Administration

The following table lists common persistent disk management tasks and shows the privileges
that are required to perform each task. You perform these tasks on the Persistent Disks page in
Horizon Administrator.
Table 6-12. Persistent Disk Management Tasks and Privileges
Task Required Privileges
Detach a disk Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop
and Application Pools on the pool. For detaching primary disks, manage
machines is also required.
Attach a disk Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and
Application Pools on the machine.
Edit a disk Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and
Application Pools on the selected pool.
Change access groups Manage Persistent Disks on the source and target access groups.
Recreate desktop Manage Persistent Disks on the disk and Manage Farms and Desktop and
Application Pools on the last pool.
Import from vCenter Manage Persistent Disks on the folder and Manage Pool on the pool.
Delete a disk Manage Persistent Disks on the disk.
Privileges for Managing Users and Administrators
An administrator must have certain privileges to manage users and administrators in Horizon
Administrator.
The following table lists common user and administrator management tasks and shows the
privileges that are required to perform each task. You manage users on the Users and Groups
page in Horizon Administrator. You manage administrators on the Global Administrators View
page in Horizon Administrator.
Table 6-13. User and Administrator Management Tasks and Privileges
Task Required Privileges
Update general user information Manage Global Configuration and Policies
Send messages to users Manage Remote Sessions on the machine.
Add an administrator user or group Manage Roles and Permissions
Add, modify, or delete an administrator permission Manage Roles and Permissions
Add, modify, or delete an administrator role Manage Roles and Permissions
Privileges for Horizon Help Desk Tool Tasks
Horizon Help Desk Tool administrators must have certain privileges to perform troubleshooting
tasks in Horizon Administrator.
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