Scheduled task privileges control creation, editing, and removal of scheduled tasks.

You can set this privilege at different levels in the hierarchy. For example, if you set a privilege at the folder level, you can propagate the privilege to one or more objects within the folder. The object listed in the Required On column must have the privilege set, either directly or inherited.

Table 1. Scheduled Task Privileges
Privilege Name in the vSphere Client Description Required On Privilege Name in the API
Create tasks

Allows scheduling of a task. Required in addition to the privileges to perform the scheduled action at the time of scheduling.

Any object

ScheduledTask.Create
Modify task

Allows reconfiguration of the scheduled task properties.

Any object

ScheduledTask.Edit
Remove task

Allows removal of a scheduled task from the queue.

Any object

ScheduledTask.Delete
Run task

Allows running the scheduled task immediately.

Creating and running a scheduled task also requires permission to perform the associated action.

Any object

ScheduledTask.Run