VMware 4817V62 - vSphere - PC, Administration Manual

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Datacenter
Datacenter privileges control the ability to create and edit datacenters in the vSphere Client inventory.
Table A-2. Datacenter Privileges
Privilege Name Description Affects
Pair with
Object
Effective on Object
Create
datacenter
Creates a new datacenter.
User interface element– Inventory context
menu, toolbar button, and File > New
Datacenter
VC only Datacenter
folders or
root object
Datacenter folder or root
object
IP pool
configuration
Allows configuration of a pool of IP
addresses.
VC only Datacenters,
Datacenter
folders, or
root object
Datacenter
Move datacenter Moves a datacenter.
Privilege must be present at both the source
and destination.
User interface element – Inventory drag-
and-drop
VC only Datacenters,
Datacenter
folders, or
root object
Datacenter, source and
destination
Remove
datacenter
Removes a datacenter.
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– Inventory context
menu, Inventory > Datacenter > Remove,
Edit > Remove
VC only Datacenters,
Datacenter
folders, or
root object
Datacenter plus parent
object
Rename
datacenter
Changes the name of a datacenter.
User interface element – Inventory object,
Inventory context menu, Edit > Rename,
Inventory > Datacenter > Rename
VC only Datacenters,
Datacenter
folders, or
root object
Datacenter
Datastore
Datastore privileges control the ability to browse, manage, and allocate space on datastores.
Table A-3. Datastore Privileges
Privilege Name Description Affects
Effective on
Object Pair with
Object
Allocate space Allocates space on a datastore for a virtual
machine, snapshot, clone, or virtual disk.
HC and VC Datastores Datastores
Browse datastore Browses files on a datastore.
User interface element – Add existing disk,
browse for CD-ROM or Floppy media,
serial or parallel port files
HC and VC Datastores Datastores,
Datastore
folders
Low level file
operations
Carries out read, write, delete, and rename
operations in the datastore browser.
HC and VC Datastores Datastores
Move datastore Moves a datastore between folders.
Privileges must be present at both the
source and destination.
User interface element – Inventory drag-
and-drop
VC only Datastore,
source and
destination
Datastores,
Datastore
folders
Appendix A Defined Privileges
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