3.0.1

View Manager Administration Guide
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VirtualCenter User Permissions
IftheViewManageruserisnotanadministratorinVirtualCenteryoumustassigna
roletotheVirtualCenteruserentryinordertoconferuponittheappropriatelevelof
authorityovertheobjectsitcreatesandmanages.
Inadditiontothestandardprivilegesdescribedin“VirtualCenterPermissionsforView
ManagerUs
ers”onpage 36,theViewComposerservicerequiresthat youenablesome
additionalprivileges,describedinTable 6‐1.
Local System Administrator
ViewComposerrequiresthattheVirtualCenteruserisalsoasystemadministratoron
themachinehostingtheservice(theVirtualCenterserver).Toaddressthisrequirement,
anyVirtualCenteruserusedbyViewManagertodeploylinkedclonedesktopsmustbe
amemberofthelocalsystemAdministratorsgroupontheVirtualCenterserver.
Creating a Database and DSN for Linked Clone Desktops
Thefollowinginstructionsdescribehowtoaddanewlinkedclonedesktopdatabaseto
anexistingSQLserverinstanceandmakethisdatasourcevisibletoallother
componentsrunningonthehostsystem.Ifalinkedclonedesktopdatabasealready
existsinyourenvironment,referto“UsinganExistingLinkedCloneDesktop
Dat
abase”onpage 120forsupplementaryinformationonhowtousethisdatasource.
Table 6-1. Create View Composer Role: Required Privileges
Privilege Group Privilege(s) to Enable
Folder CreateFolder
Datastore BrowseDatastore
FileManagement
VirtualMachine Inventory
Configuration
State
Provisioning> Clone
Provisioning> AllowDiskAccess
Resource AssignVirtualMachineToResourcePool
Global EnableMethods
DisableMethods
NOTEAdministrativeusersinVirtualCenterhavealltherequisitepermissionsenabled
bydefault.