Avamar: VM Image Restore fails due to missing permission VM Resource.AssignVMToPool

Summary: Virtual Machine (VM) Image Restore fails: type="ClusterComputeResource">domain-c8Resource.AssignVMToPool ...

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Symptoms

VM Image Restore fails: <NoPermissionFault xmlns="urn:vim25" xsi:type="NoPermission"><object type="ClusterComputeResource">domain-c8</object><privilegeId>Resource.AssignVMToPool 

avvcbimage Warning <16004>: Soap fault detected, Reconfig task - NOT ok, Msg:'SOAP 1.1 fault: "":ServerFaultCode [no subcode] 
"Permission to perform this operation was denied." Detail: <NoPermissionFault xmlns="urn:vim25" xsi:type="NoPermission"><object type="ClusterComputeResource">domain-c8</object><privilegeId>Resource.AssignVMToPool</privilegeId></NoPermissionFault>
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 avvcbimage Error <0000>: [IMG2012] VM creation failed during restore.
 avvcbimage Info <9772>: Starting graceful (staged) termination, Create VM failed during restore. (wrap-up stage)

Cause

Avamar/vCenter service account is missing permission VM Resource.AssignVMToPool.

Resolution

Edit the Role, under Resources, assign/check "Assign virtual machine to resource pool".

This permission is also documented on the Dell Avamar for VMware 19.9 User Guide under "Assign virtual machine to resource pool".

Affected Products

Avamar, Avamar Client for VMware
Article Properties
Article Number: 000217397
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 19 مايو 2026
Version:  4
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