Assigning permissions
Permissions are rights to execute an activity in the vCenter management framework. Roles are a set of multiple permissions required to fulfill a task, such as resource pool management.
Think of a role as a home owner and permissions as access to tasks specific to the home owner role, such as:
Access to the structure via a key
Access to the electric service
Access to the cable or a high-speed connection
Root and vpxuser are considered special users. Beyond the administrator account used to set up the system, all other users and groups must be assigned permissions to complete tasks within vCenter.
Getting ready
In order to proceed, we require access to vSphere Web Client. The client can be run on any modern Windows desktop operating system or server operating system.
Note
vSphere Web Client requires Adobe Flash, which is not supported on Linux operating systems at this time.
We must be logged into vSphere Web Client with a user account in the administrators group.
How to do it…
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