Minimum required permissions for vMotion

[kopper27]

hi guys

Environment: Vmware 5.5

I need to set a user permissions for vmotioning VMs (one cluster 8 hosts).

I found the minimum permissions for Storage vMotion but not for vMotion specifically which is the one I need

any idea which needs to be check in the role to let this user vMotion VMs?

thanks a lot

[abhilashhb · Accepted solution]

AFAIK you should enable

Query vMotion

Migrate powered off virtual machine(Previously known as Relocate)

Migrate powered on virtual machine

At thr resource. That should be enough for vMotion. Try these permissions and see if it meets your requirement.

[kopper27]

thanks a lot I just tested those and vMotion is working

Resource.Query vMotion

Resource.Migrate powered off virtual machine(Previously known as Relocate)

Resource.Migrate powered on virtual machine