HP OpenView Storage Mirroring User Guide (360226-002, May 2004)

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Storage Mirroring Groups

Storage Mirroring requires two local groups on each source and target for security. During the installation process, these

groups are automatically created. The groups are assigned specific case-sensitive names:

Double-Take Admin

Double-Take Monitors

The groups are installed differently depending on your operating system.

! Windows 200x—The local administrator and the domain administrator are automatically added to the Storage Mirroring

Admin group.

! Windows NT—Two factors determine what accounts are added to the Storage Mirroring Admin group:

! The type of machine you are logged on to (domain controller or member server) when you install Storage Mirroring

! The account used to install Storage Mirroring (local user, local adminstrator, or domain administrator account)

The following table shows what accounts are added to the Storage Mirroring Admin group when you install Storage

Mirroring on Windows NT.

NOTE: For a Windows 200x member server, if an Active Directory user is granted access to the Active Directory

Double-Take Admin or Double-Take Monitors groups, the user or domain group must also be granted

access to the local Storage Mirroring groups. If you are administering a Windows 200x domain controller,

the Active Directory group will provide sufficient access.

Account Used to Install

Storage Mirroring

Machine Type Accounts Added to Admin Group

Local User Member Server Local User

Local Administrator

Local Administrator Member Server Local Administrator

Domain Administrator Member Server Local Administrator

Domain Administrator

Local User Domain Controller Local User

Domain Administrator

(Local Administrator)

Domain Controller Domain Administrator

NOTE: For Windows NT, you should install Storage Mirroring as a domain administrator on either a member

server or a domain controller (PCD/BDC) so that you will have administrator rights to all machines

running Storage Mirroring.