5.5

vSphere Replication Roles and
Permissions 2
You can use any predefined roles or clone an existing role, and add or remove privileges from it based on
your needs.
This section includes the following topics:
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Assign vSphere Replication Roles to Users
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Assign VRM Replication Viewer Role
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Assign VRM Virtual Machine Replication User Role
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Assign VRM Virtual Machine Recovery User Role
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Clone Existing VRM Administrator Role and Modify Privileges
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vSphere Replication Roles Reference
Assign vSphere Replication Roles to Users
You create roles and assign permissions for vSphere Replication in the same way as you do in vCenter.
See vSphere Users and Permissions in vSphere Security.
Assign VRM Replication Viewer Role
In this example, you create a vSphere Replication user that can view only replications sites and
replications configured between them, but cannot perform modifications.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have two sites connected and replication configured between them.
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Verify that you have another user account for each site.
Procedure
1 Log in as Administrator on the source site.
2 Select vCenter > Manage > Permissions and assign the VRM replication viewer role with the
propagate option to this user.
3 Assign the same privilege on the target replication site.
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