Microsoft KB Archive/935136

= How to configure Recovery Manager to create recovery points for computers that are part of a workgroup =

Article ID: 935136

Article Last Modified on 7/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Winternals Recovery Manager 2.0

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to configure Winternals Recovery Manager to create recovery points for computers that are part of a workgroup.



MORE INFORMATION
For computers that are part of a domain, Recovery Manager uses the Microsoft Windows domain model to use a single account to run recovery point-related tasks on Recovery Manager Schedule Console computers and on client computers. These tasks include the following tasks:
 * Start recovery point schedules
 * Deploy the Recovery Manager agent
 * Create recovery points

You may have to create additional local accounts so that Recovery Manager can create recovery points on these computers successfully. This is because computers in peer-to-peer workgroups do not use the Windows domain model.

To create recovery points for computers that are part of a workgroup, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start the Task Scheduler service on the Schedule Console computer.
 * 2) Start the recovery point schedule.
 * 3) Copy and then install the Recovery Manager agent on the destination computer.
 * 4) Start the Recovery Manager agent on the destination computer.
 * 5) Create a service account on the Recovery Manager Schedule Console computer and on a client computer that has local administrative credentials.

Note The account must have the same name and password on both systems. You should use this account for workgroup-only computer schedules.

Some network-attached storage devices do not respect the Windows domain model. These devices act as workgroup members. Therefore, you may have to manually create accounts or set permissions on a network-attached storage device. When you do this, the account that is associated with the recovery point schedule can write to the device.

Additional query words: Winternals KB#: 30248 workgroup

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