Specifications

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Appendix A Defined Privileges
Virtual Machine Provisioning
Table A-21. Virtual Machine Provisioning Privileges
Privilege Name Description Affects
Pair with
Object
Effective on
Object
AllowDisk
Access
Opensadiskonavirtualmachinefor
randomreadandwriteaccess.Used
mostlyforremotediskmounting.
NouserVIClientinterfaceelementsare
associatedwiththisprivilege.
n/a Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
AllowReadOnly
DiskAccess
Opensadiskonavirtualmachinefor
randomread
access.Usedmostlyfor
remotedis kmounting.
NouserVIClientinterfaceelementsare
associatedwiththisprivilege.
n/a Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
AllowVirtual
Machine
Download
Readsfilesassociatedwithavirtual
machine,includingvmx,disks,logs,
andnvram.
NouserVIClientinterfaceelementsare
associatedwiththisprivilege.
HCand
VC
Virtual
machines
Rootfolders
AllowVirtual
MachineFiles
Upload
Writesfilesassociatedwithavirtual
machine,includingvmx,disks,logs,
andnvram.
NouserVIClientinterfaceelementsare
associatedwiththisprivilege.
HCand
VC
Virtual
machines
Rootfolders
Clone Clonesanexistingvirtualmachineand
allocatesresources.
Userinterfaceelement–Filemenu,
pop‐upmenu,
Summarytab
VConly Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
CloneTemplate Clonesatemplate.
Userinterfaceelement–Filemenu,
pop‐upmenu,VirtualMachi nestab
VConly Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
CreateTemplate
FromVirtual
Machine
Createsa newtemplatefromavirtual
machine.
Userinterfaceelement–“Cloneto
template...”Filemenu,pop‐upmenu,
Summarytab
items
VConly Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
Customize Customizesavirtualmachine’sguest
operatingsystemwithoutmovingthe
virtualmachine.
Userinterfaceelement–CloneVirtual
Machinewizard:GuestCustomization
VConly Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines