When you install vSphere Replication with VMware Live Site Recovery, the vCenter Server administrator role inherits all of the VMware Live Site Recovery and vSphere Replication privileges.
If you manually assign a VMware Live Site Recovery role to a user or user group, or if you assign a VMware Live Site Recovery role to a user or user group that is not a vCenter Server administrator, these users do not obtain vSphere Replication privileges. The VMware Live Site Recovery roles do not include the privileges of the vSphere Replication roles. For example, the VMware Live Site Recovery Recovery Administrator role includes the privilege to run recovery plans, including recovery plans that contain vSphere Replication protection groups, but it does not include the privilege to configure vSphere Replication on a virtual machine. The separation of the VMware Live Site Recovery and vSphere Replication roles allows you to distribute responsibilities between different users. For example, one user with the VRM administrator role is responsible for configuring vSphere Replication on virtual machines, and another user with the VMware Live Site Recovery Recovery Administrator role is responsible for running recoveries.
In some cases, a user who is not vCenter Server administrator might require the privileges to perform both VMware Live Site Recovery and vSphere Replication operations. To assign a combination of VMware Live Site Recovery and vSphere Replication roles to a single user, you can add the user to two user groups.
Assign VMware Live Site Recovery and vSphere Replication Roles to a User
By creating two user groups, you can grant to a user the privileges of both a VMware Live Site Recovery role and a vSphere Replication role, without that user being a vCenter Server administrator.
- Create two user groups.
- Assign a VMware Live Site Recovery role to one user group, for example VMware Live Site Recovery administrator.
- Assign a vSphere Replication role to the other user group, for example VRM administrator.
- Add the user to both user groups.
The user has all the privileges of the VMware Live Site Recovery administrator role and of the VRM administrator role.
