VMware View Manager 4.5 Admin Manual page 34

VMware View Administrator's Guide
Global Privileges
Global privileges control system-wide operations, such as viewing and changing global settings. Roles that
contain only global privileges cannot be applied to folders.
Table 2-7 describes the global privileges and lists the predefined roles that contain each privilege.
Table 2-7. Global Privileges
Privilege
Console Interaction
Direct Interaction
Manage Global
Configuration and
Policies
Manage Roles and
Permissions
Register Agent
Object-Specific Privileges
Object-specific privileges control operations on specific types of inventory objects. Roles that contain object-
specific privileges can be applied to folders.
Table 2-8 describes the object-specific privileges. The predefined roles Administrators and Inventory
Administrators contain all of these privileges.
Table 2-8. Object-Specific Privileges
Privilege
Enable Pool
Entitle Pool
Manage Composer Pool
Image
Manage Desktop
Manage Local Sessions
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User Capabilities
Log in to and use View Administrator.
Use PowerShell commands and command
line utilities, except for vdmadmin and
vdmimport.
Administrators must have the Administrators
role on the root folder to use the vdmadmin
and vdmimport commands.
View and modify global policies and
configuration settings except for
administrator roles and permissions.
Create, modify, and delete administrator
roles and permissions.
Install View Agent on unmanaged desktop
sources such as physical systems, standalone
virtual machines, and terminal servers.
During View Agent installation, you must
provide your administrator login credentials
to register the unmanaged desktop source
with the View Connection Server instance.
User Capabilities
Enable and disable desktop pools.
Add and remove user entitlements.
Resync, Refresh, and Rebalance linked-clone pools and
change the default pool image.
Perform all desktop and session-related operations.
Roll back and initiate replications for local desktops.
Predefined Roles
Administrators
Administrators (Read only)
Inventory Administrators
Inventory Administrators (Read only)
Global Configuration and Policy Administrators
Global Configuration and Policy Administrators
(Read only)
Administrators
Administrators (Read only)
Administrators
Global Configuration and Policy Administrators
Administrators
Administrators
Agent Registration Administrators
Object
Desktop pool
Desktop pool
Desktop pool
Desktop
Desktop
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