Account Permissions

The accounts used to deploy and administer backup infrastructure components must have the following permissions.

Backup Server Windows Account Permissions

The Windows account used to install Veeam Backup & Replication on the backup server must have the following permissions.

Account

Required Permission

Setup Account

The account used to install Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Plug-in for Scale Computing HyperCore must have the Local Administrator permissions on the backup server.

Veeam Backup & Replication User Account

The account used to run Veeam Backup & Replication services must be a LocalSystem account or must have the Local Administrator permissions on the backup server.

Scale Computing HyperCore Cluster Permissions

The account that the backup server uses to access the Scale Computing HyperCore cluster must have the Admin role assigned or posses the following permissions: Backup, VM Create/Edit, VM Delete, VM Power Controls, Cluster Settings.