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What vCenter permisssions does SMVI need?

saabsimcadm — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:19:55 GMT

Hi,

I'm setting up SMVI 2.0 to backup vCenter 4.0 U1 to a FAS2040 and I'd like to create a special role for the SMVI user in vCenter so that SMVI doesn't have full access. What permissions does SMVI need on the vCenter server?

Thanks in advance,
Daniel

Re: What vCenter permisssions does SMVI need?

amritad — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:12:24 GMT

Hi,

You would need the following permissions:

· DATASTORE

o Remove Datastore

o Browse Datastore

o Remove File

o Rename Datastore

· HOST

o Configuration

- Storage Partition Configuration

- Advanced Settings

- Change Settings

· VIRTUAL MACHINE

o Interaction

- Power off

- Power on

o Configuration

- Add Existing Disk

- Add New Disk

- Remove Disk

- Add or Remove Device

- Advanced

o State

- Create Snapshot

- Remove Snapshot

- Revert to snapshot

Regards

Amrita

Re: What vCenter permisssions does SMVI need?

saabsimcadm — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:43:57 GMT

Seems to be working well, thanks!

Re: What vCenter permisssions does SMVI need?

djaquays0 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:36:42 GMT

We do not use the SMVI for restores, only to take snapshots. For us, we only had to give the SMVI user

Datastore \

Browse Datastore

Virtual Machine \

Configuration \

Disk lease

Provisioning \

Allow read-only disk access

Allow virtual machine download

State \

Create snapshot

remove snapshot

This is the default VCB user permissions with the addition of the Browse Datastore permission, which SMVI requires.