Assign a User Role in vCenter Server

Create a user role in the vSphere Web Client with privileges that are required for vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. The same role can be assigned to the user who can add a vCenter Server in vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have administrative privileges to add a role to a user or a user group. You must have administrative privileges to use vCenter Server.

Procedure

1. Log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client.
2. On the home page of vSphere Web Client, click Roles under Administration.
3. Create a role for all system interactions between vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager and vCenter Server.
4. Clone Read-only and provide a name to the role.
5. In the Create Role dialog box, configure the role using the following configuration settings, and click Next.

   Setting	Value
   Role Name	vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager
   Privilege	Datastore You can select All privileges. Host.Local Operations- Add Host to vCenter Operations - Create Virtual Machine Operations - Delete Virtual Machine Operations - Reconfigure Virtual Machine Inventory - Modify - Cluster Network Assign Network Resource Assign vApp to Resource Pool Assign Virtual Machine to Resource Pool vApp You can select All privileges. Virtual Machines You can select All privileges. Content Library You can select All privileges.

   This role inherits the System Anonymous, System View, and System Read privileges.

   Note: You should have permissions to create a content library. Content library uses a datastore to store all templates, so you require permission to access, read, and write on the same datastore. Therefore, all privileges under datastore and content library are needed.
6. Provide a name to the new role and click Finish.
7. Select Global Permissions under the Administration and click Manage.
8. To add permissions, click the plus sign.
9. Select the user and role that you have created, and click OK.