Dell EMC Avamar for VMware 19.7 User Guide

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Creating a dedicated ESX host user account

We strongly recommend that you set up a separate user account on each ESX host that is strictly dedicated for use with Avamar.

About this task

Use of a generic user account such as “Administrator” might hamper future troubleshooting efforts because it might not be clear which actions are actually interfacing or communicating with the Avamar server. Using a separate ESX host user account ensures maximum clarity if it becomes necessary to examine ESX host logs.

NOTE:The user account must be added to the top (root) level in each ESX host you intend to protect.

Create a ESX host user account with privileges listed in the following table.

NOTE:When creating the user account, select Propogate to children, if the option is available.

Table 1. Minimum required ESX host user account privileges
Privilege type	Required Privileges
Alarms	Create alarm
Datastore	Allocate space Browse datastore Low level file operations Remove file
Extension	Register extension Unregister extension Update extension
Folder	Create folder
Global	Cancel task Disable methods Enable methods Licenses Log event Manage custom attributes Settings
Host > Configuration	Connection Storage partition configuration
Network	Assign network Configure
Resource	Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Sessions	Validate session
Tasks	Create task Update task
vApp	Import
Virtual machine
Configuration	Add existing disk Add new disk Add or remove device Advanced Change CPU count Change resource Disk change tracking Disk Lease Extend virtual disk Host USB device Memory Modify device settings Raw device Reload from path Remove disk Rename Reset guest information Settings Swapfile placement Upgrade virtual machine compatibility
Guest Operations	Guest Operation Modifications Guest Operation Program Execution Guest Operation Queries
Interaction	Console interaction DeviceConnection Guest operating system management by VIX API Power off Power on Reset VMware Tools install
Inventory	Create new Register Remove Unregister
Provisioning	Allow disk access Allow read-only disk access Allow virtual machine download Mark as Template
Snapshot Management	Create snapshot Remove snapshot Revert to snapshot Management
State