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To enable users to perform certain actions in vCenter Operations Manager, you must assign access rights
to each user group. You define which menus users within a user group can access and the actions that
the users can perform.
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You can assign any number of users to a user group, and each user can belong to any number of groups.
You can create administrators in addition to the default admin user by assigning users to the
Administrators group.
Predefined User Groups
vCenter Operations Manager includes several predefined user groups.
Table 6-1. Predefined User Groups
Group Description
Administrators Have full access to the system.
Operators Can manage the environment, but cannot manage users and user groups or edit the password
policy.
Users Can view the environment, including the Environment Overview, Applications Overview,
Alerts Overview, Cross-Silo Analysis, and Problem Fingerprint Library pages. Members of
this group can also view the support Status tab and run performance, behavior, and anomaly
correlation reports.
Add a User Group
If the predefined user groups do not meet your needs, you can create your own user groups.
Prerequisites
Become familiar with the predefined user groups. See “Predefined User Groups,” on page 71.
Procedure
1 Select Admin > Security.
2 On the User Management tab, click the Add New Group icon in the Account Groups pane.
3 Type a name for the user group in the Group name text box.
4 (Optional) Type a description for the user group in the Description text box.
The description can include information about the group, such as the purpose of the group's interaction
with vCenter Operations Manager.
5 Click OK to save your configuration.
The new user group appears in the Account Groups pane.
What to do next
Assign access rights to the user group. See “Configure Access Rights for a User Group,” on page 72.
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