Remote SQL Server machines
The choice of whether to use a local or remote Microsoft SQL Server database is made during installation, when Forcepoint DLP components are installed on the management server machine.
If a remote database is selected, administrators have the option to enable Forcepoint DLP archiving. (Archiving is automatically enabled when a local database is used.)
When incidents are archived, they are initially stored in a temporary folder. For a remote SQL Server database, this folder is defined during Forcepoint DLP installation. Both the database and the management server must have access to the temporary folder.
If the temporary folder is not defined during Forcepoint DLP installation, it is not possible to archive incidents. Attempts to manually archive partitions cause the Forcepoint Security Manager to display a warning that archive settings have not been fully configured, so archiving won’t work. Automatic archiving fails and sends a message to syslog.
If you receive an archiving warning or error message, modify your installation as follows to enable archiving:
Steps
Next steps
Note that you only configure the temporary archive folder in the installer. To configure the final location of the archive, use the
page in the Data Security module of the Security Manager.