Setting Up Role-based Access Control

You can define permissions within Zerto Cloud Manager and via VMware vCenter Server.

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Zerto Cloud Manager: Within Zerto Cloud Manager you can apply permissions to specific Zerto entities such as ZORGs, VPGs, and sites.

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Permissions determine the roles that apply to a specific user or user group on a specific Zerto entity.

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Roles are a set of privileges, and privileges define an operation or a set of operations that can be performed, such as managing a VPG or VRA.

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Roles can be assigned to users and groups of users.

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You can manage roles and update the privileges associated with both new roles that you create and the roles supplied with Zerto.

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You can then manage the permissions per Zerto entity.

For details, see the Zerto Cloud Manager Administration Guide.

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VMware vCenter Server: VMware roles and permissions are the core of VMware infrastructure security.

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Permissions are a combination of a user/group and a security role that is applied to some level of the VMware Infrastructure.

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Zerto supplies a number of default privileges that enable a VMware administrator to perform specific actions.

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You can define additional roles and assign these roles the privileges they need.

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All privileges are implemented at the root level, and thus apply to every object in the vCenter Server.

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When upgrading vCenter Server be sure that the user entity that Zerto is using is preserved in the user/permissions hierarchy.