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3 Extracting SharePoint data
3.1 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.
