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Why do I need to use the built-in Administrator for agent backups?

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Hello,

I'm just trying to set up some agent backups via the Backup & Replication suite (Protection Group >> Physical & Cloud Infrastructure).
I noticed that I can only connect via built-in Administrator to my Windows client. If I use another account (member of the Administrators group!) it simply throws RPC errors.

Can anyone explain this behavior?
Is there a way to use other administrative accounts instead of the built-in Administrator?

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Re: Why do I need to use the built-in Administrator for agent backups?

Post by wishr »

Hi Sebastian,

Welcome to Veeam Community Forums!

It should work with any user that is a member of the Administrators domain group. Could you please raise a support case with our tech. support engineers to get it sorted?

Please, let us know your case ID once you have it for reference purposes. Also note, that according to our forum rules any topic not having a case ID will be eventually removed by forum moderators.

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Re: Why do I need to use the built-in Administrator for agent backups?

Post by Vitaliy S. »

One thing to check here - what if you disable UAC, do you still see these errors?
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Re: Why do I need to use the built-in Administrator for agent backups?

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Hi, i have the same problem, have you receive a solution from veeam ?
I probably use the Vitaly's solution but, i'd like to use our own local account.

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Re: Why do I need to use the built-in Administrator for agent backups?

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Use this Solution, if you use nondomain joined devices (or local accounts)
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Re: Why do I need to use the built-in Administrator for agent backups?

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I use domain joined devices, but we use local admin account to manage our devices.
With this solution it work perfectly, i think i'll use it.
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