Users in the vSphere
EnvironmentLast Updated December 16, 2024
Users and roles
control who has access to vSphere components and what actions each user can
perform.
User management is discussed in
detail in the
vSphere Security
documentation.
vCenter Server
and
ESXi
systems
authenticate a user with a combination of user name, password, and permissions.
Servers and hosts maintain lists of authorized users and the permissions
assigned to each user.
Privileges define basic
individual rights that are required to perform actions and retrieve
information.
ESXi
and
vCenter Server
use sets of privileges, or roles, to control which users can access particular
vSphere objects.
ESXi
and
vCenter Server
provide a set of pre-established roles.
The privileges and roles assigned on an
ESXi
host are separate from the privileges and roles assigned on a vCenter Server
system. When you manage a host by using a vCenter Server
system, only the privileges and roles assigned through the
vCenter Server
system are available. You cannot create ESXi
users by using the vSphere Client
.