Creating a role for a user

Last Updated : Jun 06, 2026 |

About this task

To manage a vCenter or ESXi in Solution Deployment Manager, you must provide complete administrative-level privileges to the user.

Use the following procedure to create a role with administrative-level privileges for the user.

Procedure

  1. Log in to vCenter Server.
  2. On the Home page, click Administration > Roles.

    The system displays the Create Role dialog box.

  3. In Role name, type a role name for the user.
  4. To provide complete administrative-level privileges, select the All Privileges check box.
  5. Optional To provide minimum mandatory privileges, do the following.
    1. In All Privileges, select the following check boxes:

      • Datastore

      • Datastore cluster

      • Distributed switch

      • Folder

      • Host profile

      • Network

      • Resource

      • Tasks

      • Virtual machine

      • vApp

      Note:

      You must select all the subprivileges under the list of main set of privileges. For example, when you select the Distributed switch check box, ensure that you select all the related subprivileges. This is applicable for all the main privileges mentioned above. If you do not select all the subprivileges, the system might not work properly.

    2. In All Privileges, expand Host, and select the Configuration check box.
      Note:

      You must select all the subprivileges under Configuration.

  6. Click OK to save the privileges.

Next Steps

Assign this role to the user for mapping vCenter in Solution Deployment Manager. To assign the role to the user, see the VMware documentation.