Workflow Manger Service Account/ Run As Account Permissions and Backup Steps.

Workflow Manager Service Account/ Run As Account Permissions and Backup Steps.

Please find the below steps you have to do before updating on Workflow Manager Server Backup.

1.       Please find the below steps you have to do before updating on Workflow Mnager server.

2.       We ensure that you have back your databases up for WFM and Service Bus, in order to ensure that you have a rollback available.

3.       Run the below commands on WFM PowerShell in RunAsAdmin mode before you take them

a.       Stop-WFHost

b.      Stop-SBHost

4.       Backup all WFM, SQl, and SharePoint snapshots of VMs endure that you have a roll back available.

5.       WFM and service Bus Databases to backup before the change are done(workflow manager default naming shown below)

a.       WFResourceManagementDB

b.      WFManagemntDB

c.       WFInstanceManagementDB

d.      SBManagementDB

e.      SBGateWayDB

f.        SBMessageContainer

 

Please find the below permissions or access required Service account/ Run As Account for Workflow Manager Farm.

 

1.       Log in to Workflow Manager primary server with Rus as Account/administrator/ farm account/ Service account.

a.       Verify Run as Account have farm account is part of below groups, if not need to be added.

b.      Open Run and type the below command.

c.       Command: lusrmgr.msc

d.      "Go to groups"

e.      Examine your login account in the groups listed below, if not need to be added.

                                       i.            Administrator

                                     ii.            Distributed COM users

                                    iii.            Remote Desktop Users

                                   iv.            Windows Fabric Administrator

                                     v.            Windows Fabric allows users

                                   vi.            IIS users

                                  vii.            Azure fabric Administrator

                                viii.            Azure Fabric allowed users.

2.       The installation account must have the "sysadmin" role on the SQL server.

Please find the references:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/service-bus-archive/jj193011(v=azure.100)