Specifications

Basic System Administration
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4Toconfirmthatyouwanttodeletetheselectedrole,clickOK.
Theroleisremovedfromthelistandisnolongeravailableforassigningtousers
orgroups.
Iftheroleisassignedtoauserorgroup,awarningmessageappears.
5 Selectoneoftheradiobutton
optionsandclickOK.
Theoptionsare:
 RemoveRoleAssignments—Thisoptionremovesanyconfigureduseror
group+rolepairingsontheserver.Ifauserorgroupdoesnothaveanyother
permissionsassigned,theyloseallprivileges.
 Reassignaffectedusersto—Thisoptionreassignsanyconfigureduseror
group+rolepairingstotheselectednewrole.
Renaming Roles
Roles,likemostotherVMwareInfrastructureobjects,canberenamed.
To rename an existing role
1FromtheVIClient,clicktheAdminbuttoninthenavigationbar.ClicktheRoles
tab.
2Toselecttheroletorename,clicktheobjectinthelistofroles.
3 ChooseAdministration>Role>Rename.
4Typethenewname.Press
Enterorclickanotherobject.
Access Permissions
ForeachobjectintheVMwareInfrastructurehierarchy,determinethepermissionsfor
eachVirtualCenteruserandgroup.
IfyouremoveusersfromanESXServerhost,seetheSecuritychapterintheESXServer
3ConfigurationGuideorESXServer3iConfigurationGuideforprocessandconsequences.
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OTESeveraluserscanaccesstheVirtualCenterServerfromdifferentVMware
InfrastructureClientsessionsatthesametime.VMwareInfrastructuredoesnot
explicitlyrestrictuserswiththesameauthenticationcredentialsfromaccessingand
takingactionwithintheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.