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Figure 4‑1. vSphere Inventory Hierarchy
template
host
VDS datastore
cluster
vApp
vApp
vApp
virtual
machine
virtual
machine
resource
pool
resource
pool
virtual
machine
virtual
machine
resource
pool
standard
switch
datastore
cluster
distributed
port group
VM folder host folder
data center
vCenter Server
(vCenter Server instance level)
network
folder
datastore
folder
data center
folder
root object
(global permissions level)
tag category
tag
content library
library item
To let a user manage a content library and its items, an Administrator can assign the Content Library
Administrator role to that user as a global permission. The Content Library Administrator role is a sample
role in the vSphere Web Client.
Users who are Administrators can also manage libraries and their contents. If a user is an Administrator at a
vCenter Server level, they have sufficient privileges to manage the libraries that belong to this
vCenter Server instance, but cannot see the libraries unless they have a Read-Only role as a global
permission.
For example, a user has an Administrator role that is defined at a vCenter Server level. When the
Administrator navigates to Content Libraries in the object navigator, he sees 0 libraries despite there are
existing libraries in the vSphere inventory of that vCenter Server instance. To see the libraries, the
Administrator needs a Read-Only role assigned as a global permission.
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