Defining required domain accounts manually

About this task

The HCL VersionVault Site Preparation wizard attempts to create domain accounts for the HCL VersionVault administrators group and HCL VersionVault server process user if they do not already exist. The account and group names specified during site preparation are presented as the defaults when users run the HCL VersionVault installation program on individual hosts.

If the user running the HCL VersionVault Site Preparation wizard does not have Domain Administrator privileges, the wizard cannot create these accounts. A domain administrator must create them by using the following procedure.

Procedure

  1. Log on as a domain administrator.
  2. Using the appropriate domain user and group account management tool, create a new global group called versionvault (or another group name the community has chosen).
    In the Description field, type the following text: Used exclusively by VersionVault server processes and administrators.
    Note: In Active Directory, the type of the group must be security (not distribution).
  3. Create a new user, versionvault_albd (or another user name the community has chosen), and put the group name defined in Step 2 in the new user's group list.
    1. Select the Password never expires check box.
    2. In the Description field, type the following text: Used exclusively by VersionVault servers
    3. On each HCL VersionVault host that is configured to support local VOBs and views, the versionvault_albd user must have rights to Log on as a service. In addition, this user (as with any HCL VersionVault user) must have rights to Access this computer from the network or be a member of a group that has these rights. Do not give this user right to Log on locally unless there is a specific need to do so (such as having to change the default ACL on the HCL VersionVault job scheduler).