Roles

A role is a predefined set of privileges. Users are granted privileges to objects through roles.

When you assign user or group permissions, you pair the user or group with a role and associate that pairing with an inventory object. A single user might have different roles for different objects in the inventory.

For example, if you have two resource pools in your inventory, Pool A and Pool B, you might assign a particular user the role Virtual Machine User on Pool A and the role ReadOnly on Pool B. These assignments allow that user to turn on virtual machines in Pool A. In Pool B, the user can view the status of virtual machines, but cannot turn on virtual machines.