VMware Aria Operations provides backward compatibility for users of the earlier version of VMware Aria Operations, so that users of vCenter Server who have privileges in the earlier version in vCenter Server can log in to VMware Aria Operations.
- The Administrator account in the previous version of VMware Aria Operations maps to the PowerUser role.
- The Operator account in the previous version of VMware Aria Operations maps to the ReadOnly role.
During registration, all roles in VMware Aria Operations, except for VMware Aria Operations Administrator, Maintenance, and Migration, become available dynamically in vCenter Server. Administrators in vCenter Server have all of the roles in VMware Aria Operations that map during registration, but these administrator accounts only receive a specific role on the root folder in vCenter Server if it is specially assigned.
Registration of VMware Aria Operations with vCenter Server is optional. If users choose not to register VMware Aria Operations with vCenter Server, a vCenter Server administrator can still use their user name and password to log in to VMware Aria Operations, but these users cannot use the vCenter Server session ID to log in. In this case, typical vCenter Server users must have one or more VMware Aria Operations roles to log in to VMware Aria Operations.
When multiple instances of vCenter Server are added to VMware Aria Operations, user credentials become valid for all of the vCenter Server instances. When a user logs in to VMware Aria Operations, if the user selects all vCenter Server options during login, VMware Aria Operations requires that the user's credentials are valid for all of the vCenter Server instances. If a user account is only valid for a single vCenter Server instance, that user can select the vCenter Server instance from the login drop-down menu to log in to VMware Aria Operations.
vCenter Server users who log in to VMware Aria Operations must have one or more of the following roles in vCenter Server:
- VMware Aria Operations Content Admin Role
- VMware Aria Operations General User Role 1
- VMware Aria Operations General User Role 2
- VMware Aria Operations General User Role 3
- VMware Aria Operations General User Role 4
- VMware Aria Operations Power User Role
- VMware Aria Operations Power User without Remediation Actions Role
- VMware Aria Operations Read Only Role
For more information about vCenter Server users, groups, and roles, see the vCenter Server documentation.
