Permissions to deny the use of the console in VSphere Web Client

Hello!

I received a task to change permissions on a couple of virtual machines highly important, while almost all of our ADMIN area with permissions today security groups, access will be denied to open the console.

Groups which today give the permissions are inherited from the level of vCenter, clusters, folders and so on.

I wanted to use roles if possible to deny access to the console, but is it possible?

What role "no access"? I think it's good to deny access to everything, not just the console.

But I have to keep to the spirit of my group, I am a member of several groups, so that I do not myself out with denying permissions.

Hello

You need new rules. Everything checked but these. That is to take the mark of the Administrator role a copy and delete these rules. Apply the top against all admins. You can also win the refinement using a tool like HyTrust Cloud Control. She responds to typical AD approaches for all roles in vCenter.

There is no "refinement" in vCenter.

Best regards
Edward L. Haletky
VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009-2016

Author of the books ' VMWare ESX and ESXi in the business: Planning Server Virtualization Deployment, Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. ' Of VMware VSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: securing the virtual environment ', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

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