VMware 4817V62 Administration Guide - Page 224

vSphere Basic System Administration Table 18-2. Required Privileges for Common Tasks (Continued) Task Required Privileges Applicable Role Install a guest operating system on a virtual machine On the virtual machine or folder of virtual machines: n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Answer Question n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Console Interaction n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Device Connection n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Power Off n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Power On n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Reset n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Configure CD Media (if installing from a CD) n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Configure Floppy Media (if installing from a floppy disk) n Virtual Machine.Interaction.Tools Install Virtual Machine Power User or Virtual Machine Administrator On a datastore containing the installation media ISO image: Datastore.Browse Datastore (if installing from an ISO image on a datastore) Virtual Machine Power User or Virtual Machine Administrator Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion On the virtual machine or folder of virtual machines: n Resource.Migrate n Resource.Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool (if destination is a different resource pool from the source) On the destination host, cluster, or resource pool (if different from the source): Resource.Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool Datacenter Administrator or Resource Pool Administrator or Virtual Machine Administrator Datacenter Administrator or Resource Pool Administrator or Virtual Machine Administrator Cold migrate (relocate) a virtual machine On the virtual machine or folder of virtual machines: n Resource.Relocate n Resource.Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool (if destination is a different resource pool from the source) Datacenter Administrator or Resource Pool Administrator or Virtual Machine Administrator On the destination host, cluster, or resource pool (if different from the source): Resource.Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool Datacenter Administrator or Resource Pool Administrator or Virtual Machine Administrator Migrate a Virtual Machine with Storage VMotion On the destination datastore (if different from the source): Datastore Consumer or Datastore.Allocate Space Virtual Machine Administrator On the virtual machine or folder of virtual machines: Resource.Migrate Datacenter Administrator or Resource Pool Administrator or Virtual Machine Administrator On the destination datastore: Datastore.Allocate Space Datastore Consumer or Virtual Machine Administrator Move a host into a cluster On the host: Host.Inventory.Add Host to Cluster Datacenter Administrator or Virtual Machine Administrator On the destination cluster: Host.Inventory.Add Host to Cluster Datacenter Administrator or Virtual Machine Administrator 224 VMware, Inc.