Rights needed to run Backup Exec VMware plug-in
I'm considering rolling out the Backup Exec Management Plugin for VMware with the vSphere C# client.
However need to establish the minimum set of permissions required by a user to effectively use...
Verbatim from the Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware User's Guide -
You must have backup operator rights on the media server that protects the virtual machines that you want to monitor.
Infact, media server credentials are required to access the various tabs.
Afaik, the custom annotations are used to store BE's protection information about the VMs such as backup type, backup media server, last backup etc.
Let me check internally if i can find more information about the annotations.
EDITED**
The Annotations displays the following info -
- BE Backup Method: Specified the backup method used like Full/Incremental/Differential
- BE Backup Status: Status of the last backup run (Successful/Failed/None)
- BE Media Server: Name of the BE Media Server
- Last Backup On: Date and time of the last backup ran
- Next Backup On: Date and time of the next scheduled backup
