Cloud how to: how to add new users to your virtual datacentre

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  1. On the administrator's home page, you will see four tabs below your organisation name in the top left corner (Home, My Cloud, Catalog and Administration).
  2. Click to select the Administration tab, expand Members and click on Users. By default, one user is created in a new organisation, using your unit's four letter code as a basis for the naming scheme and appending admin to it (e.g. ouitadmin). This account is an Organisation Administrator.
  3. To create additional users, click the plus icon symbol to bring up the user creation window:
  4. Fill in the user details. Make sure that the Enable box is checked. We recommend that you leave the quotas as unlimited, unless you particularly want to restrict the number of VMs (offline or running) a particular user can have.
  5. Note that there are a number of roles that you can select from to apply to the new user account:

Pick one and click the OK button. Selecting vApp User or Organisation Administrator will usually cover most requirements. A full list of rights associated with particular roles is provided in the table below:

  Organization Administrator Catalog Author vApp Author vApp User Console Access Only
vApp: Create/Reconfigure a vApp Yes Yes Yes No No
vApp: Delete a vApp Yes Yes Yes Yes No
vApp: Edit vApp Properties Yes Yes Yes Yes No
vApp: Start/Stop/Suspend/Reset a vApp Yes Yes Yes Yes No
vApp: Share a vApp Yes Yes Yes Yes No
vApp: Copy a vApp Yes Yes Yes Yes No
vApp: Access to VM Console Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
vApp: Change Owner Yes No No No No
vApp: Edit VM Properties Yes Yes Yes Yes No
vApp: Edit VM Memory Yes Yes Yes No No
vApp: Edit VM CPU Yes Yes Yes No No
vApp: Edit VM Network Yes Yes Yes Yes No
vApp: Edit VM Hard Disk Yes Yes Yes No No
vApp: Manage VM Password Settings Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Catalog: Create/Delete a new Catalog Yes Yes No No No
Catalog: Edit Catalog Properties Yes Yes No No No
Catalog: Add a vApp from My Cloud Yes Yes Yes No No
Catalog: Publish a Catalog Yes Yes No No No
Catalog: Share a Catalog Yes Yes No No No
Catalog: View Private and Shared Catalogs Yes Yes Yes No No
Catalog: View Published Catalogs Yes No No No No
Catalog: Change Owner Yes No No No No
Catalog Item: Edit vApp Template/Media Properties Yes Yes No No No
Catalog Item: Create/Upload a vApp Template or Media Yes Yes No No No
Catalog Item: Download a vApp Template Yes Yes No No No
Catalog Item: Copy/Move a vApp Template or Media Yes Yes Yes No No
Catalog Item: View vApp Templates and Media Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Catalog Item: Add to My Cloud Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Organization: Edit Organization Properties Yes No No No No
Organization: Edit SMTP Settings Yes No No No No
Organization: Edit Quotas Policy Yes No No No No
Organization: View Organizations Yes No No No No
Organization: Edit Organization Network Properties Yes No No No No
Organization: View Organization Networks Yes No No No No
Organization: Edit Leases Policy Yes No No No No
Organization: Edit Password Policy Yes No No No No
Organization vDC: View Organization vDCs Yes No No No No
User: View Group/User Yes No No No No
General: Send Notification Yes No No No No
General: Administrator Control Yes No No No No
General: Administrator View Yes No No No No

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