computer hosting databases you want to back up and recover
Clustered environment
You can install and configure SQLsafe to back up and recover virtual SQL Servers. A virtual SQL Server is a SQL Server running on a Microsoft failover cluster managed by Microsoft Cluster Services.
This configuration can be limited to deploying the Backup Agent to your virtual instances, or can include a full SQLsafe deployment.
A Backup Agent deployment to a virtual instance includes the following installations:
- Management Console on your workstation
- Repository and Management Service on a SQL Server instance (not located in the cluster)
- Backup Agents on each cluster node hosting the virtual SQL Server you want to manage
For more information, see Installing backup/restore components in a clustered environment.
A full SQLsafe deployment on a cluster includes the following installations:
- Management Service and Backup Agent on each node of the Windows cluster
- Repository on any virtual SQL Server instance
- Management Console on your workstation (can also be installed on the cluster nodes)
For more information, see Installing management components in a clustered environment andInstalling backup/restore components in a clustered environment.
Non-trusted environment
You can install and configure SQLsafe to backup and recover SQL Server databases running in non-trusted domains or workgroups.
This configuration includes the following installations:
- Management Console on your workstation in a trusted or non-trusted domain
- Repository and Management Service on a SQL Server instance in a trusted or non-trusted domain
- Backup Agents on each SQL Server instance you want to manage (server can belong to a trusted or non-trusted domain or workgroup).
When deploying SQLsafe to a non-trusted domain, specify an account with sysadmin fixed role rights for the Management Service and Backup Agent Service accounts, and ensure that SQL Authentication is enabled on each SQL Server instance where a SQLsafe component has been installed.