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Cumulative Permissions

This section lists cumulative vCenter permissions required for Veeam Backup & Replication operations.

Important

To back up and restore virtual machines in VMware vSphere 5.x environment, make sure the following permissions are set for the corresponding account at the vCenter Server level: Disable Methods, Enable Methods, Licenses.

For more information, refer to the VMware Knowledge Base KB 2063054 article.

Note

The permissions to create and edit tag categories can only be granted at the root level.

Cumulative Permissions
Privilege Level		Cumulative Permissions
Cryptographic operations*		Add disk Direct Access Encrypt Encrypt new Migrate
dvPort Group		Create Delete Modify
Datastore		Allocate space Browse datastore Configure datastore Low-level file operations Remove file
Extension		Register extension Unregister extension
Folder		Create folder Delete folder
Global		Disable methods Enable methods Licenses Log event Manage custom attributes Set custom attribute Settings
Host	Configuration	Advanced settings Maintenance Network configuration Query patch Storage partition configuration
vSphere Tagging		Assign or Unassign vSphere Tag Assign or Unassign vSphere Tag on Object
Network		Assign network Configure
Resource		Assign virtual machine to resource pool Create resource pool Migrate powered off virtual machine Migrate powered on virtual machine Remove resource pool
Datastore cluster		Configure a datastore cluster
Profile-driven storage		Profile-driven storage update Profile-driven storage view
vApp		Add virtual machine Assign resource pool Unregister
Virtual Machine	Change Configuration	Acquire disk lease Add existing disk Add new disk Add or remove device Advanced configuration Change Settings Change resource Configure RAW device** Extend virtual disk Modify device settings Remove disk Rename Set annotation Toggle disk change tracking
	Edit Inventory	Create Register Remove Unregister
	Guest operations	Guest operation modifications Guest operation program execution Guest operation queries
	Interaction	Configure CD media Configure floppy media Console interaction Connect devices Guest operating system management by VIX API Power Off Power On Suspend
	Provisioning	Allow disk access Allow read-only disk access Allow virtual machine download Allow virtual machine files upload Mark as template* Mark as virtual machine*
	Snapshot Management	Create snapshot Remove snapshot Rename snapshot Revert to snapshot

* required if encryption policies are used
** required if machines have Virtual Compatibility RDM disks and Virtual appliance mode is used for a backup proxy
*** required for template restore