VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) Practice Exam

How can an administrator grant a user privileges that span all environments in a vCenter Server configuration?

1. Assign a Global Permission to the user.

2. Assign a vCenter Permission to the user.

3. Assign vsphere.local membership to the user.

4. Assign an ESXi Permission to the user.

The correct answer is: Assign a Global Permission to the user.

To grant a user privileges that span all environments in a vCenter Server configuration, assigning a Global Permission to the user is the correct approach. Global Permissions in vCenter Server are specifically designed to provide access and privileges that affect the entire vCenter environment, including all datacenters, clusters, hosts, and virtual machines. This is important in larger deployments where there may be multiple datacenters managed within the same vCenter server. By assigning Global Permissions, the administrator ensures that the user has the necessary rights across all components without having to assign permissions individually at each level or scope. In contrast, assigning a vCenter Permission would only provide access at the vCenter level and might not cover all associated resources comprehensively. The vsphere.local membership may grant basic user management rights, but it does not inherently confer any specific permissions unless additional configurations are applied. Lastly, assigning ESXi Permissions would limit the user’s access to specific ESXi hosts rather than the broader vCenter environment, which goes against the requirement for privileges spanning all environments.