VMware 4817V62 - vSphere - PC, Administration Manual

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Table A-24. Virtual Machine Inventory Privileges (Continued)
Privilege Name Description Affects
Pair with
Object Effective on
Object
Move 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
VC only Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machine
folders,
Virtual
machines
Virtual machines
Register Add an existing virtual machine to a vCenter
Server or host inventory.
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machine
folders
Clusters, Hosts,
Virtual machine
folders
Remove 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
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machine
folders,
Virtual
machines
Virtual machines
Unregister 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.
HC and VC Datacenters,
Clusters,
Hosts, Virtual
machines,
virtual
machine
folders
Virtual machines
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 Description Affects
Pair with
Object Effective on
Object
Allow disk access 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.
n/a Datacenters,
Hosts,
Clusters,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machine
folders, Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
Allow read-only disk
access
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.
n/a Datacenters,
Hosts,
Clusters,
Resource
pools, Virtual
machine
folders, Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
Appendix A Defined Privileges
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