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4 Log in as the user with the assigned VRM replication viewer role.
The user cannot perform modifications on the configured replication, nor on the replication sites. Running
operations result in Permission to perform this operation was denied.
Assign VRM Virtual Machine Replication User Role
In this example, you create a vSphere Replication user who can only configure replication between sites
and use a specific datastore on the target site.
Prerequisites
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Verify that two sites are connected.
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Verify that you have another user account for each site.
Procedure
1 Log in as the Administrator user on the source site.
2 Select vCenter > Manage > Permissions and assign to this user the VRM virtual machine
replication user role with the propagate option.
3 Assign the same privilege on the target replication site.
4 On the target site, select the datastore to store your replica files, and select Manage > Permissions.
5 Edit the assigned permission and assign the VRM target datastore user role.
6 Log in as that user on the source site, select the virtual machine, and click Configure Replication to
start the configuration wizard.
7 Select the target site and enter the same user credentials.
8 Accept the default selections until Target Location.
9 For the target location, select the datastore to which you granted permission.
Selecting a datastore for which the user lacks the Target datastore user role results in the error
message Permission to perform this operation was denied.
Assign VRM Virtual Machine Recovery User Role
In this example, you create a vSphere Replication user who can perform recovery operations only if the
source site is not available.
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 the target site.
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