HP Storage Mirroring V4.5 Software - Manual (Page 140)

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Appendix A: Recommended
Credentials
Application Manager credentials
Proper rights must be assigned to the account that is entered when the Application Manager prompts
for credentials. If these credentials are not properly assigned, you will be prompted to enter alternate
credentials before protection can be enabled.
1. The user must be a member of the Power Users group on the client machine.
2. In order to update DNS, the user account must be part of the Domain Admins group.
3. The user must be a member of both servers’ local Storage Mirroring Admin group.
4. The user must be a member of the local Administrators group on each server that will be
protected.
5. The user must be a member of the domain DnsAdmins group where the source's primary DNS
server is located.
6. You may also need to set permissions to allow the user to manually set SPN update permissions.
In addition, you must assign permissions that are necessary to administrate the protected
applications.
For more information about how to assign each of these credentials, see the following sections.
Assigning the user to the Power Users group
1. Select Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2. Double-click Administrative Tools, then double-click Computer Management.
3. In the left pane, select the Groups folder (located under Computer Management\System
Tools\Local Users and Groups\).
4. Right-click the Power Users group, then select All Tasks, Add to Group.
5. Click Add.
6. In Location, click the domain containing the users and computers you want to add, then click
OK.
7. In Name, type the name of the user you want to add to the group.
8. If you want to validate the user or group names that you are adding, click Check Names.
9. Click OK to close all open dialog boxes.
Assigning the user to the Storage Mirroring Admin group
In order for the Application Manager to manage and administer Storage Mirroring, the user running
the Application Manager must be a member of both servers' local Storage Mirroring Admin groups.
By default, the members of the local Administrators group are added to the Storage Mirroring Admin
group when Storage Mirroring is installed. Users added to the local Administrators group following
the Storage Mirroring install will need to be explicitly added.
The Application Manager does not attempt to impersonate the current logged-on user for these
credentials. The Application Manager will prompt the user for these credential and they will be cached
for later use, provided caching of credentials has not been disabled.
1. Select Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2. Double-click Administrative Tools, then double-click Computer Management.
3. In the left pane, select the Groups folder (located under Computer Management\System
Tools\Local Users and Groups\).
4. Double-click the Storage Mirroring Admin group.
5. To add a user to the group, click Add.