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  4. VMware vSphere privileges for a full VM restore
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

VMware vSphere privileges for a full VM restore

This section details the required privileges for different transport modes during a full VM restore in VMware vSphere. Each transport mode has the specific privileges that must be allocated to ensure a successful operation. These privileges need to be set at the vCenter server level.

Privileges for transport mode: NBD

Datastore

  • Allocate space

  • Browse datastore

  • Low level file operations

Global

  • Enable methods

  • Disable methods

Network

  • Assign network

Resource

  • Assign virtual machine to resource pool

Virtual machine

  • Change configuration

    • Acquire disk lease

    • Add existing disk

    • Add new disk

    • Add or remove device

    • Advanced configuration

    • Change settings

    • Change Swapfile placement

    • Change resource

    • Remove disk

    • Toggle disk change tracking

  • Edit inventory

    • Create new

    • Remove

  • Provisioning

    • Allow disk access

    • Allow read-only access

    • Allow virtual machine download

  • Snapshot management

    • Create snapshot

    • Remove snapshot

    • Revert to snapshot

Privileges for transport mode: hotadd

Additional privileges are for required for the hotadd transport mode.

Datastore

  • Update virtual machine files

  • Update virtual machine metadata

Privileges for transport mode: SAN

The SAN transport mode requires the same privileges as NBD.

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