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Create caroot Equivalence

By default, Arcserve Backup creates a caroot equivalency for the administrator user on the primary and all member servers during setup. However, it does not create this equivalency for any other users on the member servers and all other member users. Hence, prior to using the command line utilities in an Arcserve Backup domain, you must create this equivalency.

The caroot password can consist of any combination of alphanumeric and special characters, but may not exceed 15 bytes. A password totaling 15 bytes equates to approximately 7 to 15 characters.

By creating an equivalence list, all clients can use Arcserve Backup without the user logging into the Domain. Arcserve Backup can validate if the current user has equivalent access to the domain. The access rights to the operating system ensure a particular access level to the Arcserve Backup domain.

For more information about creating equivalence, see the section about ca_auth in the Command Line Reference Guide.

More information:

How Arcserve Backup Equivalence Works

Equivalency and the System Account