The

vCenter Server

administrators have administration access to

Site Recovery Manager

in the default configuration. You must use administrator credentials when you try to log in to

Site Recovery Manager

for the first time after the installation.

If you have administrator credentials, you can grant access to

Site Recovery Manager

to other users by using the

vSphere Client

.

For more information about

Site Recovery Manager

roles, privileges, and permissions, see the

Site Recovery Manager Privileges, Roles, and Permissions

in the

Site Recovery Manager Administration

documentation.

Site Recovery Manager

creates a service account during the installation and uses it during the authentication with

vCenter Server

. The service account is unique for each

Site Recovery Manager

instance and is for internal use by

Site Recovery Manager

and

vCenter Server

.

Site Recovery Manager

creates an additional service account on each remote site during the pairing process of sites that do not use Enhanced Linked Mode.

Site Recovery Manager

uses the service account to perform necessary operations on the remote site.

Site Recovery Manager

creates a service account for the HTML5 user interface during the installation. The service account is unique for each

Site Recovery Manager

instance and is for internal use by

Site Recovery Manager

HTML5 UI client and

vCenter Server

.

For more information about the service accounts and authentication between the local and remote site, see the

Site Recovery Manager Authentication

topic in the

Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration

documentation.