VMware VCLOUD REQUEST MANAGER 1.0.0, Configuration Manual

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Request Manager Roles
Request Manager uses roles to allow Active Directory users and groups control over Request Manager tasks
and operations.
You identify your vCloud Admin, Blueprint Admin, and Asset Manager roles during installation planning.
During installation, you assign these roles when you run the Request Manager configuration wizard.
After you install the Request Manager software, you can perform configuration settings to administrators using
the Request Manager Admin Portal. You do not have to run the configuration wizard to manage administrators.
To manage roles, you must log in the Request Manager Admin Portal as Administrator.
Roles
Request Manager enables access to functionality within the Admin portal using roles. Request Manager
supports the following roles.
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General Access
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Workflow Management
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Configuration Management
Each role applies to any user who logs on to the Request Manager Admin Portal.
Users
Request Manager supports the following types of users.
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Blueprint Administrator. The Blueprint Administrator manages cloud blueprints, including creating and
editing cloud blueprints. The Blueprint Administrator also manages Provider CIs, including creating and
editing Providers and specifying the vCloud Director source, provider network, and the vCloud Director
for that Provider CI.
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Asset Manager. The Asset Manager manages software products and licenses within the Admin portal.
The Asset Manager receives inventory of new software licenses, and links software products to virtual
applications.
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Blueprint Admin/Asset Manager. The Cloud Blueprint Admin and Asset Manager Security Role is a
combination of the Cloud Blueprint Admin and the Asset Manager.
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vCloud Administrator. The vCloud Admin is the administrator responsible for Request Manager
configuration after installation. The administrator is responsible for configuring the following.
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Assigning security roles to cloud blueprint administrators and asset manager users.
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Troubleshooting workflow tasks that fail to complete because of system errors.
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Creating or editing workflow tasks to accommodate company-specific approval processes.
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Managing integrated sources.
Assign Roles to Users
Use the Request Manager Admin Portal to assign administration roles to users.
VMware recommends that you assign the following roles to each type of user.
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