Reference Guide

Any new or existing account that you designate for Backup Exec services is
assigned the following rights:
■ Authenticate as any user and then gain access to resources under any user
identity.
■ Create a token object, which can then be used to access any local resources.
■ Log on as a service.
■ Administrative rights (provides complete and unrestricted rights to the
computer).
■ Backup operator rights (provides rights to restore files and directories).
■ Manage auditing and security log.
To install Backup Exec on a computer that runs Windows Server 2008, the user
account must meet one of the following conditions::
■ It has a password.
■ It is set up to allow blank passwords.
If you try to use a user account that has a blank password, the following error
message appears when the Backup Exec services are created:
The given password is not correct for account [server]\[username]
You can, however, configure Windows to allow for blank passwords.
See your Microsoft Windows documentation.
About virtual disks in the Storage Provisioning Option
A virtual disk is a logical disk in a storage array. Backup Exec uses a configured
virtual disk in the same manner in which it uses a backup-to-disk folder. The
media on a virtual disk appear as .bkf files.
See About backup-to-disk folders and files in the Symantec Backup Exec for
Windows Servers Administrator's Guide.
Backup Exec does not assign a drive letter to the virtual disk. You cannot browse
for a virtual disk or access it from a command prompt. Since you cannot browse
to the virtual disk, you cannot back it up with Backup Exec. Dell recommends that
you create a duplicate backup data job to move the data from the virtual disk to
a tape.
After Backup Exec creates the virtual disks, each virtual disk appears in the Backup
Exec Devices pane under All Virtual Disks. They also appear under the storage
array name in Storage Arrays.
Introducing the Dell™ PowerVault™ DL Backup to Disk Appliance and the Backup Exec Storage Provisioning Option
About virtual disks in the Storage Provisioning Option
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