I have a subset of admins to take care of specific VMs. The role created to give them access to the VM allows them to power off and power on the VMs. However, if we are doing some maintenance in the cluster and set the DRS to Manual and one of those admins tries to power on a VM, they do not get the expected "Host Recommendations for VMNAME" popup window where they can select the host to power the VM on. In fact, they do not get anything - not even an error.
What permission(s) do I need to add to the role to allow them to select a host to power on the VM? I tried 'Resource -> Apply recommendation,' but that didn't help.
On a related note, has anyone put together a detailed list of what actions require what permissions? VMware has fallen down hard, when it comes to documenting this. It was bad enough when they weren't documented in vCenter Server 2.5. It got worse with vCenter Server 4.0. And it's no better with vCenter Server 5.
I mean, someone in VMware had to define these permissions in the first place. Can't they simply just document what they are limiting? Hello? VMware? Really??
-Jeff