VMware Site Recovery Manager Service account and vSphere Replication Solution User account

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

• This article lists the various service accounts which are used by Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication.

• These accounts are required by the product and not removable.

• These accounts should not be modified and should not be considered as a user account for which the credentials can be managed or rotated.

Environment

VMware Site Recovery Manager

VMware vSphere Replication

Resolution

SRM-UID	This is the local service account for Site Recovery Manager. Site Recovery Manager creates a service account during the installation and uses it during the authentication with vCenter Server. Site Recovery Manager uses service account authentication to establish a secure communication to remote services, such as the vCenter Server. The service account is for internal use by Site Recovery Manager, vCenter Server, and vCenter Single Sign-On.
SRM-remote-UID	This is the remote service account for Site Recovery Manager. When you pair Site Recovery Manager instances across vCenter Single Sign-On sites that do not use Enhanced Linked Mode, Site Recovery Manager creates an additional service account for the remote site at each site. This service account for the remote site allows the Site Recovery Manager Server at the remote site to authenticate to services on the local site.
com.vmware.vr-UID	This is the solution user account created for functioning of vSphere Replication. It is created with the vSphere Replication appliance is registered to the vCenter. This solution user account is created within the vCenter Server's SSO domain.

 

Additional Information

For more information:

• Site Recovery Manager Authentication
• Site Recovery Manager Accounts - Service Account