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3 From the drop-down menu, select the Administrator role, or the View Composer or View Manager role
that you created, and assign it to the vCenter Server user.
4 If you use View Composer, on the vCenter Server computer, add the vCenter Server user account as a
member of the local system Administrators group.
View Composer requires that the vCenter Server user is a system administrator on the vCenter Server
computer.
What to do next
In View Administrator, when you add vCenter Server to View Manager, specify the vCenter Server user.
See “Add vCenter Server Instances to View Manager,” on page 95.
View Manager Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User
The vCenter Server user must have sufficient privileges to enable View Manager to operate in vCenter
Server. Create a View Manager role for the vCenter Server user with the required privileges.
Table 81. View Manager Privileges
Privilege Group Privileges to Enable
Folder Create Folder
Delete Folder
Datastore Allocate space
Virtual Machine In Configuration:
n
Add or remove device
n
Advanced
n
Modify device settings
In Interaction:
n
Power Off
n
Power On
n
Reset
n
Suspend
In Inventory:
n
Create new
n
Create from existing
n
Remove
In Provisioning:
n
Customize
n
Deploy template
n
Read customization specifications
Resource Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Global Act as vCenter Server
The following Host privilege is required to implement
View Storage Accelerator, which enables ESXi host
caching. If you do not use View Storage Accelerator, the
vCenter Server user does not need this privilege.
Host In Configuration:
n
Advanced settings
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