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Figure 4‑2. vSphere Inventory Hierarchy
VM folder
template
virtual
machine
resource pool
Most inventory objects inherit permissions from a single parent object in the hierarchy. For example, a
datastore inherits permissions from either its parent datastore folder or parent datacenter. Virtual machines
inherit permissions from both the parent virtual machine folder and the parent host, cluster, or resource
pool simultaneously. To restrict a user's privileges on a virtual machine, you must set permissions on both
the parent folder and the parent host, cluster, or resource pool for that virtual machine.
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data center folder
data center
host folder
host
resource pool
virtual
machine
vApp
vApp
vApp
virtual
machine
root folder
network folder
standard
switch
distributed
cluster
port group
resource pool
virtual
machine
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datastore folder
VDS datastore
datastore
cluster
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