Your default Backup Exec logon account enables you to perform the following:

• Browse resources. Your default Backup Exec logon account enables you to browse local and remote resources when you create backup jobs. To browse resources, each user must have a default Backup Exec logon account that is associated with their user account. The Backup Exec logon account does not have to be the same user name as the user that is used to log on to Backup Exec.

  For example, you are logged on to a media server named MEDIASERVER as the local Windows administrator. When you start Backup Exec, you are prompted to create a default Backup Exec logon account for the local administrator because one does not exist. You can create a Backup Exec logon account for the local administrator that has the credentials for a domain administrator. The Backup Exec logon account will have the following properties:

  User name: DOMAIN\Administrator

  Description: MEDIASERVER\Administrator Default Account

  Owner: MEDIASERVER\Administrator

  When you change your default Backup Exec logon account, you can use your new default Backup Exec logon account to browse resources immediately; you do not have to restart your system in order for the changes take effect.

• Make backup selections. You can select a different Backup Exec logon account when you make selections for backup. If your default logon account does not have rights, the Logon Account Selection dialog box appears and enables you to create or select a different Backup Exec logon account. You can also change the Backup Exec logon account when making backup selections using the Connect As command in the context menu.

• Restore. You can assign Backup Exec logon accounts to resources when you create restore jobs. The default Backup Exec logon account is used unless you choose a different Backup Exec logon account when you create the restore job, in Resource Credentials in the Restore Job Properties.