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Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and Roles
Table 17-1. Default Roles
Role Role Type Description User Capabilities
NoAccessUser system Cannotvieworchangetheassignedobject.
VIClienttabsassociatedwithanobjectdisplay
withoutcontent.
Thisisthedefaultroleforallusersexceptthoseusers
intheAdministratorsgroup.
ReadOnlyUser system Viewthestateanddetailsabouttheobject.
Viewallthetabpanels
intheVIClientexceptthe
consoletab.Cannotperformanyactionsthroughthe
menusandtoolbars.
Administrator system Allprivilegesforallobjects.
Add,remove,andsetaccessrightsandprivilegesfor
alltheVirtualCenterusersandallthevirtualobjectsin
theVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.
Thisisthedefaultrolefor
allmembersofthe
Administratorsgroup.
VirtualMachine
User
sample Performactionsonvirt ualmachinesonly.
Interactwithvirtualmachines,butnotchangethe
virtualmachineconfiguration.Thisincludes:
 Allprivilegesforthescheduledtasksprivileges
group.
 Selectedprivilegesfortheglobalitemsandvirtual
machineprivilegesgroups.
 Noprivilegesforthefolder,datacenter,datastore,
network,host,resource,alarms,sessions,
performance,andpermissionsprivilegesgroups.
VirtualMachine
PowerUser
sample Performactionsonthevirtualmachineandresource
objects.
Interactandchangemostvirtualmachine
configurationsettings,takesnapshots,andschedule
tasks.Thisincludes:
 Allprivilegesforscheduledtaskprivilegesgroup.
 Selectedprivilegesforglobalitems,datastore,and
virtualmachineprivilegesgroups.
 Noprivilegesforfolder,datacenter,network,host,
resource,alarms,sessions,performance,and
permissionsprivilegesgroups.