Connecting to the agent

To connect the console to the agent

1. Do any of the following:
   • Click Acronis SharePoint Explorer Console on the desktop of the machine with the console.
   • If Acronis Backup Management Console is running on the same machine, click Extract SharePoint Data on the Tools menu.
2. In the opened window, specify the SharePoint Web Front-end server where Acronis SharePoint Explorer Agent is installed.

   Tips

   • If both the console and SharePoint Web Front-end server are included in Active Directory, the box is auto-filled with the server's fully-qualified domain name. We recommend that you keep this setting.
   • We recommend specifying the server name rather than its IP address, especially if the server has multiple network adapters.
   • If during installation the agent was configured to listen on a non-default TCP port, make sure to specify the server in the <Server-name>:<port> or the <Server-IP>:<port> format. For example, SharePointWFE:5555 or 192.168.1.1:5555.
3. Provide SharePoint farm administrator credentials. These credentials will be filled in by default whenever authentication is required.

   Tip

   • Credentials of an Active Directory user account must be specified in the DOMAIN\Username format.

Requirements for the SharePoint farm administrator account

The SharePoint farm administrator account must be assigned to the following roles:

• The dbcreator and securityadmin server roles for all SQL Server instances used by the farm.
• The db_owner role for the SharePoint_AdminContent and SharePoint_Config databases.

The administrator who created the farm is always assigned to these roles. Other administrator accounts might be not assigned to these roles.

We also recommend that the farm administrator account be assigned to the following roles:

• The db_owner role for all content databases of the farm.
• The sysadmin role on the SQL Server instance local to the console.

The db_owner role is required to extract data from a database (even from one inside a single-pass backup). The sysadmin role is required to extract data from unattached database files because these files will be attached to the local SQL Server instance. The db_owner role is not required in this case.

If the farm administrator account is not assigned to these roles, you will need to enter credentials of an account that is assigned to the required role every time Acronis SharePoint Explorer connects to a SQL Server instance.