Content Library button grayed out ("Create a New Content Library not available")

[theone93]

The button for creating a content library is grayed out.  When I hover my mouse over the button, I get a popup balloon message that says: "Create a New Library (not available)".

I have no content libraries deployed at all in this freshly installed vCenter 6 environment.  I am using the vCenter appliance with the PSC deployed separately (they're both part of the new environment).  

When I investigate this issue, the only message I see says "you probably don't have the right permissions", but I have the ADMINISTRATOR role for the whole environment (set at the vCenter level, propagating down to all children objects enabled). 

So, any ideas, why I cannot create a content library??  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!!!!

[rcporto]

You are using what kind of user ? Did you try log in with administrator@vsphere.local (assuming that vsphere.local is your SSO domain) and try create the content library ?

Anyway, seems like you have a permission issue... see the follow documentation: Hierarchical Inheritance of Permissions for Content Libraries

[theone93]

Yes, I logged in as administrator@vsphere.local and I can create content libraries, but once I log out and back in as myself, I can neither see the content libraries or create new ones.  I am once again at the beginning with the greyed out button.  The only way I can see them if I log back in as administrator@vsphere.local.  This is a brand new environment and I have the administrator role for the entire environment.

[rcporto]

Try assign the permission as Global Permission instead of permission at vCenter level. Here is the procedure:

1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client with the Administrator@vsphere.local or an account holding SSO Administrative privileges.
2. Navigate to Administration > Global Permissions.
3. Click the Manage tab.
4. Click the + icon to open the Global Permissions Root window.
5. Click Add.
6. From the Domain drop-down menu, select your respective domain which holds the user or group.
7. After locating the group and pressing Add, click OK. Ensure that the user account is assigned the role Administrator
8. Click OK.

[theone93]

You are correct.  I read that in the link you specified earlier.   Little would someone know that you had to specify the permission in "Global Permissions", but that did it!

Thanks!