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 on the machine where Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL is running. The account must have one of the following roles on the backup server: The Veeam Backup Administrator or Veeam Restore Operator default roles. A custom role with the Manage restores permission, access to the backup repository and at least the Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL restore option. For more information, see the Configuring Roles section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
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. 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 on the machine where Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL is running.

The account must have one of the following roles on the backup server:

The Veeam Backup Administrator or Veeam Restore Operator default roles.
A custom role with the Manage restores permission, access to the backup repository and at least the Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL restore option. For more information, see the Configuring Roles section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

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.

The account used to connect to the target server can be a Linux user with non-root privileges.