Instant VM Recovery

Below are vCenter Server granular permissions required for Instant VM Recovery:

Privilege Level

Required Permissions

Cryptographic operations

Direct access*

Datastore

Browse datastore
Low-level file operations
Remove file

Global

Log event

Host

Configuration

Storage partition configuration

Network

Assign network
Configure

Resource

Assign virtual machine to resource pool

vApp

Add virtual machine
Assign resource pool
Unregister

Virtual Machine

Change Configuration

Modify device settings
Toggle disk change tracking

Interaction

Configure CD media
Configure floppy media
Console interaction
Power Off
Power On

Edit Inventory

Register
Unregister

Snapshot Management

Create snapshot
Remove snapshot

* - required if a KMS server is added to vCenter Server added to your backup infrastructure.

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