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NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

VMware vSphere privileges for individual vmdk restore privileges

This section details the privileges that are required for individual virtual machine disk (vmdk) restore operations within VMware vSphere. The privileges that are indicated are specifically for restoring to the original location of the virtual machine (VM). These privileges need to be set at the vCenter server level.

Global

  • Enable methods

  • Disable methods

Resource

  • Assign virtual machine to resource pool

Virtual machine

  • Change configuration

    • Add existing disk

    • Add new disk

    • Add or remove disk

    • Remove disk

    • Toggle disk change tracking

  • Edit inventory

    • Create new

    • Remove

  • Interaction

    • Power off

    • Power on

  • Provisioning

    • Allow disk access

    • Allow read-only access

    • Allow virtual machine download

  • Snapshot management

    • Create snapshot

    • Remove snapshot

    • Remove snapshot

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