Additional permissions required when cloning virtual machines using Advanced Cross vCenter vMotion

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article describes the additional permissions required when performing a virtual machine clone operation using the Advanced Cross vCenter vMotion feature.

Environment

vCenter Server 8.x

Resolution

The following documentation lists the permissions required for migrating a virtual machine using Advanced Cross vCenter vMotion.

Import or Clone a Virtual Machine with Advanced Cross vCenter vMotion

• Resource.Query vMotion
• Resource.Migrate powered on virtual machine (When you migrate powered on virtual machines)
• Resource.Migrate powered off virtual machine (When you migrate powered off virtual machines)

However, when performing a clone operation you must grant the following privilege on the source vCenter Server in addition to those listed in the documentation. 

• Virtual machine.Provisioning.Clone virtual machine