CDP with Veeam Cloud Connect

To use the continuous data protection with Veeam Cloud Connect, you need the vCenter Server permissions described in Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for both the service provider and tenant. You also need the permissions described in the following table. All of them are required for the service provider and only some for the tenant, which is marked with an asterisk.

CDP with Veeam Cloud Connect

Privilege Level

Required Permissions

dvPort Group

Create
Delete

Folder

Create folder,
Delete folder

Host

Configuration

Network configuration

Resource

Create resource pool,
Modify resource pool
Remove resource pool

VM

Change Configuration

Add o remove device*,
Set annotation*

Interaction

Power on*,
Power off*

* The permission is required only for tenants who plan to perform Full Site Failover with a tenant-side network extension appliance. If you use Veeam Cloud Connect for backup only, or for replication without Full Site Failover, the permission is not needed for the tenant and can be skipped.

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