VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager Manage Patches and Upgrades Privileges

VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager Manage Patches and Upgrades privileges control the ability to view, scan, and remediate applicable patches, extensions, or upgrades.

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. VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager Manage Patches and Upgrades Privileges

Privilege Name in the vSphere Client	Description	Required On	Privilege Name in the API
Manage Patches and Upgrades Remediate to Apply Patches, Extensions, and Upgrades Scan for Applicable Patches, Extensions, and Upgrades Stage Patches and Extensions View Compliance Status	Remediate to Apply Patches, Extensions, and Upgrades allows remediation of virtual machines and hosts to apply patches, extensions, or upgrades when you are using baselines. In addition, this privilege allows viewing the compliance status. Scan for Applicable Patches, Extensions, and Upgrades allows scanning virtual machines and hosts to search for applicable patches, extensions, or upgrades when you are using baselines. Stage Patches and Extensions allows staging patches or extensions to ESXi hosts when you are using baselines. In addition, this privilege allows viewing the compliance status of ESXi hosts. View Compliance Status allows viewing the baseline compliance information for an object in the vSphere inventory.	Root vCenter Server	VcIntegrity.Updates.com.vmware.vcIntegrity.Remediate VcIntegrity.Updates.com.vmware.vcIntegrity.Scan VcIntegrity.Updates.com.vmware.vcIntegrity.Stage VcIntegrity.Updates.com.vmware.vcIntegrity.ViewStatus