User`s guide

296 VEREX Director V4.73 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.3
To Allow Database 'Backups' to a Shared
Network Drive
The "MSSQL $VEREX" ** service must be
started using a domain account, and that
account must be given 'w rite' access to the
specific log ical drive/folder used for data base
backups.
** SQL Server Exception: If the Director database is
being managed through SQL Server, the
service/instance will be called “MSSQLSERVER” (or
something else as defined by the SQL Server
administrator.
Steps:
Phase 1: Di rector-Server PC (The PC that
includes "...Director-server.exe"):
• From the Windows [Start] menu, select
Settings, ÖControl P anel, ÖAdministrative
Tools, ÖServices; • Double-click
MSSQL$VEREX (e.g., or MSSQLSERVER);
• Go into Log On ; • Select "This Account";
• [Browse] to and/or enter t he specific domain
account (e.g., Domain\Acco untName); • Enter
their network login pass word in the tw o boxes
provided; • Click [OK].
Phase 2: PC with the Shared Drive/Folder:
Run Windo ws Ex plorer, loc ate and right-click
the drive or fo lder to be u sed for backups, and
select Sharing from the pop-up menu. Then,
go to Security , and e nsure the ac count
specified in th e previous step has been given
"write" permissions. Drive Formatted as
NTFS: This w ill be required for the
drive/partition as well as the specific folde r, as
applicable.
SQL Server Support:
User 'Logins' and Passwords:
With Director ≥V4.10, yo ur company's IT
department can optionally take charge o f the
database under SQL Server. (This feature has
also been referred to as " Open Database".) If
you select thi s feature, you will be ask ed to
enter some new passwords, or optionally enter
some custom login information that was set up
at the SQL Server PC.
MS SQL Server Applications: Beginning with V4.7, the
VEREX Director software uses Microsoft SQL Server
2005 Express, and requires dedicated access to this
component. You may not be able to run other software
applications (on the same PC) that also use this
component. Exception
: If you select SQL Server
support during the installation, the database will be
managed through an MS SQL Server (2000 or 2005)
PC, and you will be prompted to provide passwords that
allow the Director software to connect with its database.
Other advanced database features also require user
'logins' to be defined. For a typical system (i.e., not
SQL-server), these must be entered manually.
Related Topics
: "Advanced Database Features"