Add a credential for a VMware guest VM
This type of credential lets you save the credentials for a guest VM in credential management. You can give a VMware administrator access to this credential. This user can then perform an agentless single-file recovery to a guest VM with the saved credential. They do not need to know the actual username and password for the VM.
Note:
This credential type is not for VMware servers. Configure those credentials on the VMware servers tab in .
See Add VMware servers.
To add a credential for a VMware guest VM
- On the left, click Credential management.
- On the Named credentials tab, click Add.
- Provide the following properties.
Credential name
Tag
Description
For example, "This credential is used to recover to a VMware guest VM."
- Click Next.
- Select VMware guest VM.
- Provide the credential details that are needed for authentication.
- Click Next.
- Add a role that you want to have access to the credential.
Click Add.
Select one of the following roles.
The Default VMware Administrator role. This role has access to any and all credentials that are created.
Another role that has the necessary permissions to perform VMware single file recovery operations.
Minimally the role should have the permissions View and Assign credentials.
- Click Next and follow the prompts.