Problem:
What are the required permissions for ProfileUnity user account and FlexDisk VMDK usage with vCenter?
Possible Resolution:
- Navigate to Administration > Roles.
- Select Add Role.
- Enter a name for the role, such as ProfileUnity Non-Admin.
- In the Privileges section, set the permissions according to the following:
Section Privileges
Datastore- Allocate space
- Browse Datastore
- Low level file operations
- Remove file
- Update virtual machine files
Folder
- Select All sub-options
Global
- Licenses
- Log event
Host
- Host > Inventory
- Modify Cluster
- Host > Local Operations
• Create VM
• Delete VM
Network
- Assign network
- Configure
Resource
- Assign vApp to resource pool
- Assign VM to resource pool
vApp
- Select all privileges in this section
Virtual Machine
- Virtual Machine > Configuration
- Select all privileges in this section
- Virtual Machine > Interaction
- Configure CD media
- Configure floppy media
- Device connection
- Power Off
- Power On
- VMware Tools Install
- Virtual Machine > Inventory
- Create new
- Register
- Remove
- Unregister
- Virtual Machine > Provisioning
- Allow disk access
- Allow read-only disk access
- Allow VM download
- Allow VM files upload
- Mark as template
- Mark as VM
- Clone Template
- Customize
- Virtual Machine > State [vSphere 5.0] / Virtual Machine > Snapshot management [vSphere 5.1+]
- Create snapshot
- Remove snapshot
- Revert to snapshot
- Navigate to the Inventory view.
- Right-click the applicable level to grant user permission, such as the main vCenter level, and click Add Permission.
- Add and locate the applicable user account, select the recently created User Role, and click Add.
- Click OK.
Placement of the role is root of Data-center/Cluster
Product: ProfileUnity
Product Version: 6.5.x