Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
Below are vCenter Server granular permissions required for continuous data protection (CDP):
Privilege Level | Required Permissions | |
---|---|---|
Datastore | Allocate space | |
Datastore cluster | Configure a datastore cluster | |
Global | Diagnostics | |
Host | Configuration | Advanced settings |
Network | Assign network | |
Profile-driven storage (for VMware vSphere prior to 8.x) | Profile-driven storage update | |
VM storage policies (for VMware starting from 8.x) | Apply VM storage policies | |
Resource | Assign virtual machine to resource pool | |
Sessions | privilege.StorageProfile.ViewPermissions.label | |
vApp | Add virtual machine | |
Virtual Machine | Change Configuration | Acquire disk lease |
Edit Inventory | Register | |
Guest operations | Guest operation modifications | |
Interaction | Device connection | |
Provisioning | Allow disk access | |
Snapshot Management | Create snapshot |