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Quick Migration

Below are vCenter Server granular permissions required for Quick Migration:

Privilege Level

Required Permissions

Datastore

Allocate space
Browse datastore
Low-level file operations
Remove file

Global

Disable methods
Enable methods
Licenses
Log event
Settings

Resource

Assign virtual machine to resource pool
Migrate powered off virtual machine
Migrate powered on virtual machine

Storage Profiles

Profile-driven storage update
Profile-driven storage view

Virtual Machine

Change Configuration

Add existing disk
Add new disk
Advanced Configuration
Change resource
Remove disk
Rename

Interaction

Connect devices
Power Off
Power On
Suspend

Edit Inventory

Register
Remove
Unregister

Provisioning

Allow disk access
Allow read-only disk access
Allow virtual machine download

Snapshot Management

Create snapshot
Remove snapshot
Revert to snapshot

vApp

Add virtual machine
Assign resource pool