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NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2021-01-05

Product(s): NetBackup (9.0.0.1, 9.0)

Assets

Assets permissions include permissions for the following workloads:

See Cloud assets.

See Microsoft SQL Server assets.

See RHV assets.

See Universal shares.

See VMware assets.

Cloud assets

Permissions for cloud assets allow users to view, protect, and restore in-cloud workload assets using CloudPoint.

Table: Permissions for cloud assets

Operation	Description	Additional required operations
View	View cloud assets.
Manage access	See Manage access.	View
Granular restore	Restore individual files or folders from a cloud asset.	View
Protect	Add Cloud assets to a protection plan.	View
Restore to alternate location	Restore to an alternate location. This permission is required on the source asset.	View On the target asset: Allow restore to overwrite On the target location: View restore targets
View restore targets	View the available destinations to which to restore an asset. This permission is required on the target asset.	View
Restore to original location	Restore the cloud asset to its original location.	View On the target location: View restore targets If the original VM exists: Allow restore to overwrite
Allow restore to overwrite	Overwrite an asset if it exists.	View On the target location: View restore targets
Update configuration	Connect to or disconnect from a virtual machine. Add, update, or remove a cloud configuration. Edit VM credentials. Generate a token from CloudPoint to establish communication with the agent on the host.	View

Microsoft SQL Server assets

Permissions for Microsoft SQL Server assets allow users to view, protect, and restore SQL Server assets using the NetBackup for SQL Server agent.

Note:

To perform discovery, backups, and restores, valid credentials must exist for an availability group or an instance.

Table: Permissions for SQL Server assets

Operation	Description	Additional required operations
View	View availability groups, instances, and databases.
Create	Manually add instances.	View
Update	Update asset details. Add or update credentials for availability replicas or instances.	View
Delete	Delete availability replicas or instances.	View
Manage access	See Manage access.	View
Restore to alternate location	Restore a database to an alternate server. This permission is required for all SQL Server "MOVE" operations.	View Restore
Discover availability groups	Manually discover availability groups. To perform discovery, valid credentials must be added to one of the availability group replicas.	View
Discover databases	Manually discover databases. To perform discovery, valid credentials must be added to the instance.	View
Instant access	Create an instant access database.	View Restore
Allow restore to overwrite	Overwrite a SQL Server database if it exists.	View Restore
Protect	Add SQL Server assets to or remove them from protection plans.	View
Restore	Restore databases to the original location, a different database, or a different instance.	View
Validate credentials	Validate credentials when they are added (assigned) to an instance or a replica. This permission is required on the asset.	On the asset these additional permissions are needed: View Update On the credential the following permissions are needed: Credentials > View Credentials > Assign credentials

RHV assets

Permissions for RHV assets allow users to view, protect, and restore RHV assets.

Table: Permissions for RHV assets

Operation	Description	Additional required operations
View	View configured RHV managers and RHV assets.
View	View VM intelligent groups.	On the RHV manager that corresponds to the VM group: View
Create	Add RHV managers.	View
	Add VM intelligent groups.	View
	Add VM intelligent groups.	On the RHV manager that corresponds to the VM group: View
Update	Update asset details. Update VM intelligent group contents. Validate credentials	View
	Update VM intelligent groups.	View
	Update VM intelligent groups.	On the RHV manager that corresponds to the VM group: View
Delete	Delete RHV managers.	View
	Delete VM intelligent groups.	View
	Delete VM intelligent groups.	On the RHV manager that corresponds to the VM group: View
Manage access	See Manage access.	View
Protect	Add VMs to or remove them from a protection plan.	View
Protect	Add VM intelligent groups to or remove them from protection plans.	On the RHV manager that corresponds to the VM group: View Protect
Restore	Restore to original or to an alternate location.	View Global > NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View
Restore	Restore to original or to an alternate location.	On the target location: View restore targets Global > NetBackup management > Access hosts > View
View restore targets	View the available destinations to which to restore an asset.	View
Allow restore to overwrite	Overwrite an asset if it exists.	View Restore

Universal shares

Note:

In NetBackup 8.3 and 9.0, the ability to restore from universal share backups is only available from the NetBackup CLI or the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface. Instant access recovery is only available through the NetBackup APIs.

Permissions for universal share assets allow users to view and create instant access mounts from universal share backups images. Permissions to create and manage universal shares are in Global > Storage > Storage servers.

See Global > Storage.

Table: Permissions for universal shares

Operation	Description
Instant access	View and create instant access mount points on a universal share. Restore from a universal share. Note: When you create a role you can choose whether or not to apply permissions for universal share assets to all and to future universal share assets. If the option is enabled, a role has access to all mount points. Access cannot be provided for individual mount points. Users with this permission can also view the storage server that is associated with the universal share.
Manage access	See Manage access.

Operation

Description

Instant access

View and create instant access mount points on a universal share. Restore from a universal share.

Note: When you create a role you can choose whether or not to apply permissions for universal share assets to all and to future universal share assets. If the option is enabled, a role has access to all mount points. Access cannot be provided for individual mount points.

Users with this permission can also view the storage server that is associated with the universal share.

Manage access

See Manage access.

VMware assets

Permissions for VMware assets allow users to view, protect, and restore VMware assets.

Table: RBAC permissions for VMware assets

Operation	Description	Additional required operations
View	View VMs, vCenter servers, and ESX hosts.
View	View VM intelligent groups.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View
Create	Add ESX hosts or vCenter hosts. Validate credentials.	View
	Add VM intelligent groups.	View
	Add VM intelligent groups.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View
Update	Update ESX hosts or vCenter hosts and their credentials. Validate credentials.	View
	Update VM intelligent groups.	View
	Update VM intelligent groups.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View
Delete	Delete ESX hosts or vCenter hosts.	View
	Delete VM intelligent groups.	View
	Delete VM intelligent groups.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View
Manage access	See Manage access.	View
Restore to cloud	Restore a VM to the cloud.	View
Granular restore	Restore individual files or folders from a VM. This permission is required on the source and the target VM.	View Global > NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View Global > NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View contents
Instant access - Download files	Download individual files using instant access technology.	View Global > NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View
Instant access - Restore files	Restore individual files using instant access technology.	View Global > NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View Global > NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View contents
Instant access	Create an instant access VM.	View Global > NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View
Protect	Add VMware assets to or remove them from protection plans.	View
Protect	Add VMware intelligent groups to or remove them from protection plans.	On the vCenter that corresponds to the VM group: View Protect
Restore	Restore to the original or to an alternate location.	View Global > NetBackup management > NetBackup backup images > View Global > NetBackup management > Access hosts > View
Restore	Restore to the original or to an alternate location.	On the target location: View restore targets
View restore targets	View the available destinations to which to restore an asset.	View
Allow restore to overwrite	Allow a restore to overwrite an existing asset. Without this permission a user must restore an existing asset to a different location.	View Restore