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RBAC with VSC 4.1, vCenter 5.1

GARDINEC_EBRD — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:16:04 GMT

Hi All,

Sorry, I seem to be posting endless questions about vCenter 5.1...

We're testing VSC 4.1 right now and have a problem with RBAC configuration. We have configured RBAC for vcenter as per https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=1013941. However, having installed VSC 4.1 and registering it with vcenter, we are getting a permissions issue when trying access the VSC in the vsphere client:

If we change the roles to full admin in vcenter it works correctly, so there must be some privilege we're missing. Is there any updated RBAC doc covering VSC 4.1 on vCenter 5.1, or does anyone have any experience of this?

Many thanks,

Craig

Re: RBAC with VSC 4.1, vCenter 5.1

maliu — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:57:12 GMT

Hi Craig,

Have you tried to use ONTAP RBAC Username Creator for VSC by dbkelly. It is a GUI application and might be very helpful. Link below to the installer and guide.

https://communities.netapp.com/docs/DOC-19074

Re: RBAC with VSC 4.1, vCenter 5.1

pvanvoorene — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:24:24 GMT

Hi Craig,

I also used https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=1013941, with the same http error 403, but I got it working with an extra privilege:

In vCenter under Administration -> Roles, I have combined all privileges needed for Backup & Recovery, Privisioning & Cloning, Optimization & Migration in 1 Role + privilege Sessions -> Validate session.

We have vSphere 5.0, not 5.1.

Peter

Re: RBAC with VSC 4.1, vCenter 5.1

MARK_BARNES — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:44:49 GMT

The previous post, adding priv Sessions -> Validate session, fixed us as well running 5.1. Thanks

Re: RBAC with VSC 4.1, vCenter 5.1

maness — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:00:23 GMT

When registering Virtual Storage Console with the vCenter Server at https://VSC_HOST:8143/Register.html, are you using vSphere administrator credentials?

Re: RBAC with VSC 4.1, vCenter 5.1

pvanvoorene — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:23:46 GMT

Yes.

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Verzonden: zaterdag 13 april 2013 4:01 PM

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