Create alarm

When Zerto is installed in vSphere environments, all Zerto alerts are propagated as Alarms in vCenter. As such, upon installation, the alarms matching the alerts are created. Zerto controls enabling and disabling the alarms.

See the correlation between alerts and alarms in Zerto Virtual Replication - Guide to Alarms, Alerts and Events.

 

Remove alarm

When Zerto is uninstalled, the alarm definitions added above are removed.

(from vCenter 5.5 and 6.0) Permissions

 

Modify permission

When Zerto is installed in vSphere environments, it creates seven different privileges that can be assigned to vCenter users that login to Zerto (or when viewing Zerto UI from within vSphere Client).

 

Allocate space

Needed to allocate datastore space when Zerto creates or reconfigures VMs.

 

Browse datastore

Needed for in-GUI datastore browser and VPG import.

 

Configure datastore

Needed to create/remove directories within the Datastore.

 

Remove file

Used for cleanup of volumes in a number of situations (for example, cleanup of VRAs, journals, folders, etc.).

 

Low level file operations

Needed to move files managed by Zerto (for example, mirrors, journals, etc.) between folders. Specifically used in recovery operations (for example, Failover), but may be used during other procedures.

 

Update virtual machine files

 

 

Configure a datastore cluster

Used when installing VRAs to enable/disable storage DRS within datastore clusters

 

Register extension

Needed to create the vSphere Client plugin, 'ManagedBy' extension, and other features related to Zerto's integration with vCenter.

 

Unregister extension

Needed to remove the vSphere Client plugin, 'ManagedBy' extension, and other features when removing ZVR.

 

Create folder

Used during recovery operations to create VM folders.

 

Cancel task

Used to remove tasks created by ZVR to track operations.

 

Diagnostics

Used when pulling diagnostic logs from vCenter/ESXi.

 

Disable methods

Used to disable methods on protected objects like VRAs and 'Testing Recovery' VMs.

 

Enable methods

Used to re-enable methods disabled by Zerto.

 

Log event

Used for pushing Zerto events to vSphere for tracking.

 

Advanced settings

Not used by Zerto.

 

Virtual machine autostart configuration

Used when creating new VRAs/diskboxes.

 

Change settings

Used during VRA deployment.

 

Security profile and firewall

Used during VRA deployment.

 

Query Patch

Used during VRA deployment.

 

Modify cluster

Used for settings affinity rules for VRAs, and disabling DRS/HA for recovery VMs before commit.

 

Assign network

Used for assigning VMs to various networks.

 

Assign vApp to resource pool

Used for moving recovery vApps into the correct resource pools.

 

Assign virtual machine to resource pool

Used for moving recovery VMs into the correct resource pool.

 

Migrate a powered off virtual machine

Used for migrating VRAs back to the correct host if they've been moved off. Also for migrating recovery VMs back to the correct host when they are migrated by vCD when adding VMs into vCD vApp.

 

Migrate a powered on virtual machine

Used for migrating VRAs back to the correct host if they've been moved off. Also for migrating recovery VMs back to the correct host when they are migrated by vCD when adding VMs into vCD vApp.

 

Validate session

Used for validating the current session between ZVM and vCenter.

 

Create task

Used for creating tracking tasks within vCenter.

Update task

Used for updating tracking tasks created by Zerto.

 

vApp application configuration

Used for configuring recovery vApps created by ZVR.

 

Assign resource pool

Used for moving recovery vApps into the correct resource pool.

 

Add virtual machine

Used for moving recovery VMs into the correct vApp.

 

Create

Used for creating recovery vApps.

 

Delete

Used for deleting recovery vApps (for example, when stopping FOT).

 

Import

Used during VRA OVF deployment.

 

Power off

Used for powering off recovery vApps (for example, when stopping FOT).

 

Power on

Used for powering on recovery vApps.

 

Add existing disk

Used to attach disks to VRAs/recovery VMs.

 

Add new disk

Used to create new journal/mirror disks on VRAs.

 

Add or remove device

Used for adding various devices (NIC, SCSI adapter, etc.) to recovery VMs.

 

Advanced

Used to set ExtraConfig on Zerto appliances (ZCC/VRA/Diskbox).

 

Change CPU count

Used to set number of CPUs on VRA deployment.

 

Extend virtual disk

Used to resize mirror disks when disk resize occurs on protected site.

 

Modify device settings

Used to change settings of existing devices, such as NICs or SCSI adapters, on VRAs.

 

Configure managedBy

Used for setting the 'ManagedBy' property on VMs, such as the Zerto appliances and 'Testing Recovery' VMs.

 

Memory

Used to configure memory for VRA VMs.

 

Raw device

Used to assign RDM LUNs to VRAs and recovery VMs.

 

Remove disk

Used to detach disks from VMs during recovery operations/rollbacks.

 

Change resource

Used for configuring the resource allocation of a VM within a Resource Pool - specifically when creating a recovery vApp.

 

Settings

Used to change VM settings not covered by other permissions.

 

Swapfile placement

Used to set swapfile placement on recovery VMs where the protected VM has a custom setting.

 

Upgrade virtual machine compatibility

Used to upgrade VRA VM hardware version when upgrading VRA version.

 

Power off

Used for powering off VMs, such as when stopping/rolling back a Failover, or when shutting down protected VMs during a Failover/Move.

 

Power on

Used for powering on VMs during recovery operations.

 

Create from existing

Used to deploy Zerto appliances.

 

Create new

Used to create recovery VMs.

 

Register

Used to move VMs into VM folders during recovery operations.

 

Remove

Used to remove existing VMs (uninstall Zerto appliance, remove recovery VMs when stopping FOT, rolling back FOL, or on protected site when committing FOL or Move with reverse protection).

 

Unregister

Used to remove VMs from inventory. Only used as part of Undo events, after failed task.