Checking permissions to browse data stores

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Determine if the user name that you specified for a VMware data source has permission to browse through the data stores on a hypervisor.

About this task

When you add a VMware data source in IBM Spectrum Control, the user name that you specify must have permission to browse through the data stores on VMware. IBM Spectrum Control must browse through the data stores to collect information from the hypervisors. However, the "Read Only" role as defined by VMware does not allow IBM Spectrum Control to browse the data stores. You can use the "Virtual Machine Power® User" role if you do not want to use the Administrator role, or you can create a custom role with the required permissions.

Procedure

To verify that a VMware user is assigned the correct role and privileges to monitor VMware data sources, follow these steps:

  1. Ensure that the user role has the required VMware datastore permissions by completing the following steps:
    1. Connect the vSphere Web Client to the VMware data source.
      The data source can be an ESX server, a vCenter Server Appliance, or a vCenter Server.
    2. From the Inventories view, select Hosts and Clusters.
    3. Select a host, and click the Related Objects tab.
    4. View the datastores by clicking the Datastores tab.
    5. Right-click a datastore, and select File Browser. If you can view the Files tab for the datastore, your browse permission is working correctly.
  2. Determine the role that is assigned to the user by logging in to the vSphere Web Client by using the administrator user ID. From the Administration view, select Roles. Verify the role name that is assigned to the user.
  3. Determine the privileges that are assigned to the role by selecting the user's role and clicking Privileges. Expand the privilege groups to view the specific privileges.
  4. Optional: If you must edit the privileges for the role, select the role and click the Edit role action icon. Select privilege groups or expand to select specific privileges.

What to do next

For more information about VMware user roles, go to the VMware documentation center and search for vSphere users and permissions.