backup exec 16 - 3rd party virtual appliances, 4th party utilities (freeSSHd)
The short question is: Will FreeSSHd interfere with Backup Exec if the former isinstalled on the media server? It used to be easy to back up the database create by a 3rd party vendor's software, beause it ran on a Windows OS. Then they switched to a virtual appliance. It doesn't make sense to back up the appliance, but I would like to back up the database. Unfortunately, that means setting up a separate SSH FTP to receive the backups. The appliance won't even do the backups if the server isn't configured. IIS, of course, can't do SSH FTP; you need yet another vendor's SSH FTP solution. The appliance vendor recommends FreeSSHd. Usually I spin up a new OSE for a special workflow but it really seems like extreme overkill in this instance (and defeats the purpose of using the appliance). Since this SSH FTP is solely used forbackup, the logical place to install it might be the Backup Exec media server. But that has risks of its own; I wouldn't like to break existing backups. Does anyone have an experience of FreeSSHd breaking Backup Exec, or at least some advice that would indicate installing it on the media server is a Bad Idea?