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vCloud User Credentials
When you create a connection to the target virtual data center, you provide two pairs of credentials.
Connection Credentials
Used to authenticate within the cloud organization, these credentials initiate
a user session with your cloud provider. The privileges for your user account
are managed by your cloud provider.
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com.vmware.hcs.{com.vmware.hcs}:ViewRight
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Credentials to the cloud are required for each target site, once per user
session, and not per operation in the vSphere Web Client. When the
authenticated user session to a target site expires, users are prompted to
input their credentials again.
System Monitoring
Credentials
Used at runtime to let the source and the target site communicate. These
credentials are stored in the vSphere Replication appliance on the source site.
The user that you provide should be assigned the vSphere Replication role,
or the following rights in your cloud organization .
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com.vmware.hcs.{com,vmware.hcs}:ManageRight
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com.vmware.hcs.{com,vmware.hcs}:ViewRight
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Although you can use the same credentials for both connection and system monitoring, a good practice is to
use dierent pairs of credentials.
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