Create dedicated vCenter user account
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Configuration and Setup
Virtual machine > Configuration • Add existing disk 
• Add new disk 
• Add or Remove device 
• Advanced 
•Change CPU count 
• Change Resource 
• Disk change Tracking 
•Disk Lease 
• Host USB device 
•Memory 
• Modify device setting 
•Raw device 
• Reload from path
• Remove disk 
• Rename 
• Reset guest information 
•Settings 
• Swapfile placement 
• Upgrade virtual hardware
• Extend Virtual disk
Virtual machine > Interaction • Acquire guest control ticket
• Console interaction
•Power Off
• Power On
• Reset
• VMware Tools install
Virtual machine > Inventory • Create new
•Register
•Remove
•Unregister
Virtual machine > Provisioning • Allow disk access
• Allow read-only disk access
• Allow virtual machine download
• Mark as Template
Virtual machine > State • Create snapshot
• Remove Snapshot
• Revert to snapshot
Table 3 Minimum required vCenter user account privileges  (page 2 of 2)
Setting Minimum required privileges