SnapCenter uses credentials to authenticate users for SnapCenter operations. You should create credentials for installing SnapCenter plug-ins and additional credentials for performing data protection operations on databases or Windows file systems.
You must set up credentials for installing plug-ins on Linux hosts.
You must set up the credentials for the root user or for a non-root user who has sudo privileges to install and start the plug-in process.
Best Practice: Although you are allowed to create credentials for Linux after deploying hosts and installing plug-ins, the best practice is to create credentials after you add SVMs, before you deploy hosts and install plug-ins.
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You must set up Windows credentials before installing plug-ins.
You must set up the credentials with administrator privileges, including administrator rights on the remote host.
If you set up credentials for individual resource groups and the username does not have full admin privileges, you must assign at least the resource group and backup privileges to the username.
After you finish setting up the credentials, you might want to assign credential maintenance to a user or group of users on the My SnapCenter Assets page.