Required privileges for nonadministrator users
To register OMIVV with vCenter, a nonadministrator user requires the following privileges:
NOTE: While registering a vCenter server with OMIVV by a nonadministrator user, an error message is displayed if the following privileges are not assigned:
- Alarms
- Create alarm
- Modify alarm
- Remove alarm
- Extension
- Register extension
- Unregister extension
- Update extension
- Global
- Cancel task
- Log event
- Settings
NOTE: Assign the following health update privileges, if you are using VMware vCenter 6.5 or upgrading to vCenter 6.5 or later: - Health Update
Provider
- Register
- Unregister
- Update
- Host
- CIM
- CIM Interaction
- Configuration
- Advanced settings
- Connection
- Maintenance
- Network configuration
- Query patch
- Security profile and firewall
NOTE: Assign the following privileges, if you are using VMware vCenter 6.5 or upgrading to vCenter 6.5 or later:- Host.Config
- Advanced settings
- Connection
- Maintenance
- Network configuration
- Query patch
- Security profile and firewall
- Inventory
- Add host to cluster
- Add standalone host
- Modify clusterNOTE: Ensure that you assign the modify cluster privilege, if you are using vCenter 6.5 or upgrading to vCenter 6.5 or later.
- CIM
- Host profile
- Edit
- View
- Permissions
- Modify permission
- Modify role
- Sessions
- Validate session
- Task
- Create task
- Update task