Permissions

The following table lists the user account permissions necessary to launch Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL and recover PostgreSQL data.

Operation	Required Roles and Permissions
Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL launch	The account used to run Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL must meet the following requirements: The account must be a member of the local Administrators or Users group. The account must have the Veeam Backup Administrator or Veeam Restore Operator role on the backup server.
Restore, Publish, Instant Recovery	The account used for PostgreSQL data recovery must be a Linux user with root privileges on the target machine. Root privileges are required to mount the backed-up file system to the target server and to communicate with PostgreSQL.
Export	The account used to connect to the staging server must be a Linux user with root privileges. Consider the following when configuring the account used to connect to the target server: When you export data to the local host where Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL is running, the account under which Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL is running must be a member of the local Administrators group. When you export data to a Linux server, the account used to connect to the target server can be a Linux user with non-root privileges.

Operation

Required Roles and Permissions

Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL launch

The account used to run Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL must meet the following requirements:

The account must be a member of the local Administrators or Users group.
The account must have the Veeam Backup Administrator or Veeam Restore Operator role on the backup server.

Restore, Publish, Instant Recovery

The account used for PostgreSQL data recovery must be a Linux user with root privileges on the target machine. Root privileges are required to mount the backed-up file system to the target server and to communicate with PostgreSQL.

Export

The account used to connect to the staging server must be a Linux user with root privileges.

Consider the following when configuring the account used to connect to the target server:

When you export data to the local host where Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL is running, the account under which Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL is running must be a member of the local Administrators group.
When you export data to a Linux server, the account used to connect to the target server can be a Linux user with non-root privileges.