Privileges Required for Configuring a vCenter Adapter Instance

To configure your vCenter Adapter instance in VMware Aria Operations, you need sufficient privileges to monitor and collect data and to perform vCenter Server actions. You can configure these permissions as a single role in vCenter Server to be used by a single service account or configure them as two independent roles for two separate service accounts.

The vCenter Adapter instance monitors and collects data from vCenter Server and the vCenter Action adapter performs some actions in vCenter Server. So, for monitoring or collecting vCenter Server inventory and their metrics and properties, the vCenter Adapter instance needs credentials with the following privileges activated in vCenter Server.

Note: The vCenter Server System Roles is created as a Read Only role with three system-defined privileges:: System.Anonymous, System.View, and System.Read. See, Using Roles to Assign Privileges.

Table 1. Privileges for Configuring a vCenter Adapter: Monitoring and Data Collection

Task	Privilege
Property Collection	System > Anonymous Note: This privilege is added automatically when you create a user account. However, this privilege is not visible in vSphere.
Objects Discovery Events Collection	Profile-Driven Storage > View Storage views > View Profile-Driven Storage > Profile-Driven Storage View Datastore > Browse Datastore System > View Note: This privilege is added automatically when you create a user account. However, this privilege is not visible in vSphere.
Performance Metrics Collection	Performance > Modify intervals System > Read Note: This privilege is added automatically when you create a user account. However, this privilege is not visible in vSphere.
Service Discovery	For credential-based service discovery Virtual Machine > Guest Operations > Guest Operation alias modification Virtual Machine > Guest Operations > Guest Operation alias query Virtual Machine > Guest Operations > Guest Operation modifications Virtual Machine > Guest Operations > Guest Operation program execution Virtual Machine > Guest Operations > Guest Operation queries
	For credential-less service discovery Virtual machine > Service configuration > Manage service configurations Virtual machine > Service configuration > Modify service configuration Virtual machine > Service configuration > Query service configurations Virtual machine > Service configuration > Read service configuration
VC Plugin	Extension > Register extension Extension > Unregister extension Extension > Update extension
Orphaned Disk	Datastore > Browse datastore
Authentication on VMware Aria Operations using VC User and apply actions	privilege.Global.com.vmware.label > VMware Aria Operations Read Only Role privilege.Global.com.vmware.label > VMware Aria Operations Power User Role
Optimize Container Schedule Optimize Container Automate Optimize Container	AutoDeploy -> Rule -> Create AutoDeploy -> Rule -> Delete AutoDeploy -> Rule -> Edit AutoDeploy -> RuleSet -> Activate AutoDeploy -> RuleSet -> Edit Datastore -> Allocate Space Global -> Global tag Global -> System tag Host -> Inventory -> Manage Cluster Lifecyle Host -> Inventory -> Modify cluster Resource -> Assign virtual machine to resource pool Resource -> Migrate powered off virtual machine Resource -> Migrate powered on virtual machine Resource -> Query vMotion Storage views -> Configure service Storage views -> View Virtual machine -> Edit Inventory > Move Privilege required for vCenter version 7.x: Profile-driven storage -> Profile-driven storage update Profile-driven storage -> Profile-driven storage view Privilege required for vCenter version 8.x : VM storage policies -> Apply VM storage policies VM storage policies -> Update VM storage policies VM storage policies -> VM storage policies edit permissions VM storage policies -> VM storage policies view permissions VM storage policies -> View VM storage policies
Provide data to vSphere Predictive DRS	External stats provider > Update External stats provider > Register External stats provider > Unregister vSphere Stats Privileges > Collect Stats Data vSphere Stats Privileges > Modify Stats Configuration vSphere Stats Privileges > Query Stats Data
Tag Collection	Global > Global tag Global > Global health Global > Manage custom attributes Note: This privilege is required only if the tags are associated with custom attributes. Global > System tag Global > Set custom attribute
Monitoring and collecting data from vSphere with Tanzu	Administrator Note: Users with Non-Administrator or custom role must be added to the ServiceProviderUser group. Administrator > Single Sign On > Users and Groups > Groups. The ServiceProviderUsers is a group in the vCenter Server Single Sign-On Domain. Members of this group can manage the vSphere with Tanzu and VMware Cloud on AWS infrastructure.
Add License to vCenter	Global. Licenses

Table 2. Privileges for Configuring a vCenter Adapter: Performing vCenter Server Actions

Task	Privilege
Set CPU Count for VM	Virtual Machine > Configuration > Change CPU Count
Set CPU Resources for VM	Virtual Machine > Configuration > Change Resource
Set Memory for VM	Virtual Machine > Configuration > Change Memory
Set Memory Resources for VM	Virtual Machine > Configuration > Change Resource
Delete Idle VM	Virtual machine > Edit Inventory > Remove
Delete Powered Off VM	Virtual machine > Edit Inventory > Remove
Create Snapshot for VM	Virtual Machine > Snapshot Management > Create Snapshot
Delete Unused Snapshots for Datastore	Virtual Machine > Snapshot Management > Remove Snapshot
Delete Unused Snapshot for VM	Virtual Machine > Snapshot Management > Remove Snapshot
Power Off VM	Virtual Machine > Interaction > Power Off
Power On VM	Virtual Machine > Interaction > Power On
Shut Down Guest OS for VM	Virtual Machine > Interaction > Power Off
Move VM	Resource > Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool Resource > Migrate Powered Off Virtual Machine Resource > Migrate Powered On Virtual Machine Datastore > Allocate Space Virtual machine -> Edit Inventory > Move Note: Combining these four permissions allows the service account to perform Storage vMotion and regular vMotion of an object therefore allowing VMware Aria Operations to perform the given operations.
Set DRS Automation	Host > Inventory > Modify Cluster
Provide data to vSphere Predictive DRS	External stats provider > Update External stats provider > Register External stats provider > Unregister
Reboot Guest OS for VM	Virtual machine > Interaction > Reset

For more information about tasks and privileges, see Required Privileges for Common Tasks in the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide and Defined Privileges in the vSphere Security Guide.