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4.1.4 Privileges for VM backup and recovery
Once Acronis vmProtect 7 Agent is installed on a Windows machine or deployed to an ESX(i) host, the
first thing you do is the configuration of ESX(i) hosts/vCenter which will be managed by this Agent.
The scope of available operations depends on the privileges a user (that you have specified while
adding a ESX(i) host/vCenter in vmProtect 7 Agent web console: Configure->ESX(i) Hosts) has on the
vCenter Server. Only those actions are available that the user has permission to perform. The below
tables contain the privileges required for backup and recovery of ESX(i) virtual machines and,
additionally, for virtual appliance deployment.
Privileges on vCenter Server or ESX(i) host
Outlined in the below table are the privileges a vCenter Server user must have to perform operations
on all the vCenter hosts and clusters.
To enable a user to operate on a specific ESX host only, assign the user the same privileges on the
host. In addition, the Global->Licenses privilege is required to be able to back up virtual machines of
a specific ESX host.
Operation
Object
Privilege
Back up a
VM
Back up a
VM's disk
Recover to a
new VM
Recover to
an existing
VM
VA deployment
Datastore
Allocate space
+
+
+
Browse datastore
+
Low level file
operations
+
Global
Licenses
+
(required on
ESX host
only)
+
(required on
ESX host
only)
+
+
Network
Assign network
+
+
+
Resource
Assign VM to
resource pool
+
+
+
Virtual machine ->
Configuration
Add existing disk
+
+
+
Add new disk
+
+
+
Add or remove
device
+
+
Change CPU count
+
Memory
+
Remove disk
+
+
+
+
Rename
+