topic Re: SQL snap manager in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SQL-snap-manager/m-p/38789#M5688 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It has been in the documentation stating that limitation all the way back to 2.1.&nbsp; My guess is that this was simply all that the QA team validated up to and it hasn't been revisited since 2003 is an ancient operating system.&nbsp; I'm sure that it will work, but support will likely be limited to 'best effort' should you decide to proceed.&nbsp; Another option is for you to upgrade your servers to 2008 or you could contact your sales team and ask them to file a "Support PVR" for your configuration.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:19:03 GMT spence 2013-07-18T16:19:03Z SQL snap manager https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SQL-snap-manager/m-p/38784#M5687 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a six node SQL snap manager cluster running windows 2003 enterprise edition R2, we recently purchased SQL snap manager. </P><P>The documentation SnapManager 6.0 for Microsoft SQL Server installation and administration guide says the software is only supported on Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition 4 node cluster.</P><P><SPAN>Microsoft supports 8 nodes in a windows 2003 cluster: </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288778" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288778</A></P><P></P><P>Does anyone know more about this limitation? Is there a reason why I can't install it on a six node cluster?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:57:56 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SQL-snap-manager/m-p/38784#M5687 tatroc1976 2025-06-05T05:57:56Z Re: SQL snap manager https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SQL-snap-manager/m-p/38789#M5688 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It has been in the documentation stating that limitation all the way back to 2.1.&nbsp; My guess is that this was simply all that the QA team validated up to and it hasn't been revisited since 2003 is an ancient operating system.&nbsp; I'm sure that it will work, but support will likely be limited to 'best effort' should you decide to proceed.&nbsp; Another option is for you to upgrade your servers to 2008 or you could contact your sales team and ask them to file a "Support PVR" for your configuration.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:19:03 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/SQL-snap-manager/m-p/38789#M5688 spence 2013-07-18T16:19:03Z