configuring antivirus

i'm about to install a file antivirus software on my sql
standard 2000. anybody have any suggestions or
recommendations on how i should go about configuring
this? are there any folders specific to sql that i should
stay away from? please let me know. your help is very
much appreciated.
thanks a lot in advance,
ed"ed" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> i'm about to install a file antivirus software on my sql
> standard 2000. anybody have any suggestions or
> recommendations on how i should go about configuring
> this? are there any folders specific to sql that i should
> stay away from? please let me know. your help is very
> much appreciated.
What product are you installing? If it's similar to what we are using, I can
share our configuration.
You could check with the antivirus vendor on best practice when installing
on a device with SQL Server, ask if the software scans open files? If not,
then your data and log files are safe -- at least from the antivirus
software <g>.
Steve|||You'd want to exclude your data and log files. Additionally,
the following article has some guidelines:
INF: Consideration for a Virus Scanner on a Computer That Is
Running SQL Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309422
-Sue
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:28:02 -0700, "ed"
<anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i'm about to install a file antivirus software on my sql
>standard 2000. anybody have any suggestions or
>recommendations on how i should go about configuring
>this? are there any folders specific to sql that i should
>stay away from? please let me know. your help is very
>much appreciated.
>thanks a lot in advance,
>ed|||thanks!!
-ed
>--Original Message--
>You'd want to exclude your data and log files.
Additionally,
>the following article has some guidelines:
>INF: Consideration for a Virus Scanner on a Computer
That Is
>Running SQL Server
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309422
>-Sue
>On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:28:02 -0700, "ed"
><anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
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>|||thanks!!!
-ed
>--Original Message--
>"ed" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> news:201a201c45875$e3709280$a001280a@.phx
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sql[vbcol=seagreen]
should[vbcol=seagreen]
>What product are you installing? If it's similar to what
we are using, I can
>share our configuration.
>You could check with the antivirus vendor on best
practice when installing
>on a device with SQL Server, ask if the software scans
open files? If not,
>then your data and log files are safe -- at least from
the antivirus
>software <g>.
>Steve
>
>.
>