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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About the User's Guide
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Managing Roles
- Managing Users
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager Entity
- Add a vCenter Server Entity
- Rename a Chargeback Hierarchy or a Chargeback Entity
- Delete an Entity from the Hierarchy
- Delete a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Assign Attributes
- Move Entities Within a Hierarchy
- Allocate Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity
- Share Virtual Machine Cost
- Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
- Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Index
3 Expand the resource type folder and select the resources for which you want to set the role on the user.
You can select more than one resource by pressing the Ctrl key and selecting each of the required resources.
However, the roles that you can assign on these resources would depend on the intersection of the
permissions you have on each of the selected resources.
4 Select the user from the table listing the users.
If any role has already been assigned to the user on the selected resources, the same is displayed under
Currently Assigned Role.
5 Select the required role from the menu under Set/Reset Role.
6 Click Apply.
The selected role is set on the user for the selected resources.
The role set on the user is applicable only for the selected resources. You must individually assign roles to the
user on the all required resources in the application. A user can have different roles on different resources.
Revoke the Role Assigned to a User for a Resource
Roles set on a user for a resource can be revoked as and when required.
Procedure
1 In the Users & Roles tab, click Permissions.
A page listing the users, their type, whether the user has the Super User role or the Administrator role,
and if the user is a vCenter Server user then the vCenter Server name or if the user is an LDAP user or
group then the IP address of the LDAP server is displayed. The page also provides an option to select a
resource type.
2 Select the required resource type from the list.
3 Expand the resource type folder and select the resources for which you want to revoke the role on the
user.
4 Select the user from the table listing the users.
If any role has already been assigned to the user on the selected resources, the same is displayed under
Currently Assigned Role.
5 Click Unassign this role under Current Assigned Role.
The role is revoked from the user for the selected resources. The user can no longer access the selected resources.
Revoke the Role Assigned to a User on vCenter Chargeback Manager
The role assigned to user on vCenter Chargeback Manager can be revoked as and when required.
Procedure
1 In the Users & Roles tab, click Permissions.
A page listing the users, their type, whether the user has the Super User role or the Administrator role,
and if the user is a vCenter Server user then the vCenter Server name or if the user is an LDAP user or
group then the IP address of the LDAP server is displayed. The page also provides an option to select a
resource type.
2 Select the user from the table listing the users.
If any role has already been assigned to the user, the same is displayed under Currently Assigned Role.
3 Click Unassign this role under Current Assigned Role.
Chapter 3 Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
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