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  2. NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring RBAC roles for VMware administrators
  4. Assign both the Default VMware Administrator and Default AHV Administrator roles to a user
NetBackup™ for VMware Administrator's Guide

Assign both the Default VMware Administrator and Default AHV Administrator roles to a user

Follow this procedure when you want to grant RBAC access globally to a user for all Nutanix AHV assets and for all VMware assets. This role is useful for scenarios when you use the VMware workload and want to perform cross-hypervisor restores. The benefit with this role is that it is not necessary to manually select the required permissions for the source and the destination assets. However, it is not possible to restrict the permissions for specific assets with this role. In that case, you must configure a custom role.

To assign both the Default VMware Administrator and Default AHV Administrator roles to a user

  1. On the left, select Security > RBAC.
  2. Select the Default VMware Administrator role. Then select the Users tab.
  3. Enter the group name or the username. Then select Add to list.
  4. To return to the roles list, select the Close button.
  5. Select the Default AHV Administrator role. Then select the Users tab.
  6. Enter the group name or the username. Then select Add to list.
  7. To view the roles that are assigned to the group or the user, select the Users tab.

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