Setting security permission in hypervisor

[Highspeedlane]

Hi,

We are testing VSphere ESXi 4.1 and VSphere Client. This will be joined to a Windows 2003 domain.

My question is: So far,I see only the ability to set 3 permission levels. No Access, Read-Only, and Adminstrator.

Is there a way (with only ESXi and VSphere Client) to make granular permission settings for a server instance when someone logs into hypervisor via the VSphere Client? I would like it if lower tier administrators were only able to do a few things with each server instance, that being start up and shut down. I don't want to give them the capability to do anything destructive, such as delete the server instance of modify the hardware variables.

Thanks for any info here.

[AndreTheGiant · Accepted solution]

You can create new roles.

Then use those custom roles for your users.

Andre

[mittim12]

This blog post may help you setup some custom roles.

http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/assigning_permissions/assign_permissions.php

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[Highspeedlane]

Thanks!