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s1m0nb
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎10-19-2010 01:22 AM

Boot to Bios Permissions

We have an issue (fairly regularly) when users want to boot from cd -- and either cant get connected in time to mount the image before booting or the vm boots past the F2 screen before they get a chance to change the boot order. I was thinking about giving the users rigts to check the boot to bios in the vm settings -- anyone know what the minimum permissions required is?

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nirvy
Commander
Commander
‎10-19-2010 02:10 AM

Setting the privilege: Virtual Machine -> Configuration -> Advanced should be all thats required to enable the user to only modify the boot delay and force boot to bios.

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kwg66
Hot Shot
Hot Shot
‎09-28-2017 12:17 PM

this in incorrect...   which I guess is why this question is still unanswered

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BrianCoA
Contributor
Contributor
‎04-25-2019 11:42 AM

I know this is old but is showed up pretty high in a google search.  There's a KB that describes what to change.

VMware Knowledge Base

To grant permissions to Force BIOS Setup:

  1. Log in to the vSphere Client.
  2. Click Home.
  3. Under the Administration section, click Roles.
  4. Right-click the Virtual Machine User role and click Edit Role.
  5. Expand Virtual Machine > Configuration.
  6. Select the Settings option.
  7. Click OK.
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