To lookup, protect and restore Hyper-V virtual machines Protector requires credentials that are valid for all machines comprising the Hyper-V node.
In case of a cluster, these credentials must be domain credentials. For a standalone configuration, a local user is sufficient.
The user needs to be a member of the following groups in the domain and all nodes of the
Hyper-V setup:
- Users
- Domain Users
- Backup Operators
- Hyper-V Administrators
- Remote Management Users
In addition, for a cluster the user requires the permission to administrate the cluster. The following command needs to be executed on every cluster node:
Grant-ClusterAccess -User domain\username -Full