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Registering the SQL Safe services with Microsoft Failover Cluster Manager allows the Microsoft Cluster Service to manage the services in failover situations. The following configuration ensures the high availability of the services during a failover.

There are two separate set of instructions that can be followed to register the SQL Safe services as a clustered resource

The following instructions guide you through the installation of SQL Safe Management components in a clustered environment. 

1. Log on with an administrator account to the clustered environment where you want to install SQL Safe.

2. Run SQLSafeBackupInstall-{32|64}bit-version.exe in the root of the installation kit.

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   Run the installer on all the cluster nodes where you want to host your SQL Safe Management Service, whether active or inactive.

3. In the installation wizard, select Custom, click Next.
4. Select to install SQL Safe Backup only.
5. Review the license agreement. To accept this license agreement, select the I accept the terms and conditions checkbox. Click Next.
6. Determine if you want to register SQL Safe with an existing IDERA Dashboard.
   By default, the option Yes is selected. 
   As your IDERA Dashboard is located on a remote server, then specify the Server Name that hosts the SQL Safe Management Service and the Port number of this server.
   Type administrator credentials to access this Dashboard and click Next.
   If you have registered SQL Safe on another cluster node, on this option select No. 
7. Specify the Destination Folder where you want to install the SQL Safe Backup application. Click Next.
8. Specify the Clustered SQL Server Instance, Database Name, and Authentication you want to use for the SQL Safe Backup Repository.
   If you have registered SQL Safe on another cluster node, on this option type the SQL Server Instance you used there.
   By default, the Windows Authentication is selected.
   If you want to use the Microsoft SQL Server Authentication, select this option and specify the login name and password for this account, and click save.
   Before you continue, you can Test Connections to make sure the SQL Server instance is connected. Then, click Next.
9. Specify the Service Accounts under which the SQL Safe Backup and IDERA Dashboard will run.
   If you have registered SQL Safe on another cluster node, on this option type the credentials you used there.
10. Specify the account to be used by the SQL Safe Backup Management Service to connect to the SQL Safe Backup Repository Database.
    By default, the Windows account specified on the previous step is selected.
    If you want to use the Microsoft SQL Server Authentication, select this option and specify the respective SQL Sever login credentials, and click Next.
11. Once SQL Safe is ready to install, review the settings you selected and click Install.
    If you want to edit your settings, select back and make your changes.
12. When the installation completes, you can either:
    
    • Go to the Start Menu: select IDERA - SQL Safe Management Console.
    • Configure the Firewall.
    • Launch the SQL Safe Management Console.
    • Click Finish.

Before you begin, open the Windows Services application (services.msc), find the SQL Safe Services (SQLsafe Backup Service, SQLsafe Management Service, SQL safe Filter Service, SQL Safe Management Service, SQLsafe OLR Service, SQLsafe Collection Service, SQLsafe Rest Service), and Stop all the service status. Then, open each of the SQL Safe Service properties and set their Startup Type to Manual.

If you are installing a new deployment, you must also configure the Management Service as a Generic Service Resource. Follow the steps below to perform this action.

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Configuring the SQL Safe Management Service as a Generic Service Resource using Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server 2008 R2 and later

After installing the SQL Safe Management components on your cluster nodes, create the clustered service resource to allow SQL Safe to recognize the cluster nodes.

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