Permission required to perform a cross-vCenter vMotion for non-admin user on destination vCenter server

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vCenter Server 7.0
• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

This article talks about Advance cross vCenter vMotion and cross vMotion within same SSO domain.

 

Resolution

• Required privilege: Resource.Query vMotion
• When migrating powered on virtual machines, verify that the following requirements are met:
  • Required privilege: Resource.Migrate powered on virtual machine
  • Verify that the hosts and virtual machines meet the requirements for migration with vMotion. See Host Configuration for vMotion and Virtual Machine Conditions and Limitations for vMotion.
  • Verify that the hosts and virtual machines meet the requirements for live migration. See Requirements and Limitations for vMotion Without Shared Storage.
• When migrating powered off virtual machines, verify that the following requirements are met:
  • Required privilege: Resource.Migrate powered off virtual machine

• Additionally, the following permissions are required for a non-admin user. 
  
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