Role based administration
One of the new features in VMware View 4.5 is the role based administration. This offers more flexibility when working with different departments i.e. user helpdesk. In previous versions of View there was only the administrator role for the View Administrator interface. This meant that the user who logs in to the management console has full access to all functions. He could deploy and delete desktops or change the global configuration even when his job was just to monitor the desktops. With the role based administration feature you can now work with various privileges and permissions for the users who will get access to View Administrator.
There are predefined roles but you can also create new roles with customized privileges. You can directly use the following roles:
- Administrators
- Administrators (Read Only)
- Agent Registration Administrators
- Global Configuration and Policy Administrators
- Global Configuration and Policy Administrators (Read Only)
- Inventory Administrators
- Inventory Administrators (Read Only)
The built-in roles have already privileges predefined and they can’t be changed. If you want to do so you have to create a new role and add the desired privileges.
The screenshot gives you just an impression of the possible privileges in View Administrator.
Defining folders allows you also to setup a multitenant environment with the role based administrator features. In the root folder you can create different subfolders for your department. For example if you have users in America and Europe you could add two folders (see screenshot) for them. Then add the desktops to the respective folders. The IT departments or user helpdesks in the specific regions could now get only access to their desktops using permissions for the folders.
This also useful for companies offering virtual desktops on demand or hosting them for several customers. You can now run one View environment for numerous customers.
