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Table 8.1:
Table of privileges for default roles
(continued)
Predefined Role
Assigned Privileges
➢
Resource Pool Administrator
Create A l ar m, Mod if y A l ar m, Remove A l ar m
Datastore
Alarms
➢
Browse Datastore
➢
Folder
Create Folder, Delete Folder, Move Folder, Rename Folder
➢
Global
Cancel Task, Log Event, Set Custom Attribute
Permissions
➢
Modify Permissions
➢
Resource
Assign Virtual Machine To Resource Pool, Create Resource
Pool, Migrate, Modify Resource Pool, Move Resource Pool, Query vMo-
tion, Relocate, Remove Resource Pool, Rename Resource Pool
Scheduled Task
➢
Create Tasks, Modif y Task, Remove Task, Run Task
➢
➢
Add Existing Disk, Add New Disk,
Add Or Remove Device, Advanced, Change CPU Count, Change Resource,
Disk Lease, Memory, Modify Device Settings, Raw Device, Remove Disk,
Rename, Reset Guest Information, Settings, Upgrade Virtual Hardware
Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine
Confi guration
➢
➢
Answer Question, Confi gure CD Media,
Confi gure Floppy Media, Console Interaction, Device Connection, Power
Off , Power On, Reset, Suspend, VMware Tools Install
Virtual Machine
Interaction
➢
➢
Inventory
Create From Ex ist ing , Create New, Move,
Register, Remove, Unregister
Virtual Machine
➢
➢
Allow Disk Access, Allow Read-Only
Disk Access, Allow Virtual Machine Download, Allow Virtual Machine
Files Upload, Clone Template, Clone Virtual Machine, Create Template
From Vir t ua l Mac hine, Customi ze, Deploy Templ ate, Mark A s Templ ate,
Mark As Virtual Machine, Modify Customization Specifi cation, Read
Customization Specifi cations
Virtual Machine
Provisioning
➢
➢
Create Snapshot, Remove Snapshot, Rename
Snapshot, Revert To Snapshot
State
➢
➢
VMware Consolidated
Backup User
Virtual Machine
Confi guration
Disk Lease
➢
➢
Virtual Machine
Provisioning
Allow Read-Only Disk Access, Allow
Virtual Machine Download
Virtual Machine
➢
➢
State
Create Snapshot, Remove Snapshot
➢
Datastore Consumer
Datastore
Allocate Space
➢
Network Administrator
Network
Assign Network
As you can see, vCenter Server is very specii c about the privileges you can assign to roles.
Because these privileges are specii c, this can sometimes complicate the process of granting
