Create a New Role

You use roles to manage access control for user accounts in
VMware Aria Operations
.
Verify that you understand the context of this scenario. See User Scenario: Manage User Access Control. For information about roles and associated permissions, see KB 59484.
In this procedure, you will add a new role and assign administrative permissions to the role.
  1. From the left menu, click
    Administration
    , and then click the
    Access Control
    tile.
  2. Click the
    Roles
    tab.
  3. Click the
    Add
    icon on the toolbar to create a role.
    The
    Create Role
    dialog box appears.
  4. For the role name, type
    admin_cluster
    , then type a description and click
    OK
    .
    The admin_cluster role appears in the list of roles.
  5. Click the
    admin_cluster
    role.
  6. In the Details grid below, on the Permissions pane, click the
    Edit
    icon.
    The
    Assign Permissions to Role
    dialog box appears.
  7. Select the
    Administrative Access - all permissions
    check box.
  8. Click
    Update
    .
    This action gives this role administrative access to all the features in the environment.
Create a user account, and assign this role to the account.