Using an Axcient appliance to backup Windows 2008 server. The axcient appliance will not back up the ProgramData/Microsoft/Crypto/RSA/MachineKeys directories and files due to permission denied error messages. First of all do these files really need to be backed up? Gather from the reading that some of the files are important but not always all of them. Also gathered from the reading that improperly changing permissions on the files can render some of the files invalid which could cause issues for the users that really own them. In examing the file permissions the owner of the file cannot be displayed. How can one determine who owns the directory/file? Also caught some hints in some of the newsgroups and discussion threads that changing permissions is not enough to allow backups of the MachineKeys and Registry Hacks may be required.
Am looking for a simple checklist, in laymen's terms, of steps to follow to get the Axcient appliance to back up these directories and files.
Thank You.