PowerProtect Data Manager 19.9 Administration and User Guide

Creating a dedicated vCenter user account

Dell EMC strongly recommends that you set up a separate vCenter user account at the root level of the vCenter that is strictly dedicated for use with PowerProtect Data Manager and the VM Direct protection engine.

Use of a generic user account such as “Administrator” could make future troubleshooting efforts difficult as it might not be clear which “Administrator” actions are actually interfacing or communicating with PowerProtect Data Manager. Using a separate vCenter user account ensures maximum clarity if it becomes necessary to examine vCenter logs.

You can specify the credentials for a vCenter user account when you add the vCenter as an asset source in the UI. When you add the vCenter, ensure that you specify a user whose role is defined at the vCenter level and not restricted to a lower level container object in the vSphere object hierarchy.