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  2. NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Cloud Install and Upgrade Guide
  3. Section I. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for Cloud installation and configuration
  4. NetBackup Snapshot Manager for cloud providers
  5. Google Cloud Platform plug-in configuration notes
  6. Prerequisites for configuring the GCP plug-in using Credential and Service Account option
  7. Additional prerequisites for configuring the GCP plug-in using Service Account option
NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Cloud Install and Upgrade Guide

Additional prerequisites for configuring the GCP plug-in using Service Account option

(Applicable only when configuring GCP plug-in using service account) Ensure that you perform the following:

  • For changing API and Identity Management, GCP virtual machine must be in STOP state.

  • Attach the required service account using API and Identity Management, service account must have required plug-in permissions to configure GCP plug-in.

  • NetBackup Snapshot Manager virtual machine must have following API access scopes using Set access for each API:

    • Service Control: Enabled

    • Service Management: Read Write

    • Cloud Platform: Enabled

    • Compute Engine: Read Write

    Note:

    If changing API access scope is not available, then automatically Allow full access to all Cloud APIs must be set.

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