What User Permissions are required for VMware vCenter access for VADP backup / restore?
Answer
For complete vCenter protection, credentials with Administrative permissions on the local machine and credentials with Administrative permissions on vCenter Server are required.
If the vCenter is on a Windows environment, the Domain Administrator credentials should be fine.
If the backup / restore user account other than Administrator is used, ensure that the following permissions are assigned to the user account:
BACKUP PERMISSION REQUIREMENTS Datastore
o Allocate Space
o Browse a Datastore
o Low level file operations Global
o Disable methods
o Enable methods
o Licenses Virtual Machine
– Configuration
o Add existing disk
o Add new disk
o Add or remove device
o Change resource
o Disk change tracking
o Disk lease
o Remove Disk
o Settings Virtual Machine
– Provisioning
o Allow read-only disk access
o Allow virtual machine download
o Clone virtual machine Virtual Machine
– State
o Create snapshot
o Remove snapshot
RESTORE PERMISSION REQUIREMENTS Resource
o Assign virtual machine to resource pool
o Assign vApp to resource pool Virtual Machine
– Configuration
o Add existing disk
o Add new disk
o Add or Remove device
o Advanced
o Change CPU Count
o Change Resource
o Disk Change Tracking
o Disk Lease
o Host USB device
o Memory
o Modify device setting
o Raw device
o Reload from path
o Remove disk
o Rename
o Reset guest information
o Settings
o Swapfile placement
o Upgrade virtual hardware Virtual Machine
– Interaction
o Power Off
o Power On Virtual Machine
– Inventory
o Create new
o Register
o Remove
o Unregister Virtual Machine
– Provisioning
o Allow disk access
o Allow read-only disk access
o Allow virtual machine download Virtual Machine
– State
o Create snapshot
o Remove snapshot
o Revert to snapshot Network
o Assign network Datastore
o Allocate space
