Ownership and Permissions for Web Console Users of the VSA with VMware

The Web Console is available to end users of virtual machines.

End users of virtual machines must have ownership of all VMs they are restoring (source and destination), and the required permissions needed for the operation. You can assign users or user groups as owners, including users and groups defined in Active Directory or directly in the CommCell. Assign permissions on the Security > Associations tab for the VM or destination client.

Ownership and Permissions Required for Web Console

Operation	Ownership	Client Permissions
Browse VMs and files	Source VM	Browse
Restore full VMs in place	Source VM	Browse on source VM In Place Full Machine Recovery on source VM
Restore full VMs out of place	Source VM	Browse on source VM Out of Place Full Machine Recovery on source VM
Restore files and folders in place	Source VM	Browse on source VM In Place Recover on source VM Out of Place Recover on source VM (when restoring to a different location on the VM)
Restore files and folders out of place	Source VM Destination client with Windows File System agent	Browse on source VM In Place Recover and Out of Place Recover on destination client with Windows File System agent Out of Place Recover on source VM
Download files and folders	Source VM	Browse on source VM Download on source VM In Place Recover on source VM Out of Place Recover on source VM

Best Practices for Web Console Configuration

The best practice for configuring ownership and permissions for the Web Console is as follows:

For each virtual machine the user needs to access, or for destination clients with Windows File System agent, assign the user or a user group that contains each user as an owner.
Assign permissions for the virtual machine or client.

For more information, see Configuring Ownership and Permissions for a Client or Virtual Machine.