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Appendix A Defined Privileges
Datacenter
Datastore
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
pop‐upmenu,toolbarbutton,andFile>
NewDatacenter
VConly Datacenter Datacenter
folders
Delete
Datacenter
Removesadatacenter.
Userinterfaceelement–Inventory
pop‐upmenu,Inventory>Datacenter>
Remove,Edit>Remove
VConly Datacenter
plusparent
object
Datacenters
Move

Datacenter
Movesadatacenter.
Privilegemustbepresentatboththe
sourceanddestination.
Userinterfaceelement–Inventory
drag‐and‐drop
VConly Datacenter,
sourceand
destination
Datacenters,
Datacenter
folders
Rename
Datacenter
Changesthenameofadatacenter.
Userinterfaceelement–Inventory
object,Inventorypop‐upmenu,Edit>
Rename,Inventory>Datacenter
>
Rename
VConly Datacenter Datacenters
Table A-3. Datastore Privileges
Privilege
Name Description Affects
Pair with
Object
Effective on
Object
Browse
Datastore
Browsesfilesonadatas tore.
Userinterfaceelement–Addexisting
disk,browseforCD‐ROMorFloppy
media,serialorparallelportfiles
HCandVC Datastores Datastores
Delete
Datastore
Removesadatastore.
Userinterfaceelement–Inventory
datastorepop‐upmenu,Edit>Remove,
Inventory>Datastore>
Remove
HCandVC Datastores Datastores
Delete
DatastoreFile
Deletesafileinthedatastore.
Userinterfaceelement–Datastore
BrowsertoolbarbuttonandDatastore
pop‐upmenu
HCandVC Datastores Datastores