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Users and Roles requirement

Learn what users and roles are required to configure your VMware vSphere connector.

Users​

VMware vCenter Single Sign-On stores the user and group data either in the Active Directory or in the operating system of your local machine, where the vCenter Single Sign-On is installed.

The VMware vSphere connector requires one of the following users:

  • An Active Directory user

  • User on the local machine where the VMware vCenter is installed

Roles​

The VMware vSphere connector requires the following roles:

  • The user account that is used for access should be assigned the vCenter Server Role Read-only or higher.

  • To have the complete license key for each vSphere host displayed in Snow License Manager, the user account needs to be assigned a vCenter Server Role with the granted privilege Licenses of the Global privilege category.