How to protect SQL using service account with least privilege?

I need to enter in a service account when connecting to the SQL server in the AppSync > Copy Management > Microsoft SQL Server settings in AppSync 3.5.

Chapter 6 (Protect SQL Server) in the AppSymc 3.5 User and Administration guide is unclear about what SQL server permissions are needed by this service account.  The guide only references how to get a domain account access to log onto the Windows servers, not what permissions are needed inside SQL (Page 108: Setting up permissions for a domain account that does not have local administrator privileges )

I’m assuming at a minimum the service account needs to be able to:

• - Run “backup database” commands
• - Restore and create databases
• - Manage Windows failover cluster resources

In our environment, simply being a member of the local administrators group does not give you access to SQL server.  The DBAs must grant access to the SQL instances/databases.

If I use an account that has full administrator permissions on Windows and full SQL server permissions everything works fine.  However, I need to use a dedicated service account with limited permissions.

How do I setup the permissions on SQL server to allow this dedicated service account to have least privileges?

Ben