By default, users can work with persistent storage volumes, which are VM templates containing persistent volumes as the primary disk. This feature requires external storage volumes.
Users can access this feature on the Persistent VM tab in Virtual datacenters → open a virtual appliance → Virtual machines, or through the API.
The Persistent VM tab displays beside the Templates tab.
From this tab the user can also create new persistent templates.
It is easy to remove access to this feature by removing a couple of privileges that are present in the default user role.
To disable the display of the Persistent VM tab so that the user cannot create persistent VMs by dragging and dropping persistent templates.
- Remove the "Access persistent templates view" privilege from the user role
To prevent the user from creating persistent templates, using the + button in on the Persistent VM tab or through the API:
- Remove "Manage persistent templates" privilege from the user role