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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>ReliableDR cannot be installed on a DC server</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>ReliableDR uses an SQL server database to persist the IT recovery data and orchestrations.</p> <p>Microsoft warns about different problems when installing SQL Server on a domain controller:</p> <p><em>It is not recommended to install SQL Server on a domain controller. There are specific security restrictions when running SQL Server in this configuration and given the resource demands of a domain controller, SQL Server performance may be degraded. Furthermore, SQL Server is not supported on a read-only domain controller. Setup will normally fail. Even if you find methods to work around the problem with setup, SQL Server is not supported on a read-only domain controller. In addition, SQL Server failover clustering is not supported to install on a domain controller.</em> (*)</p> <p>To avoid all that problems ReliableDR will not be installed on DC servers.</p> <p>(*) Extended info on <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.microsoft.com%2Fkb%2F2032911%2Fen-us">this article from Microsoft knowledge database</a>.</p> <p> </p> </article> </main>