Quick Start Manual
device hardware for installation instructions. Use the appropriate Windows
hardware setup functions to configure your controller and storage devices.
Refer to your Microsoft Windows documentation for more information.
■ Check your Windows security settings to make sure that they work properly
with the Backup Exec service account.
See “About the Backup Exec service account” on page 6.
■ If the drive on which you want to install Backup Exec is encrypted or
compressed, and you would like to use a default SQL Express database, verify
that an unencrypted and uncompressed drive is available for SQL Express
installation.
■ Check the computer name of the computer on which you want to install Backup
Exec. It should only use standard ANSI characters. You may receive errors if
you install Backup Exec on a computer with a name that uses non-standard
characters.
■ Exit all other programs.
About the Backup Exec service account
All Backup Exec services on the media server run in the context of a user account
that is configured for the Backup Exec system services. You can create this account
during the Backup Exec installation, or you can use an existing user account. To
create a service account for Backup Exec during installation, enter the name and
password of an Administrator account for the Backup Exec services to use.
Note: The Backup Exec service account and the Backup Exec System Logon Account
are set to the same user name when Backup Exec is installed. If you need to change
the user name for the service account is no longer used, then you should also
change the Backup Exec System Logon Account to use new credentials.
If this computer is in a domain, enter a Domain Administrators account, or an
equivalent account that is part of the Domain Admins group. In the Domain list,
select or enter the Domain name.
If this computer is in a workgroup, enter an Administrators account, or an
equivalent account that is part of the Administrators group on the computer. In
the Domain list, select or enter the computer name.
The account that you designate for Backup Exec services, whether it is a new
account or an existing user account, is assigned the following rights:
■ Authenticate as any user and gain access to resources under any user identity.
Installing Backup Exec
About the Backup Exec service account
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