My company has some equipment that relies on SQL Server 2005, which is on a single computer (call it 'Cloverleaf'). We have a second computer ('backup') that also has SQL Server 2005 installed, and they are connected over our company LAN.
I would like to set up the 'backup' computer as a replication subscriber for the 'Cloverleaf' computer that runs our equipment. I want the 'backup' computer to be the distributor as well to save processing power on the computer running the equipment.
So, I set up the 'backup' account as a distributor. Next is to designate a publisher. Is it OK if, on the 'backup' computer, I connect to the 'Cloverleaf' computer and set it up as a publisher that way? Or, do I need to go out to the 'Cloverleaf' computer and use that computer to set up the publisher?