Permissions

Members of VMware Cloud Director organization can use Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal to backup and restore resources of their Cloud Director organization. To authenticate users, Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal uses LDAP and local user authentication. SAML authentication is also supported if you access Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal from the Cloud Director UI using Veeam Plug-in for VMware Cloud Director. For more information, see Accessing Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal.

The following organization members have access to Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal:

  • Cloud Director organization administrator
  • Cloud Director organization member that has all of the following rights granted in VMware Cloud Director:
  • General: Administrator Control
  • General: Administrator View
  • User: View Users and Groups
  • Organization: View Organization Administrative Details (required for access using Veeam Plug-in for VMware Cloud Director only)
  • Any Cloud Director organization members whose roles (or associated LDAP user roles) are defined in registry keys and with the Group / User: View right granted in VMware Cloud Director. For more information, contact Veeam Customer Support.

Note

Cloud Director system administrators cannot access Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal since they are not organization members.