Antivirus software on SQL Server 2000

I am preparing to install SQL Server 2000 on a Windows 2003 server. There will be no file or print sharing services or in general no other processes running on this server except those required by SQL Server. The SQL Server is behind a filewall and will only be accessed internally. Should I install McAfee or Norton antivirus software on this machine? If so, are there any special configuration options that I should consider?Check out this KB article.
INF: Consideration for a Virus Scanner on a Computer That Is Running SQL
Server
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309422&Product=sql2k
Geoff N. Hiten
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Senior Database Administrator
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"Lane Lesperance" <LLesperance@.cooperpower.com> wrote in message
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> I am preparing to install SQL Server 2000 on a Windows 2003 server. There
will be no file or print sharing services or in general no other processes
running on this server except those required by SQL Server. The SQL Server
is behind a filewall and will only be accessed internally. Should I install
McAfee or Norton antivirus software on this machine? If so, are there any
special configuration options that I should consider?
>|||See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;309422
In general, it is not recommended to do so if you don't
have to on a SQL box due to the things you mention (i.e.
not a file server, etc.). If you do, filter the SQL
DB/log files (not the executables), and if it's a cluster,
filter the \MSCS and if it exists, \MSDtc folders on the
quorum.
>--Original Message--
>I am preparing to install SQL Server 2000 on a Windows
2003 server. There will be no file or print sharing
services or in general no other processes running on this
server except those required by SQL Server. The SQL Server
is behind a filewall and will only be accessed internally.
Should I install McAfee or Norton antivirus software on
this machine? If so, are there any special configuration
options that I should consider?
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