[PATCH v2] docs: Add extra permission needed for non-admin download with VMware 7
From: Ming Xie <mxie@redhat.com> Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817050 --- docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod b/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod index ab2d28e41f..bccf0f7490 100644 --- a/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod +++ b/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod @@ -559,8 +559,9 @@ write to libvirt or any other supported target. Instead of using the vCenter Administrator role, you can create a custom non-administrator role to perform the conversion. You will -however need to give it a minimum set of permissions as follows -(using VMware vCenter 6.5): +however need enable the following permissions (or as many as are +available, older versions of VMware were missing some of these +settings): =over 4 @@ -585,6 +586,7 @@ Enable (check) the following objects: Provisioning: - Allow disk access - Allow read-only disk access + - Allow virtual machine download Cryptographic operations: - Decrypt -- 2.35.1
On 05/19/22 12:52, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
From: Ming Xie <mxie@redhat.com>
Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817050 --- docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod b/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod index ab2d28e41f..bccf0f7490 100644 --- a/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod +++ b/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod @@ -559,8 +559,9 @@ write to libvirt or any other supported target.
Instead of using the vCenter Administrator role, you can create a custom non-administrator role to perform the conversion. You will -however need to give it a minimum set of permissions as follows -(using VMware vCenter 6.5): +however need enable the following permissions (or as many as are +available, older versions of VMware were missing some of these +settings):
=over 4
@@ -585,6 +586,7 @@ Enable (check) the following objects: Provisioning: - Allow disk access - Allow read-only disk access + - Allow virtual machine download
Cryptographic operations: - Decrypt
Great, thanks! Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 01:27:38PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
On 05/19/22 12:52, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
From: Ming Xie <mxie@redhat.com>
Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817050 --- docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod b/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod index ab2d28e41f..bccf0f7490 100644 --- a/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod +++ b/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod @@ -559,8 +559,9 @@ write to libvirt or any other supported target.
Instead of using the vCenter Administrator role, you can create a custom non-administrator role to perform the conversion. You will -however need to give it a minimum set of permissions as follows -(using VMware vCenter 6.5): +however need enable the following permissions (or as many as are +available, older versions of VMware were missing some of these +settings):
=over 4
@@ -585,6 +586,7 @@ Enable (check) the following objects: Provisioning: - Allow disk access - Allow read-only disk access + - Allow virtual machine download
Cryptographic operations: - Decrypt
Great, thanks!
Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Thanks - commit 2bf8fae2a6 Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-top is 'top' for virtual machines. Tiny program with many powerful monitoring features, net stats, disk stats, logging, etc. http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top
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