Roles and Permissions

XenServer is shipped with the following six pre-established roles:

  • Pool Administrator (Pool Admin): Like LSU, this role grants you rights to perform all operations on XenServer pools and hosts
  • Pool Operator (Pool Operator): This role can do everything on XenServer pools and hosts apart from adding/removing users and modifying their roles
  • Virtual Machine Power Administrator (VM Power Admin): This role grants you rights to create and manage virtual machines in the pool
  • Virtual Machine Administrator (VM Admin): This role is similar to a VM Power Admin but does not grant you the right to migrate VMs or perform snapshots
  • Virtual Machine Operator (VM Operator): This role grants you the right to perform start/stop/reset operations
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