Admin access for only the resource pool in vSphere

[DefenderAtkins]

Hi all,

I have created a resource pool in my vSphere with 3 hosts, managed by a vCenter server with HA and DRS enabled (screenshot below) for a project with friends. I  would like to give admin access to 4 of my friends only to that resource pool.

I have tried giving permission to 4 of them with admin role to that resource pool but they still can't create VMs or import/deploy OVF templates. When they log into vSphere, they can only see their resource pool (screenshot below) which is what I want but I cant seem to give them admin access for that resource pool.

What am I missing?

Thanks    

[hussainbte]

As per the error message, it seems the users would need additional access on Datacenter(to Deploy VMs) to be able to deploy VMs on the resource pool.

[DefenderAtkins]

Hi Hussainbte,

Thanks for your reply. I can see I am needing additional access but I need to know which.

I have tried giving them admin role to that resource pool and they still cannot create VMs.

Any other ideas?

[DefenderAtkins · Accepted solution]

I figured this out. All I needed to do was spend some time and apply the custom roles to different layers and test.

For example, some permissions needed to be applied on Datacenter level first and more specific permissions needed to be applied on host level, storage level, resource pool level, and so on.