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

Table A-24. Virtual Machine Inventory Privileges (Continued)
Privilege Name
Move
Register
Remove
Unregister

Virtual Machine Provisioning

Virtual Machine Provisioning privileges control activities related to deploying and customizing virtual
machines.
Table A-25. Virtual Machine Provisioning Privileges
Privilege Name
Allow disk access
Allow read-only disk
access
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Description
Relocate a virtual machine in the hierarchy.
Privilege must be present at both the source
and destination.
User interface element – Inventory hierarchy
drag-and-drop in Virtual Machines &
Templates view
Add an existing virtual machine to a vCenter
Server or host inventory.
Delete a virtual machine, removing its
underlying files from disk.
In order to have permission to perform this
operation, you must have this privilege
assigned to both the object and its parent
object.
User interface element – File menu, context
menu, Summary tab
Unregister a virtual machine from a vCenter
Server or host inventory.
In order to have permission to perform this
operation, you must have this privilege
assigned to both the object and its parent
object.
Description
Open a disk on a virtual machine for random
read and write access. Used mostly for remote
disk mounting.
No user vSphere Client interface elements are
associated with this privilege.
Open a disk on a virtual machine for random
read access. Used mostly for remote disk
mounting.
No user vSphere Client interface elements are
associated with this privilege.
Appendix A Defined Privileges
Pair with
Affects Object
VC only Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machine
folders,
Virtual
machines
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machine
folders
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machine
folders,
Virtual
machines
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machines,
virtual
machine
folders
Pair with
Affects Object
n/a Datacenters,
Hosts,
Clusters,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machine
folders, Virtual
machines
n/a Datacenters,
Hosts,
Clusters,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machine
folders, Virtual
machines
Effective on
Object
Virtual machines
Clusters, Hosts,
Virtual machine
folders
Virtual machines
Virtual machines
Effective on
Object
Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
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