Roles and permissions for VMware Cloud Director
The following table provides information about the platform management roles and permissions for VMware Shared.
- Minimum - roles with the bare minimum permissions in VMware Cloud Director.
- VMware Cloud Director - roles that are provided by VMware Cloud Director. For more information, see Rights in predefined global tenant roles.
- Custom - roles that are custom-defined by IBM.
| Platform management role | Actions | Level of permission |
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| Reader | Read-only actions to view service-specific resources. | Minimum |
| Writer | Create and edit service-specific resources. | Minimum |
| Manager | Privileged actions as defined by the service in addition to create and edit service-specific resources. | Custom |
| Viewer | Read-only actions to view the summary and details of instances. | Minimum |
| Operator | Read-only actions. For example, list instances and view instance details. | Minimum |
| Editor | Update a specific instance. For example, add or remove VMware ESXi™ servers, clusters, and services; upgrade an instance to a higher version. | Minimum |
| Administrator | Full management access. For example, create new instances, delete instances, and grant platform access to other users. | Custom |
| Director Full Viewer | All view access to every component in VMware Cloud Director. | Custom |
| Director vApp Author | Use catalogs and create vApps in VMware Cloud Director. | VMware Cloud Director |
| Director vApp User | Use existing vApps in VMware Cloud Director. | VMware Cloud Director |
| Director Catalog Author | Create and publish catalogs in VMware Cloud Director. | VMware Cloud Director |
| Director Network Admin | Create, view, edit, delete the subnet, the static route, and troubleshoot routing in VMware Cloud Director. | Custom |
| Director Console User | View a virtual machine state, properties, and use the guest operating system in VMware Cloud Director. | VMware Cloud Director |
| Director Backup User | Manage Veeam® backup jobs in VMware Cloud Director. | Custom |
| Director Security Admin | View and edit the edge firewall and the distributed firewall in VMware Cloud Director. | Custom |
Custom defined roles and permissions
The following table provides information about roles that are custom-defined by IBM.
| Permission | Manager | Administrator | Director Full Viewer | Director Network Admin | Director Security Admin | Director Backup User |
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| Access Control List: Manage |  |
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| Access Control List: View | |
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| Access All Organization VDCs | |
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| Alternate Admin Entity: View | |
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| API Explorer: View | |
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| API Tokens: Manage | |
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| API Tokens: Manage All | |
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| Catalog: Add vApp from My Cloud | |
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| Catalog: Change Owner | |
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| Catalog: Create / Delete a Catalog | |
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| Catalog: Edit Properties | |
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| Catalog: Publish | |
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| Catalog: Shadow VM View | |
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| Catalog: Sharing | |
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| Catalog: VCSP Publish Subscribe | |
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| Catalog: View ACL | |
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| Catalog: View Private and Shared Catalogs | |
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| Catalog: View Published Catalogs | |
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| Certificate Library: Manage | |
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| Certificate Library: View | |
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| Custom entity: View all custom entity instances in org | |
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| Custom entity: View custom entity instance | |
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| Extension Service API Definition: Manage | |
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| Extension Service API Definition: View | |
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| Extension Services: View | |
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| Extensions: View | |
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| External Service: Manage | |
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| External Service: View | |
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| General: Administrator Control | |
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| General: Administrator View | |
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| General: Send Notification | |
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| General: View Error Details | |
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| Group / User: Manage | |
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| Group / User: View | |
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| Hybrid Cloud Operations: Acquire control ticket | |
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| Hybrid Cloud Operations: Acquire from-the-cloud tunnel ticket | |
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| Hybrid Cloud Operations: Acquire to-the-cloud tunnel ticket | |
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| Hybrid Cloud Operations: Create from-the-cloud tunnel | |
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| Hybrid Cloud Operations: Create to-the-cloud tunnel | |
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| Hybrid Cloud Operations: Delete from-the-cloud tunnel | |
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| Hybrid Cloud Operations: Delete to-the-cloud tunnel | |
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| Hybrid Cloud Operations: Update from-the-cloud tunnel endpoint tag | |
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| Localization Resources: Manage | |
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| Metadata File Entry: Create/Modify | |
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| Network Pool: View | |
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| Object Extensions: Manage | |
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| Object Extensions: View | |
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| Organization Network: Create or Delete | |
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| Organization Network: Edit Properties | |
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| Organization Network: View | |
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| Organization vDC Compute Policy: View | |
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| Organization vDC Disk: View IOPS | |
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| Organization vDC Distributed Firewall: Configure Rules | |
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| Organization vDC Distributed Firewall: View Rules | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure BGP Routing | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure DHCP | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure DNS | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure ECMP Routing | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure Firewall | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure IPSec VPN | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure L2 VPN | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure Load Balancer | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure NAT | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure OSPF Routing | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure Remote Access | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure Route Advertisement | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure SLAAC Profile | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure SSL VPN | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure Static Routing | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Configure Syslog | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Convert to Advanced Networking | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: Distributed Routing | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View BGP Routing | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View DHCP | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View DNS | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View Firewall | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View IPSec VPN | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View L2 VPN | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View Load Balancer | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View NAT | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View OSPF Routing | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View Remote Access | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View Route Advertisement | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View SLAAC Profile | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View SSL VPN | |
