Required vSphere privileges

To operate the IBM® Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client, you must have the minimum required privileges defined in your vSphere user role.

Use the Role Manager extension in vSphere Web Client to define the required privileges for your user role as detailed in the following table.

Table 1. Required vSphere privileges
Task Required vSphere user privilege
Adding a vCenter server to the IBM Spectrum Control Base

(see GUI – Adding a vCenter server)
  • Extension – In this category, select Register extension, Unregister extension, and Update extension.
  • Global – In this category, select Log event and Cancel task.
  • Tasks – In this category, select Create task and Update task.
  • Sessions – In this category, select Impersonate user.
  • Host – In this category, select Configuration > Storage partition configuration.
Storage provisioning (volume creation and management) from vSphere Web Client

(see Using the IBM Storage Enhancements for VMware vSphere Web Client)
Figure 1. VMware vSphere Web Client – Create Role dialog box
This image shows the vSphere Create Role dialog box.

For more detailed information about how to set the vSphere Web Client privilege types, refer to the VMware vSphere 5.1 Documentation Center.