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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section I. Identity and access management
  4. Role-based access control
  5. Default VMware Administrator
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

Default VMware Administrator

This role has all the permissions that are necessary to manage VMware virtual machines and to back up those assets with protection plans.

To view all jobs for VMware assets, a user must have this role. Or, the user must have a similar custom role with following option applied when the role was created: Apply selected permissions to all existing and future VMware assets.

Table: RBAC permissions for Default VMware Administrator role

Type

Permissions

Global permissions > NetBackup management

Access hosts

View, Create, Delete

NetBackup hosts

View, Update

 

Continuous data protection gateway

View, Create, Delete

 

Host properties

View, Create, Update

NetBackup backup images

View, View contents

Resource limits

View, Create, Update, Delete

Trusted primary servers

View

Global permissions > Storage

Storage units

View

Replication-capable target storage servers

View

Assets

VMware assets

All permissions

Protection plans

Full permissions

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