NetBackup Service Account requirements

Hi guys,

We are changing the service account under which NetBackup runs.  The Wintel team have asked the questions 'Why does it need to be a domain admin?'.

Can someone please advise?

We are running SQL, VMWare, EV, Lotus Notes agents, and have one master and multiple media servers running NBU7.5.0.5 in a Windows 2008 Enterprise environment.  We also use OpsCentre.

We utilize deduplication options, both media and client side, as well as accelerator.

Regards.