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

User Accounts

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

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

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

Service Account

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

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

VMware Live Site Recovery creates a service account for the HTML5 user interface during the installation. The service account is unique for each VMware Live Site Recovery instance and is for internal use by VMware Live Site Recovery 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.