VMware VC-VLM4-C User Guide - Page 24

Create a User, Import an LDAP Group, Global, No Role, Administrator, Users and Groups, Organization

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Lab Manager User's Guide 8 Assign a role to the added users. If you are importing users to the Global organization, you can only select No Role or Administrator. If you add a user who is a system administrator in Global, Lab Manager assigns that user the same role in all other organizations. 9 Click OK. Repeat these steps to add more users with different roles. Create a User To provide Lab Manager access to a user who does not exist on your LDAP server, or if you do not plan to use an LDAP server, you can create users in Lab Manager. To create a user 1 In the left pane, click Users and Groups. 2 In the Organization drop‐down menu, select the organization to which you want to add the user. If you select Global, this user is available to all organizations but assigned to none. You can assign the user to an organization later. 3 On the Users tab, click New User. 4 Type a user name. 5 Type and confirm a password. 6 Type a full name. This name is displayed for all objects owned by this user. 7 Type an email address. 8 (Optional) Type IM and phone information. 9 Select a role for the user in the selected organization. If you are adding a user to the Global organization, you can only select No Role or System Administrator. If you select No Role, this user cannot log in to Lab Manager or access resources until the user is added to another organization. 10 Deselect the Is Enabled check box to prevent the user from accessing the Web console. 11 Type a stored virtual machine template and library configuration quota. 12 Type a deployed virtual machine template quota. If you are in the Global organization, the quota text boxes do not appear. 13 Click OK. Import an LDAP Group By default, only system administrators and administrators with rights at the organization level can import LDAP groups. Lab Manager does not support non‐LDAP groups. To add an LDAP group 1 In the left pane, click Users and Groups. 2 In the Organization drop‐down menu, select the organization to which you want to add the group. If you select Global, the added group is available to all organizations. 3 On the Groups tab, click Import Groups. 24 VMware, Inc.

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Lab Manager User’s Guide
24
VMware, Inc.
8
Assign a role to the added users.
If you are importing users to the
Global
organization, you can only select
No Role
or
Administrator
.
If you add a user who is a system administrator in
Global
, Lab Manager assigns that user the same role
in all other organizations.
9
Click
OK
.
Repeat these steps to add more users with different roles.
Create a User
To provide Lab Manager access to a user who does not exist on your LDAP server, or if you do not plan to use
an LDAP server, you can create users in Lab Manager.
To create a user
1
In the left pane, click
Users and Groups
.
2
In the
Organization
drop
down menu, select the organization to which you want to add the user.
If you select
Global
, this user is available to all organizations but assigned to none. You can assign the user
to an organization later.
3
On the
Users
tab, click
New User
.
4
Type a user name.
5
Type and confirm a password.
6
Type a full name.
This name is displayed for all objects owned by this user.
7
Type an email address.
8
(Optional) Type IM and phone information.
9
Select a role for the user in the selected organization.
If you are adding a user to the
Global
organization, you can only select
No Role
or
System Administrator
.
If you select
No Role
, this user cannot log in to Lab Manager or access resources until the user is added
to another organization.
10
Deselect the
Is Enabled
check box to prevent the user from accessing the Web console.
11
Type a stored virtual machine template and library configuration quota.
12
Type a deployed virtual machine template quota.
If you are in the
Global
organization, the quota text boxes do not appear.
13
Click
OK
.
Import an LDAP Group
By default, only system administrators and administrators with rights at the organization level can import
LDAP groups. Lab Manager does not support non
LDAP groups.
To add an LDAP group
1
In the left pane, click
Users and Groups
.
2
In the
Organization
drop
down menu, select the organization to which you want to add the group.
If you select
Global,
the added group is available to all organizations.
3
On the
Groups
tab, click
Import Groups
.