How to change the user name or password of the Backup Exec Services Account.docxVIP

How to change the user name or password of the Backup Exec Services Account in Backup Exec for Windows Servers (BEWS) Details:There are times when the user name or password of the Backup Exec Services Account must be changed. Backup Exec Services Manager can be used to simplify this process.Before using the Backup Exec Services Manager to change the user name or password of the Backup Exec Services Account, the user name and password must already exist. Backup Exec Services Manager does not create an account or set its password; it only configures all of the Backup Exec services to use the specified account name and password.To change the user name or password, do the following:1. Double-click Backup Exec Services Manager (Figure 1)Figure 1?2. Click Services credentials (Figure 2)Figure 2?3. Enter the required Backup Exec Services Account information in the Service Account Information Window and then click OK (Figure 3)Figure 3?4. All Backup Exec Services information will be changed (Figure 4)Figure 4?5. After applying the new settings, ?a message to restart Backup Exec Services will appear. Click OK (Figure 5).Figure 5?If the attempt failed, verify the user name, domain name and password information entered in the Service Account Information window.Note: All Backup Exec services should be stopped and restarted before proceeding with future Backup Exec jobs. This can be accomplished by clicking Stop all services and Start all services (Figure 2).To change the Backup Exec service account credentials using BEUtility do the following:Method I1. Go to the Drive Name:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec directory (default location), and double-click on BEUtility.exe to run it.2. Expand Known Media Servers, right-click on All Media Servers, select New Media Server.(Figure 6)Figure 6?3. Enter the name of the media server or Click the browse button and select the name of the Media server for which you wish to change the service account credentials (Figure 7)Figure 7? ?4. The