VMware vSphere privileges for a full VM restore
This section details the required privileges for different transport modes during a full VM restore in VMware vSphere. Each transport mode has the specific privileges that must be allocated to ensure a successful operation. These privileges need to be set at the vCenter server level.
View VM storage policies
Allocate space
Browse datastore
Low level file operations
Enable methods
Disable methods
Assign network
Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Change configuration
Acquire disk lease
Add existing disk
Add new disk
Add or remove device
Advanced configuration
Change settings
Change Swapfile placement
Change resource
Remove disk
Toggle disk change tracking
Edit inventory
Create new
Remove
Provisioning
Allow disk access
Allow read-only access
Allow virtual machine download
Snapshot management
Create snapshot
Remove snapshot
Revert to snapshot
Additional privileges are for required for the hotadd transport mode.
Update virtual machine files
Update virtual machine metadata
The SAN transport mode requires the same privileges as NBD.