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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Running NetBackup services with non-privileged user (service user) account
  4. NetBackup services that run with the service user account
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

NetBackup services that run with the service user account

Starting with NetBackup 9.1, the following NetBackup services can be run with the service user account:

Windows

UNIX

SQLANYs_VERITAS_NB

NB_dbsrv

NetBackup Request Daemon

bprd

NetBackup Database Manager

bpdbm

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bpjobd

NetBackup Compatibility Service

bpcompatd

NetBackup Audit Manager

nbaudit

NetBackup Event Manager

nbevtmgr

NetBackup Enterprise Media Manager

nbemm

NetBackup Resource Broker

nbrb

NetBackup Job Manager

nbjm

NetBackup Policy Execution Manager

nbpem

NetBackup Service Layer

nbsl

NetBackup Storage Lifecycle Manager

nbstserv

NetBackup Proxy Service

nbproxy

NetBackup Indexing Manager

nbim

NetBackup Agent Request Server

nbars

NetBackup Key Management Service

nbkms

NetBackup Vault Manager

nbvault

Anomaly Detection Management Service

nbanomalymgmt

vnetd-child-proxies

  • vnetd -proxy inbound_proxy -number 0

  • vnetd -proxy outbound_proxy -number 0

  • vnetd -proxy http_api_tunnel -number 0

  • vnetd -proxy http_pbx_tunnel -number 0

Note:

If you have selected Administrator account as a privileged service account (the user account that the vnetd standalone service uses) then the vnetd child proxies run with the same Administrator account.

vnetd-child-proxies

  • vnetd -proxy inbound_proxy -number 0

  • vnetd -proxy outbound_proxy -number 0

  • vnetd -proxy http_api_tunnel -number 0

  • vnetd -proxy http_pbx_tunnel -number 0

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