RBAC roles for the Nutanix AHV administrator
NetBackup enables control over which users can access which Nutanix AHV or other workloads using Role Based Access Control (RBAC). Depending on your environment, you may want to configure RBAC for Nutanix AHV administrators in the following ways.
Table: RBAC roles to use or to create for the Nutanix AHV administrator
Type of access needed | Roles to use or create | |
|---|---|---|
Manage Nutanix AHV assets and configuration and perform restores to Nutanix AHV. | role | |
Manage Nutanix AHV assets and VMware assets and have cross-hypervisor support. | and roles | With these roles the administrator can also manage the following: Credentials for Nutanix AHV. (Prism Central servers tab or the AHV cluster tab in .) Credentials for a vCenter, ESX server, etc. (VMware servers tab in ). |
Full access to Nutanix AHV with additional permissions for VMware assets. | Create a custom role. | This role is useful for scenarios when you want to restore from VMware backup images and want to use the AHV workload after recovery. |
Full access to VMware with additional permissions for Nutanix AHV assets. | Create a custom role. | This role is useful for scenarios when you use the VMware workload and want to perform cross-hypervisor restores. |
Note the following:
To create an RBAC role, you must have the RBAC Administrator role or the permissions to create roles.
To create a credential, you must have the RBAC Administrator role or a role that has permissions to create credentials. The and the role can assign a credential to a user, but cannot create a credential in credential management.
Contact your NetBackup administrator for assistance with creating roles and credentials.