Integrating with a separate SQL Server computer

Meridian can be integrated with a SQL Server installation on the computer where Meridian will be installed or on a separate computer. SQL Server installations on the Meridian computer are detected by the Meridian setup program as described in Installing the server components.

Note    Stream (document content) files are always stored on the Meridian computer, regardless of where the database is located.

To integrate Meridian with SQL Server installed on a separate computer:

1. Set up the Meridian application server as described in Installing the server components.
2. Create the vault that you want to use SQL Server as described in Creating a new vault.
3. Create an identical folder on the EDM Server computer in the path typed for the Path for Database Files option in step 2 if it does not exist already.
4. Create a subfolder named Backup on the SQL Server computer in the path typed for the Path for Database Files option in step 2. If this subfolder is not created, the backup will fail for this vault.