About managing the Veritas System Recovery Agent through Windows Services

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
The Veritas System Recovery Agent is a Windows service that runs in the background.
It provides the following:
  • The ability to locally run scheduled backup jobs, even when there are no or unauthorized users that are logged on to the computer.
  • The ability to allow administrators to remotely back up computers throughout an enterprise from Veritas System Recovery running on another computer.
See Using the Veritas System Recovery Agent.
To use the features of Veritas System Recovery, the Veritas System Recovery Agent must be started and properly configured. You can use the Windows Services tool to manage and troubleshoot the agent.
Note: To manage the Veritas System Recovery Agent, you must be logged on as a local administrator.
You can manage the Veritas System Recovery Agent in the following ways:
  • Start, stop, or disable the Veritas System Recovery Agent on local and remote computers.
See Starting or stopping the Veritas System Recovery Agent service.
  • Configure the user name and password that the Veritas System Recovery Agent uses.
See About controlling access to Veritas System Recovery.
  • Set up recovery actions to take place if the Veritas System Recovery Agent fails to start.
For example, you can restart the Veritas System Recovery Agent automatically or restart the computer.
See Setting up recovery actions when the Veritas System Recovery Agent does not start.