Error when configuring replication to replicate backup information: “Cannot connect to Recovery Manager for Active Directory on the specified computer.” (4236980)

You create a local user account on the first RMAD server (RMAD_User) and add the account to the Local Administrators group. User Account Control (UAC) is enabled on the server. You then configure replication on the second RMAD server, selecting to use a local user account (again, named RMAD_User), to replicate the backups from the first RMAD server. The following error may occur:

“Cannot connect to Recovery Manager for Active Directory on the specified computer.”

The logs show the following error:

“A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated”

WORKAROUND 1:

Disable UAC by setting the EnableLUA value to 0, which is found under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system

WORKAROUND 2:

Disable UAC Remote Restrictions by creating a DWORD named LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy under the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Set the value of the new DWORD to 1

Please see the following for more information:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/951016/description-of-user-account-control-and-remote-restrictions-in-windows