RecoverPoint for VM -- vCenter permission

Hi there,

RPVM requires vCenter admin privileges for deployment and ongoing operations. We're working on documenting a more granular list of roles we need. If you need more info, feel free to contact me offline.

Regards,

Idan Kentor

RecoverPoint Corporate Systems Engineering

@IdanKentor

idan.kentor@emc.com

Hi Idan,

Is there any update on the granular list of permissions required? Our customer (understandably) doesn't really like handing out full admin rights...

Thanks,

Jon

It appears there is no way of limiting user access to RP4VM.  In testing I've found if the user has any permission to vCenter including Read-Only access, they're able to perform any action including failing over any consistency group.  All RP4VM actions are performed by the admin user instead of the logged in user and there are no access permissions to keep them out of the plugin. 

That is not accurate, we have a solution which hides the plugin from users without a certain privilege.

Contact me offline for more info.

Regards,

Idan Kentor

RecoverPoint Corporate Systems Engineering

@IdanKentor

idan.kentor@emc.com

Can you provide the documentation on how to do this? I looked and wasn’t able to find it. Also is there the ability to limit permissions for a user to certain consistency groups?

Michael Kozak | Principal Network & Systems Administrator

mkozak@smg.com | (P) 816.841.5625 | (M) 785.304.3670

Michael,

I'll provide more details offline, I've seen your email and I'll get to it.