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EMC Avamar 6.1 for VMware User Guide
Configuration and Setup
Create dedicated vCenter user account
EMC strongly recommends that you set up a separate vCenter user account that is strictly
dedicated for use with Avamar. Use of a generic user account such as “Administrator”
might hamper future troubleshooting efforts because it might not be clear which
“Administrator” actions are actually interfacing, or communicating with the Avamar server.
Using a separate vCenter user account ensures maximum clarity if it becomes necessary to
examine vCenter logs.
You must perform this task for each vCenter you intend to protect.
This vCenter user account must have the following minimum privileges:
Table 3 Minimum required vCenter user account privileges (page 1 of 2)
Setting Minimum required privileges
Datastore • Allocate space
• Browse datastore
• Low level file operations
• Move datastore
•Remove datastore
•Remove file
• Rename datastore
Folder • Create Folder
Global • Cancel task
• Disable methods
•Enable methods
• Licenses
• Log event
•Settings
Network • Assign network
•Configure
Resource • Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Sessions • Validate session
Tasks • Create task
• Update task
vApp • Export
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