Virtual Machine Inventory - VMware 4817V62 - vSphere - PC Administration Manual

vSphere Basic System Administration
Table A-23. Virtual Machine Interaction (Continued)
Privilege Name
Test restart
Secondary VM
Turn Off Fault
Tolerance
Turn On Fault
Tolerance
VMware Tools
install

Virtual Machine Inventory

Virtual Machine Inventory privileges control adding, moving, and removing virtual machines.
Table A-24. Virtual Machine Inventory Privileges
Privilege Name
Create from
existing
Create new
316
Description
Terminate a Secondary virtual machine for a
virtual machine using Fault Tolerance.
User interface element – Inventory > Virtual
Machine > Fault Tolerance > Test Restart
Secondary
Turn off Fault Tolerance for a virtual machine.
User interface element – Inventory > Virtual
Machine > Fault Tolerance > Turn Off Fault
Tolerance
Turn on Fault Tolerance for a virtual machine.
User interface element – Inventory > Virtual
Machine > Fault Tolerance > Turn On Fault
Tolerance
Mounts and unmounts the VMware Tools CD
installer as a CD-ROM for the guest operating
system.
User interface element– Inventory > Virtual
Machine > Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware
Tools,virtual machine context menu
Description
Create a virtual machine based on an existing
virtual machine or template, by cloning or
deploying from a template.
Create a new virtual machine and allocates
resources for its execution.
User interface element– File menu, context
menu, Summary tab - New Virtual Machine
links
Pair with
Affects Object
VC only Datacenters,
Hosts,
Clusters,
Virtual
machine
folders,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machines
VC only Datacenters,
Hosts,
Clusters,
Virtual
machine
folders,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machines
VC only Datacenters,
Hosts,
Clusters,
Virtual
machine
folders,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machines
HC and VC Datacenters,
Hosts,
Clusters,
Virtual
machine
folders,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machines
Pair with
Affects Object
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machine
folders
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machine
folders
Effective on
Object
Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
Effective on
Object
Clusters, Hosts,
Virtual machine
folders
Clusters, Hosts,
Virtual machine
folders
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