Removal of a folder from virtual machines and templates view

[mschddny]

I have administrator rights and for some reason I am locked out from removing a folder that was created in virtual machines and templates. It keeps saying you do not have the priviledge to delete the selected items. Is this important no, but I would like to use the name on the folder again. So I'm sure somebody has run into this once before.

thanks

[norregaard]

are you sure you have administrator rights on that datacenter? if yes, maybe restart the VI client and restart the virtual center service to start with...

[mschddny]

I was hoping to avoid that, I will have to restart the service after 9:00 est because of our west coast users.

thanks

[mschddny]

Restarted the virtualcenter service and no go still can't delete the folder. It is the only object when you right click it everything is greyed out except migrate storage.

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

there are no VM's inside the folder in question? Also, does the local administrators group have Administrator rights on the vCenter Server at the Hosts & Clusters level? Sounds like a permissions issue to me.

Do you have another admin who can log in and try this?

[mschddny]

Yes no virtual images

Yes local administrators group has admin rights at Hosts and clusters.

Yes I know its a permission issue.

And I just had the other admin delete the folder

Thanks

And you should get the points for the correct answer

[hicksj]

Sounds like you might be a member of another group that has been granted rights closer to (or on) that folder, whose proximity overrode your admin privileges granted at the root of Hosts & Clusters... a group that the other admin (who was able to delete the folder) is not member of.