Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SQL Server Administrator's Guide

The logon account for the services requires the following:

• The SQL Server "sysadmin" role.

• If you want to use Local System for the logon account, the requirements depend on the SQL Server version:

  • For SQL Server 2008, the sysadmin role is automatically applied to the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and BUILTIN\Administrators groups.

  • For SQL Server 2012 and later, you must first apply the sysadmin role manually to the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM or the BUILTIN\Administrators group.

• For a SQL Server cluster, configure the NetBackup services on each node in the cluster.

• Additional requirements depend on the credentials option you chose to register the instance(s).

  • For Use these specific credentials, the NetBackup services can use the Local System logon account. If you want to use a different logon account, it must have the privileges to Impersonate a client after authentication and Replace a process level token.

    See Configuring local security privileges for SQL Server.

    Both services can use the same logon account or separate logon accounts.

  • For Use credentials that are defined locally on the client, the logon account for the services can be either the SQL System administrator or Local System. Both services must use the same logon account.

• For VMware backups, different configuration is required for logon account for the services.

  See Configuring the NetBackup services for VMware backups that protect SQL Server.