9.4. The Bottom Line

Manage and maintain ESX/ESXi permissions.

VMware ESX and VMware ESXi provide a structured approach to permissions based on users, groups, roles, and privileges. This approach provides granular access to virtual machines and related resources.

Master It

You've granted permission to one of your administrators on an ESX host by adding this administrator's account to the Administrator role. Now this administrator is trying to manage a couple of virtual machines on another host but can't. You've verified this administrator does have an account on the other host. What could be the problem?

Manage and maintain vCenter Server permissions.

vCenter Server centralizes the management of users and groups for permissions by integrating ...

Get Mastering VMware vSphere™ 4 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.