Specifications

This article refers to Barracuda Backup firmware version 5.0 or higher, and VMware
®
ESX/ESXi host machines, or vCenter Server
version 4.0 or higher with vSphere except where noted.
In this article:
ESX/ESXi Host Machine Permissions
vCenter Server Role for Backup and Recovery
vCenter Server Role for Scheduled Backup Operations Permissions
Barracuda Backup Set Up and Restore Permissions
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ESX/ESXi Host Machine Permissions
At a minimum, you must have the following permissions assigned to the user role on an ESX/ESXi virtual machine:
Table 1. ESX/ESXi User Role Permissions.
System Configuration Disk Change Tracking
Virtual Machine Provisioning Allow read-only disk access
Allow virtual machine download
Virtual Machine State Create snapshot
Remove snapshot
Global DisableMethods
EnableMethods
License
If you are using SCSI hot-adding on an ESX/ESXi virtual machine, the user role must have the following
permissions:
All of the permissions listed in Table 1, and
The Barracuda Backup must have all of the permissions listed in Table 2:
Table 2. Barracuda Backup Minimum Permissions.
System Configuration Permissions
Datastore Allocate space
Virtual Machine Configuration Add existing disk
Add new disk
Add or remove device
Change resource
Remove disk
Settings
vCenter Server Role for Backup and Recovery
If you wish to assign privileges to a vCenter Server user or a user in Active Directory (AD), you can create a new user with the VMware vCenter
roles.