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| Organization vDC Gateway: View Static Routing | |
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| Organization vDC Named Disk: Change Owner | |
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| Organization vDC Named Disk: Create | |
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| Organization vDC Named Disk: Delete | |
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| Organization vDC Named Disk: Edit Properties | |
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| Organization vDC Named Disk: Move | |
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| Organization vDC Named Disk: View Encryption Status | |
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| Organization vDC Named Disk: View Properties | |
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| Organization vDC Network: Edit Properties | |
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| Organization vDC Network: View | |
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| Organization vDC Network: View Properties | |
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| Organization vDC Storage Policy: View Capabilities | |
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| Organization vDC Storage Profile: Set Default | |
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| Organization vDC: Edit | |
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| Organization vDC: Edit ACL | |
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| Organization vDC: Manage Firewall | |
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| Organization vDC: Simple Edit | |
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| Organization vDC: User View | |
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| Organization vDC: View | |
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| Organization vDC: View ACL | |
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| Organization vDC: View CPU and Memory Reservation | |
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| Organization VDC: view metrics | |
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| Organization vDC: VM-VM Affinity Edit | |
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| Organization: Edit Association Settings | |
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| Organization: Edit Federation Settings | |
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| Organization: Edit Leases Policy | |
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| Organization: Edit OAuth Settings | |
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| Organization: Edit Password Policy | |
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| Organization: Edit Properties | |
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| Organization: Edit Quotas Policy | |
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| Organization: Edit SMTP Settings | |
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| Organization: Import User/Group from IdP while Editing VDC ACL | |
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| Organization: Perform Administrator Queries | |
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| Organization: View | |
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| Organization: view metrics | |
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| Provider Network: View | |
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| Provider vDC: View | |
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| Quota Policy Capabilities: View | |
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| Resource Class Action: Manage | |
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| Resource Class Action: View | |
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| Role: Create, Edit, Delete, or Copy | |
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| Security Tag Edit | |
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| Selector Extensions: Manage | |
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| Selector Extensions: View | |
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| Service Authorization: Manage | |
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| Service Configuration: Manage | |
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| Service Configuration: View | |
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| Service Link: Manage | |
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| Service Link: View | |
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| Service Resource Type: Manage | |
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| Service Resource Type: View | |
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| Service Resource: Manage | |
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| Service Resource: View | |
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| Service Library: View service libraries | |
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| SSL: Test Connection | |
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| Truststore: Manage | |
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| Truststore: View | |
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| UI Plugins: Define Upload Modify Delete Associate or Disassociate | |
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| UI Plugins: View | |
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| UI Plugins: View | |
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| vApp Template / Media: Copy | |
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| vApp Template / Media: Create / Upload | |
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| vApp Template / Media: Edit | |
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| vApp Template / Media: View | |
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| vApp Template: Add to My Cloud | |
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| vApp Template: Change Owner | |
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| vApp Template: Download | |
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| vApp: Change Owner | |
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| vApp: Copy | |
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| vApp: Create / Reconfigure | |
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| vApp: Delete | |
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| vApp: Download | |
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| vApp: Edit Properties | |
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| vApp: Edit VM Compute Policy | |
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| vApp: Edit VM CPU | |
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| vApp: Edit VM Hard Disk | |
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| vApp: Edit VM Memory | |
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| vApp: Edit VM Network | |
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| vApp: Edit VM Properties | |
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| vApp: Manage VM Password Settings | |
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| vApp: Power Operations | |
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| vApp: Shadow VM View | |
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| vApp: Sharing | |
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| vApp: Snapshot Operations | |
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| vApp: Upload | |
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| vApp: Use Console | |
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| vApp: View ACL | |
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| vApp: View VM and VM's Disks Encryption Status | |
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| vApp: View VM metrics | |
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| vApp: VM Boot Options | |
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| vApp: VM Metadata to vCenter | |
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| vApp: VM Migrate, Force Undeploy, Relocate, Consolidate | |
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| VCD Extension: Register, Unregister, Refresh, Associate or Disassociate | |
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| VCD Extension: View | |
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| VDC Group: Configure | |
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| VDC Group: Configure Logging | |
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| VDC Group: View | |
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| VDC Template: Instantiate | |
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| VDC Template: View | |
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| vGPU Profile Consumption: View | |
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| Organization vDC Shared Named Disk: Create | |
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| vApp: Allow Matching Extra Config | |
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| vApp: Allow All Extra Config | |
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| VAPP_VM_METADATA_TO_VCENTER | |
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| Catalog: CLSP Publish Subscribe | |
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| Catalog: VCSP Publish Subscribe Caching | |
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| vApp Template: Checkout | |
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