ESX Agent Manager Privileges

ESX Agent Manager privileges control operations related to ESX Agent Manager and agent virtual machines. The ESX Agent Manager is a service that lets you install management virtual machines, which are tied to a host and not affected by VMware DRS or other services that migrate virtual machines.

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. ESX Agent Manager

Privilege Name in the vSphere Client	Description	Required On	Privilege Name in the API
Config	Allows deployment of an agent virtual machine on a host or cluster.	Virtual machines	EAM.Config
Modify	Allows modifications to an agent virtual machine such as powering off or deleting the virtual machine.	Virtual machines	EAM.Modify
View	Allows viewing of an agent virtual machine.	Virtual machines	EAM.View