17.1 Guidelines for Workload and Container Credentials

PlateSpin Forge must have administrator-level access to workloads and appropriate role configuration for containers. Throughout the workload protection and recovery workflow, PlateSpin Forge prompts you to specify credentials that must be provided in a specific format.

Table 17-1 Workload Credentials

To Discover

Credentials

Remarks

All Windows workloads

Local or domain administrator credentials.

For the user name, use this format:

  • For domain member machines: authority\principal

  • For workgroup member machines: hostname\principal

Windows Clusters

Domain administrator credentials

For domain member machines: authority\principal

All Linux workloads

Root-level user name and password

Non-root accounts must be properly configured to use sudo. See Knowledgebase Article 7920711.

VMware ESX or ESXi host

VMware account with an appropriate role configuration.

If ESX is configured for Windows domain authentication, you can also use your Windows domain credentials.

VMware vCenter Server

VMware account with an appropriate role configuration.