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Adding users to the security groups

The security groups are automatically created during the installation process. The groups are assigned specific case-sensitive names.

The local administrator and the domain administrator are automatically added to the Double-Take Admin group.

If Double-Take Availability is installed on a member servers, it will use the local groups. If an Active Directory user is granted access to the Active Directory Double-Take Admin or Double-Take Monitors groups, the user or domain group must also be granted access to the local Double-Take Availability groups. If Double-Take Availability is installed on a domain controller, the Active Directory group will provide sufficient access. The groups are created in the Users OU and need to stay here. If the groups are not there, users will be unable to log into Double-Take Availability on the domain controller.

 

Users that need administrator access to Double-Take Availability must be added to the Double-Take Admin group. All users that need monitor only access must be added to the Double-Take Monitors group. In both cases, local users, domain users, or global groups may be added to the local groups.

To add, delete, or modify users for a group, follow these steps.

  1. Select Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, and User Manager. (If you are on a domain controller, select User Manager for Domains.)
  2. Double-click the group to be modified or highlight it and select User, Properties.
  3. To add local users, domain users, and/or global groups to the group, click Add.
  4. Select the local user, domain user, and/or global group to be included in the security group.
  5. Click OK to return to the Local Group Properties dialog box.
  6. Click OK to return to the User Manager.
  7. Exit the User Manager.