Microsoft Windows: User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account

This policy setting determines the behavior of Admin Approval Mode for the built-in administrator account. When the Admin Approval Mode is enabled, the local administrator account functions like a standard user account, but it has the ability to elevate privileges without logging on by using a...

“Invalid Credentials” Error Adding a Hyper-V Host Using a Local Account

Article Applicability This article relates to an error that only occurs when Veeam Backup & Replication is deployed on a Windows machine. With the Veeam Software Appliance, to add a Hyper-V host using credentials, it requires that both the appliance and the Windows machine are added to the same...

Credentials Test or Job Fails when attempt to use VIX

Challenge When using Veeam Backup & Replication with a VMware environment the following error may be seen when using the Guest Credentials Test or when processing a VM that is in a DMZ or Isolated environment. Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: Failed to connect to guest agent. Errors...