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vSphere Web Client
On the source vSphere side, you need the same credentials as the ones required for
vSphere Replication. See the topic vSphere Replication Roles Reference in the VMware vSphere
Replication Administration document.
vCloud User Credentials
When you create a connection to the target virtual data center, you provide two pairs of credentials.
Connection Credentials Used for authenticating within the cloud organization, these credentials
initiate a user session with your cloud provider. Your cloud provider
manages the privileges for your user account.
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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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Organization.View Organization Networks
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Organization.View Organizations
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Organization VDC.View Organization VDCs
Credentials to the cloud are required for each target site, once per user
session, and not per operation. 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 name that you provide must 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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Organization.View Organization Networks
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Although you can use the same credentials for both connection and system monitoring, a good practice is
to use different pairs of credentials.
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