Minimum vCenter permissions required for SnapDrive operations

The vCenter credentials used by SnapDrive must have minimum permissions set on the host and on the virtual machine to enable SnapDrive operations to succeed.

The following minimum permissions must be set on the host:

Configuration > Storage Partition Configuration

The following minimum permissions must be set on the virtual machine:

Configuration > Raw Device
Configuration > Change Resource

If SnapDrive is installed with vCenter credentials, you must ensure that the following requirements are met:

The user must be a vCenter user.
The roles with required minimum privileges must be assigned to the user at the vCenter level.

If SnapDrive is installed with ESX credentials, you must ensure that the following requirements are met:

The user must be an ESX server user.
The roles with required minimum privileges must be assigned to the user at the ESX server level.