Site Recovery Manager uses Single Sign-On (SSO) to access vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller.

User Accounts

The vCenter Server administrators have administration access to Site Recovery Manager in the default configuration. You must use administrator credentials when you try to log in to Site Recovery Manager for the first time after the installation.

If you have administrator credentials, you can grant access to Site Recovery Manager to other users by using the vSphere Client.

For more information about Site Recovery Manager roles, privileges, and permissions, see the Site Recovery Manager Privileges, Roles, and Permissions in the Site Recovery Manager Administration documentation.

Service Account

Site Recovery Manager creates a service account during the installation and uses it during the authentication with vCenter Server . The service account is unique for each Site Recovery Manager instance and is for internal use by Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server.

Site Recovery Manager creates an additional service account on each remote site during the pairing process of sites that do not use Enhanced Linked Mode. Site Recovery Manager uses the service account to perform necessary operations on the remote site.

Site Recovery Manager creates a service account for the HTML5 user interface during the installation. The service account is unique for each Site Recovery Manager instance and is for internal use by Site Recovery Manager HTML5 UI client and vCenter Server.

Note: You must not delete and modify the roles and privileges associated with the service accounts.

For more information about the service accounts and authentication between the local and remote site, see the Site Recovery Manager Authentication topic in the Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration documentation.