28. Back up virtual machines on VMware servers to Azure (medium)

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Next, create roles and user accounts on the VCenter server and log in to the administration Web interface

Select System Management

Select the role, click on the + sign, create a role name of Backupadminrole, and tick what permissions to assign, then OK.

Check which permissions you can refer to

Next, create the VCenter server user account and permissions, set the Backupadminrole role, create the user account, and the user account has a name and password (providing credentials for authentication).

To associate a user account with a role, in the Navigator panel, click Global Permissions. Select the Administration tab in the Global Permissions panel, and then click the Add icon

Select Backupadmin

Select the Backupadminrole role to determine

Next, establish the VCenter server credentials on the Azure Backup server and open the Azure backup management Console

Enter the user name password (if the VCenter server and Azure Backup server are not in the same domain, specify the domain in user name), click Add

Close the Manage Credentials dialog box, click the X in the upper-right corner

Add a VCenter server to an Azure backup server

Enter the address of vcenter and select the VMware credentials we just created, then click Add

Next

Add to

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28. Back up virtual machines on VMware servers to Azure (medium)