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Nikhil_Patwa
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vCenter Server 4.1 roles and privileges explained

Is there a document that explains all the vCenter Server 4.1 user privileges in detail.

I have installed vCenter Server 4.1 and currently only administrator role has been assigned to 2 other users apart from myself, I need to assign roles to the rest of my department but for that I need to create a custom role and assign the required privileges, when I saw the privileges I was not able to understand and thus could not make decision. It would be great if there is any document that explains in detail all the privileges associated with vCenter Server 4.1 roles.

Nikhil

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vmroyale
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Hello.

These are covered in the vSphere Basic System Administration Guide.

Good Luck!

Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
hafeezpashamoha
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this has everything you need (a bit too much in detail)

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-esx-4-1/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=datacenter_admin/c_man...

but my advise would be, run through rules you see via vCenter Roles and assign them.

Nikhil_Patwa
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Have gone through the document but it does not explain each an every privileges associated with roles.

Since I am not able to understand all the entities while creating new custom roles I won't be 100% satisfied and my task will be trial and error, I need something to justify my selection of privileges for the roles I assign to users in my department to access the vCenter Server.

Nikhil

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Nikhil_Patwa
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I just managed to create role in vcenter server for my collegues and will be monitoring.

Nikhil

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