Configuring Vmware Users; Configuring Clusters; Esx Server Systems In A Cluster; Vmware Users - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Integration Manual

Configuring VMware users

1. Identify or configure the following users:
Table 3 VMware users
VirtualCenter users
(VirtualCenter environment)
ESX Server users
(standalone ESX Server
environment)
2. Add all these users to the Data Protector admin or operator user group.
For details on adding users, see the online Help index: "adding users".
NOTE:
If your VirtualCenter Server system is in a cluster, add the users from both
nodes to the Data Protector admin or operator user group.

Configuring clusters

ESX Server systems in a cluster

If your ESX Server systems are configured in a high availability cluster, open the
cluster settings dialog box in the Virtual Infrastructure client and select the option
Allow virtual machines to be powered on even if they violate availability constrains.
NOTE:
This option is applicable only for the Suspend backup method. Therefore, it is not
applicable for ESXi Server systems.
If the option is not selected, you may encounter problems when trying to back up virtual
machines that have migrated to other ESX Server systems after a failover. More
specifically, Data Protector may not be able to power on the virtual machines at the end
of the session.
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For each VirtualCenter Server system, identify the
Windows operating system user who administers the
VirtualCenter Server.
For each standalone ESX Server system, identify an
operating system user who has read, write, and
execute permissions on the related datastores.