ESX Permissions

HeadStart Restore requires the following minimum permissions on the ESX server resource pool where you plan to create virtual machines and virtual disks for HeadStart Restore. If you are not using resource pools, you must set these permissions on the host, datacenter, or cluster. Arcserve recommends that you create an HSR role on the ESX server that contains at least these permissions, then assign the user accounts used by HSR jobs to the HSR role.

Category	Permissions
Datastore	Allocate space Browse datastore Low-level file operations
Global	Capacity planning Licenses Manage Custom attributes Script action
Network	Assign network
Resource	Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Virtual Machine > Configuration	Add new disk Add or remove device
Virtual Machine > Inventory	Create new
Virtual Machine > Provisioning	Allow disk access

If you restore to a vCenter cluster, HeadStart Restore also requires the following permissions on the root of the cluster:

Category	Permissions
Global	Licenses