Enabling the vCenter Server permissions required to modify virtual machine network settings

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to enable the vCenter Server permissions required to modify virtual machine network settings.

Environment

VMware vCenter 8

 

Resolution

To modify virtual machine network settings, you require these permissions:

• Network > Assign Network
• Virtual Machine > Change Configuration > Modify device settings
• Virtual Machine > Change Configuration > Change Settings

To enable these permissions:

1. Connect vSphere Client to vCenter Server.
2. Click the hamburger button in the upper left corner.
3. Click Administration.
4. Click Roles.
5. To create a new user role, right-click on a blank area and select NEW, or CLONE to clone an existing template.
6. Enter a name, For example, VM Network Admin.
7. Expand Network and select Assign network.
8. Expand Virtual Machine > Change Configuration, select Modify device settings and Change Settings.
9. Click CREATE.
10. Add permission for this user at the datacenter level and assign the role to this user.

For more information about vCenter Server permissions, see  vSphere Permissions and User Management Tasks

Additional Information

Hierarchical Inheritance of Permissions in vSphere