Antivirus on a 2003 Cluster

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Krissi - 18 Apr 2005 08:36 GMT

Hi all

I am trying to work out if it is ok to install an antivirus product onto my
Windows 2003 SQL Cluster.

According to Symantec I can:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/529c2f9adcf33a1088256e2200
5026f1/ea0f9eb688b1318c88256db700767032?OpenDocument&prod=Symantec%20AntiVirus%2
0Corporate%20Edition&ver=9.0&src=ent&pcode=sav_ce&dtype=corp&svy=&prev=&miniver=
savce_9.0

but Microsoft don't seem too keen on the idea:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q250355&ID=KB;EN-US;Q250355

Has anyone managed to install antivirus onto a cluster with no problems or
is it best just to leave my servers as they are?

Thanks

Kristi

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Rodney R. Fournier [MVP] - 18 Apr 2005 12:17 GMT

You can install, just exclude the MSCS directory and where you put your SQL
Data.

Cheers,

Rod

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog

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LUCA MOTTERLE [MCP] - 22 Apr 2005 15:47 GMT

Trend Micro with Server Protect have a good solution.

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Rodney R. Fournier [MVP] - 22 Apr 2005 16:45 GMT

Agreed, that is what I recommend and use, but you still need to exclude
directories :)

Cheers,

Rod

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering Website
http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog

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