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Using a Remote \Data Folder

Applicable to the CMS and Gateways

If you want to use a SQL Server database while storing your captured data in a remote \Data folder, you must:

• Use a network-attached storage (NAS) device, or
• Use a storage area network (SAN), or
• Create an empty WGN database on the host database server before you run the installation wizard.

  Note: This is necessary because, if the WGN database does not already exist, the CA DLP installation wizard will create the necessary database files in the remote \Data folder, causing database access errors.

These limitations are due to a known SQL Server issue that prevents you storing your database files on a network file share. For details, see MS Knowledge Base article Q304261.