Host Inventory - VMware 4817V62 - vSphere - PC Administration Manual

vSphere Basic System Administration
Table A-10. Host Configuration Privileges (Continued)
Privilege Name
System Management
System resources
Virtual machine
autostart
configuration

Host Inventory

Host inventory privileges control adding hosts to the inventory, adding hosts to clusters, and moving hosts in
the inventory.
Table A-11. Host Inventory Privileges
Privilege Name
Add host to cluster
Add standalone
host
Create cluster
Modify cluster
Move cluster or
standalone host
Move host
300
Description
Allows extensions to manipulate the file
system on the host.
No user vSphere Client interface elements
are associated with this privilege.
Update the configuration of the system
resource hierarchy.
User interface element – Host
Configuration tab > System Resource
Allocation
Change auto-start and auto-stop order of
virtual machines on a single host.
User interface element– Host
Configuration tab > Virtual Machine
Startup or Shutdown
Description
Add a host to an existing cluster.
User interface element – Inventory context
menu, File > New > Add Host
Add a standalone host.
User interface element – Toolbar button,
Inventory context menu, Inventory >
Datacenter > Add Host, File > New > Add
Host, Hosts tab context menu
Create a new cluster.
User interface elements – Toolbar button,
inventory context menu, Inventory >
Datacenter > New Cluster, File > New >
Cluster
Change the properties of a cluster.
User interface element – Inventory context
menu, Inventory > Cluster > Edit Settings,
Summary tab
Move a cluster or standalone host between
folders.
Privilege must be present at both the source
and destination.
User interface element– Inventory hierarchy
Move a set of existing hosts into or out of a
cluster.
Privilege must be present at both the source
and destination.
User interface element– Inventory hierarchy
drag-and-drop
Pair with
Affects Object
HC and VC Hosts
HC and VC Hosts
HC and VC Hosts
Pair with
Affects Object
VC only Datacenters,
Clusters, Host
folders
VC only Datacenters,
Host folders
VC only Datacenters,
Host folders
VC only Datacenters,
Host folders,
Clusters
VC only Datacenters,
Host folders,
Clusters
VC only Datacenters,
Host folders,
Clusters
Effective on
Object
Hosts
Hosts
Hosts
Effective on
Object
Clusters
Host folders
Host folders
Clusters
Clusters
Clusters
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