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If you manage local desktops, familiarize yourself with the additional required privileges. See “Local
Mode Privileges Required for the vCenter Server User,” on page 52.
Procedure
1 In vCenter Server, prepare a role with the required privileges for the user.
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You can use the predefined Administrator role in vCenter Server. This role can perform all operations
in vCenter Server.
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If you use View Composer, you can create a limited role with the minimum privileges needed by
View Manager and View Composer to perform vCenter Server operations.
In vSphere Client, click Home > Roles > Add Role, enter a role name such as
View Composer Administrator, and select privileges for the role.
This role must have all the privileges that both View Manager and View Composer need to operate
in vCenter Server.
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If you manage local desktops, you can create a limited role with the minimum privileges needed by
View Manager, View Composer, and the local mode feature to perform vCenter Server operations.
In vSphere Client, click Home > Roles > Add Role, enter a role name such as
Local Mode Administrator, and select privileges for the role.
This role must have all the privileges that View Manager, View Composer, and the local mode feature
need to operate in vCenter Server.
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If you use View Manager without View Composer and do not manage local desktops, you can create
an even more limited role with the minimum privileges needed by View Manager to perform vCenter
Server operations.
In vSphere Client, click Home > Roles > Add Role, enter a role name such as
View Manager Administrator, and select privileges for the role.
2 In vSphere Client, right-click the vCenter Server at the top level of the inventory, click Add Permission,
and add the vCenter Server user.
NOTE You must define the vCenter Server user at the vCenter Server level.
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 53.
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