Remote backup of user shares on Windows 2012 Storage Server without Remote Agent installed fails with Remote Agent not detected

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Description

Error Message

Final error: 0x0009b61 - Backup Exec could not log on to the server with the logon account specified for it.  The logon account does not have valid credentials.  Ensure that the user name and password are correct in the logon account.

Final error category: Security Errors.

Backup - SERVERNAME

Remote Agent not detected on SERVERNAME

The logon account that was provided does not have valid credentials.

Ensure that the user name and password are correct, and then try again.

Cause

It is expected that the job should complete with exceptions since no Remote Agent is detected on the remote Windows server but it should not fail.

Resolution

Workaround: Install the Agent for WIndows Servers on the remote Windows Server.

Veritas Technologies LLC has acknowledged that the above-mentioned issue is present in the current version(s) listed under the Product(s) Section of this article. Veritas Technologies LLC is committed to product quality and satisfied customers.

There are currently no plans to address this issue by way of a patch or hotfix in the current or previous versions of the software at the present time. This issue may be resolved in a future major revision of the software at a later time. However, this particular issue is not currently scheduled for any release.  If you feel this issue has a direct business impact for you and your continued use of the product, please contact your Veritas Sales representative or the Veritas Sales group to discuss these concerns.  For information on how to contact Veritas Sales, please see http://www.veritas.com

Please be sure to refer back to this document periodically as any changes to the status of the issue will be reflected here.

Issue/Introduction

With Backup Exec installed on a Windows 2012 Storage Server and a remote Windows 2012 storage server is added in Backup Exec as a 'File server or NDMP data server' with User Shares enabled and selected, and a backup is run, the job may fail with errors:

Additional Information

ETrack: 3544060