Thank you very much for the reply @SadiqhAhmed-MSFT it is much appreciated.
I'd actually reviewed that issue before posting my question and found that:
1) As described, it doesn't seem remotely related to the issue I am having.
2) Even if it was, it is unresolved.
At any rate I am happy to report that I think I figured out what was going on in my situation. When I configured my server for backup, I'd been logged in as a normal user and provided the (elevated) administrator credentials when prompted. This seemed to work, but in fact failed as described in my question above.
When I logged in as the administrator and uninstalled/reinstalled/reconfigured everything it is working as expected.
Thank you again for your assistance.