Step 4. Specify Credentials

At the Credentials this step of the wizard, specify credentials to connect to computers included in the protection group:

1. If you want to use the same credentials for all computers in the protection group, select the necessary user account from the Master account list. The account must have local administrator permissions on all computers that you have added to the protection group.

If you have not set up credentials beforehand, click the Manage accounts link or click Add on the right to add credentials.

Veeam Backup & Replication allows to add the following types of credentials:

• Stored credentials. Select stored credentials if you want Veeam Backup & Replication to use the specified user name and password for each connection to Veeam Agent.
• [For Linux computers] Single-use credentials. Select single-use credentials if you do not want Veeam Backup & Replication to store credentials in the configuration database. With this option selected, Veeam Backup & Replication will use the specified user name and password only for the first connection to Veeam Agent. After that, Veeam Backup & Replication will use Veeam Transport Service to communicate with the Veeam Agent computer.

Keep in mind that the username must be specified in the down-level logon name format. For example, DOMAIN\UserName or HOSTNAME\UserName. Use the full domain or hostname name. Do not replace them with a dot.

For more information, see the Credentials Manager section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

2. By default, Veeam Backup & Replication uses credentials specified in the Master account field for all computers in the protection group. If some computer requires a different user account, do the following:

1. Select the Use custom credentials for the following objects check box.
2. Click Add next to the list of objects and select in the Add Objects window one or more computers listed in a CSV file and add them to the Use custom credentials for the following objects list.
3. In the Use custom credentials for the following objects list, select the necessary object, click Edit and select custom credentials for the object. Credentials must be specified in the following format:

• For Active Directory accounts — DOMAIN\Username
• For local accounts — Username or HOST\Username

To check if Veeam Backup & Replication can connect to computers added to the protection group, click Test Now. Veeam Backup & Replication will form a list of computers to connect and use the specified credentials to connect to computers in the list.