VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager Desired Configuration Management privileges control the ability to manage the vSphere Lifecycle Manager configuration.

Table 1. VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager Desired Configuration Management Privileges
Privilege Name in the vSphere Client Description Required On Privilege Name in the API
  • Desired Configuration Management Privileges
    • Export desired cluster configuration
    • Modify desired cluster configuration
    • Read-only access to desired configuration management platform
    • Remediate cluster to the desired configuration
 Export desired cluster configuration allows exporting the configuration or the configuration schema.

Modify desired cluster configuration allows importing a configuration or extracting the configuration from a reference host.

Read-only access to desired configuration management platform allows checking compliance, running the remediation pre-check, viewing compliance, and viewing pre-check results.

Remediate cluster to the desired configuration allows remediating a cluster and transitioning to vSphere Configuration Profiles.

Root vCenter Server

VcIntegrity.ClusterConfiguration.Export

VcIntegrity.ClusterConfiguration.Modify

VcIntegrity.ClusterConfiguration.View

VcIntegrity.ClusterConfiguration.Remediate