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The Global scope is the default scope for the cloud administrator that contains all elements and it cannot be modified. This scope is assigned to the default admin user (with the CLOUD_ADMIN role). If you select display the default scope from the Scopes list, the resource columns are empty . This is because it always includes all resources, so no resources are displayed.
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An unlimited scope is always at the top of the scope hierarchy, which means it cannot have a parent scope. An unlimited scope has new resources added automatically, so you will not need to modify it to include new enterprises or datacenterselements. To create an unlimited scope for enterprises and/or datacenters, you must be logged in as a user with a corresponding unlimited scope.
You an can create a scope hierarchy for sharing resources with related tenants without the need for the administrator to have all of these related tenants in their own scopeto tenants that are below an administrator's own scope in a hierarchy. So administrators can share VM templates and VApp specs with tenants in child scopes beneath of their own scope, but administrators manage only the tenants within their own scope.
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