You are employed as a network administrator at ABC.com. ABC.com has an Active Directory
domain named ABC.com. All servers on the ABC.com network have Windows Server 2012
installed.
ABC.com has a server, named ABC-SR07, which is backed up on a regular basis. A new
ABC.com employee, named Kara Lang, has been assigned the duty of backing up ABC-SR07.
Kara Lang must be able to use her user account to perform her duty, without granting her
unnecessary permissions.
Which of the following actions should you take?
A.
You should consider adding Kara Lang’s user account to the Backup Operators group on ABCSR07.
B.
You should consider adding Kara Lang’s user account to the Global Backup Operators group in
the ABC.com domain.
C.
You should consider adding Kara Lang’s user account to the Local Administrators group on
ABC-SR07.
D.
You should consider adding Kara Lang’s user account to the Global Administrators group in the
ABC.com domain.
Explanation:
A backup operator is an user that can back up and restore the computer regardless of file system security. A member of the Backup Operators group can extract files and directories for which the user would normally not have access.
A member of the Backup Operators group can extract files and directories for which the user would normally not have access. Membership in this group permits users to open any file for backup purposes, however, once the file has been opened for read access it can be redirected by the Backup Operator to any location.
By default, users are allowed to backup and restore files for which they have the appropriate file and directory permissions without requiring membership in the Backup Operators group.
A type of local or global group that contains the user rights you need to back up and restore files and folders. Members of the Backup Operators group can back up and restore files and folders regardless of ownership, permissions, encryption, or auditing settings.
The Backup Operators group allows users to back up and restore files regardless of whether they have read or write access to the files. Since this group has a limited set of user rights, some functions are not available to members of the Backup Operators group.
The following summarizes the client operations which can and cannot be performed by a member of Backup Operators:
Can back up and restore files
Can back up system state.
Can restore system state. (Windows® XP and 2003 only). On Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 2008, you must be a member of the Administrators group to restore system state.
Can start the TSM Scheduler service
Cannot start any other services (TSM Client Acceptor, TSM Remote Client Agent, and TSM Journal Service)
Cannot install and configure client services
Cannot use open file support
Cannot perform image backup and restore operations
Cannot back up and restore Windows file shares