Using Roles to Consolidate Sets of Privileges

A role is a named set of one or more privileges. A role is normally defined for a group of people who have common responsibilities in the system, for example, administrators. Each role can have zero to multiple privileges. ESXi defines system roles and user roles.

• System roles. Cannot be modified or deleted.
• User roles. Apply to different user communities or restrict access for add-on tools. Several predefined user roles are included with vCenter Server and with ESXi systems. You can create new roles using these predefined user roles as a starting point.