VMware assets

Permissions for VMware assets allow users to view, protect, and restore VMware assets.

Beginning with NetBackup 9.1, the following updates have been made:

You can give one or more job permissions to specific VMware assets.
The permissions for the Default VMware Administrator role give a user the ability to view and manage jobs for VMware assets. The role no longer includes the global permission to view all jobs for any asset.

Table: RBAC permissions for VMware assets

Operation	Description	Additional required operations
View	View VMs, vCenter servers, and ESX hosts.
View	View VM intelligent groups.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View
Create	Add ESX hosts or vCenter hosts. Validate credentials.	View
	Add VM intelligent groups.	View
	Add VM intelligent groups.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View
Update	Update ESX hosts or vCenter hosts and their credentials. Validate credentials.	View
	Update VM intelligent groups.	View
	Update VM intelligent groups.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View
Delete	Delete ESX hosts or vCenter hosts.	View
	Delete VM intelligent groups.	View
	Delete VM intelligent groups.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View
Manage access	See Manage access.	View
Protect	Add VMware assets to or remove them from protection plans.	View
Protect	Add VMware intelligent groups to or remove them from protection plans.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View Protect
View restore targets	View the available destinations to which to restore an asset.	View
Restore to cloud	Restore a VM to the cloud.	View
Granular restore	Restore individual files or folders from a VM. This permission is required on the source and the target VM.	View NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View contents
Instant access - Download files	Download individual files using instant access technology.	View NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View
Instant access - Restore files	Restore individual files using instant access technology.	View NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View contents
Instant access	Create an instant access VM.	View NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View
Restore	Restore to the original or to an alternate location.	View NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View NetBackup management > Access hosts > View
Restore	Restore to the original or to an alternate location.	On the target location: View restore targets
Allow restore to overwrite	Allow a restore to overwrite an existing asset. Without this permission a user must restore an existing asset to a different location.	View Restore
Cancel jobs	Cancel a job for a VMware asset.	View jobs
Restart jobs	Restart any job for a VMware asset.	View jobs
View jobs	View any job for a VMware asset.

VMware assets

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