FIM 2010 R2: Discovery script needs to be run by a user in the Local Administrators group

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This topic is intended to address a specific issue identified by a Best Practices Analyzer scan. You should apply the information in this topic only to computers that have had the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Best Practices Analyzer run against them and are experiencing the issue addressed by this topic. For more information about best practices and scans, see Best Practices Analyzer (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122786).

Product

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2

Feature

FIM Certificate Management

Operating System

Windows Server 2008 R2

Severity

Error

Category

Prerequisite

Issue

Discovery script needs to be run by a user in the Local Administrators group.

Impact

Some parts of discovery will fail due to lack of privileges

Resolution

Run Discovery script as a user in the Local Administrators group.

Ensure that your user account is a member of the local administrators group on the machine you are running the Best Practice Analyzer on.

Additional references

For more information, see the FIM 2010 R2 Deployment Guide (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134310(v=ws.10))