Distributed recovery requires a replication user that has the correct permissions so that Group Replication can establish direct member-to-member replication channels. The replication user must also have the correct permissions to act as the clone user on the donor for a remote cloning operation. The same replication user must be used for distributed recovery on every group member. For instructions to set up this replication user, see Section 18.2.1.3, “User Credentials For Distributed Recovery”. For instructions to secure the replication user credentials, see Section 18.6.3.1, “Secure User Credentials for Distributed Recovery”.