Create a user account for the application administrator

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Create a user account for an administrator who can run backup and restore operations for the resources in your environment.

Before you begin

For example purposes, the following steps show how to create an account for an individual user who is responsible for protecting VMware data by using vSnap server as a backup storage provider. This account uses an existing user role and resource group.

To create an account for an LDAP group, see Creating a user account for an LDAP group.

To create custom user roles and resource groups, see Creating a resource group and Creating a role

Procedure

To create an account for an application administrator, complete the following steps:

  1. In the navigation panel, click Accounts > User.
  2. Click Add User. The Add User pane is displayed.
  3. Click Select the type of user or group you want to add > Individual new user.
  4. Enter a username and password for the application administrator.
  5. Click Add new permission. Expand the permission pane that appears.
  6. In the Assign Role section, click VM Admin.
    The permissions for this role are shown in the Permission Groups section.
  7. In the Choose Resource Groups To Assign section, select All Resources.
    Figure 1. Creating a user account and assigning a role
    This image depicts an example of creating a user account
  8. Click Create user.