Dell EMC Avamar for VMware 19.7 User Guide

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Creating a dedicated vCenter user account

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

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Using a separate vCenter user account ensures maximum clarity if it becomes necessary to examine vCenter logs. 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.

NOTE:The user account must be added to the top (root) level in each vCenter that you intend to protect. If you create the user account at any other level (for example, at a datacenter level), backups fail.

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