Required Permissions

To connect to a host, Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V uses credentials of the account under which the tool was launched. This account must have the following permissions:

• Local Administrator on the host

-OR-

• A user added to the Performance Log Users group on the host

If the computer, on which Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V is installed, is not a part of the domain to which the host belongs, or if these computers are located in two separate untrusted domains, launch Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V using the Run as different user option and check that the account has sufficient privileges on the host.

To launch Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V using the Run as different user option, follow these steps:

• In Windows Server 2012 and later:

1. Open Start > All Apps and find Task Manager for Hyper-V.
2. Select Task Manager for Hyper-V and choose the Run as different user option from the app bar.
3. Enter credentials of the account under which the Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V will run.

The user name should be specified in the DOMAIN\USERNAME format.

• In earlier Windows versions:

1. Navigate to Start > All Programs > Veeam > Task Manager for Hyper-V > Task Manager for Hyper-V.
2. Press and hold the Shift key and right-click the Task Manager for Hyper-V shortcut, then choose the Run as different user option.
3. Enter credentials of the account under which the Veeam Task Manager for Hyper-V will run.

The user name should be specified in the DOMAIN\USERNAME format.

Alternatively, you can run the following command: