Control access to persistent templates feature

Users can work with persistent VM templates that enable users to create VMs with persistent volumes as the primary disks. This feature requires external storage devices.

Default access to persistent templates feature

By default, users can manage persistent templates on the Persistent VM templates tab in Virtual datacenters.

Users can create VMs from persistent templates on the Persistent VM tab in Virtual datacenters → open a virtual appliance →  Virtual machines, or through the API.

The Persistent VM option displays with the Template option when the user creates a VM.

Control access to the persistent templates feature

To remove access to persistent templates, remove the following privileges that are present in the default user role.

To disable the display of the Persistent VM templates tab at the VDC level:

• Remove the "Access persistent templates view" privilege from the user role

To disable the display of the Persistent VM option 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 on the Persistent VM templates tab or through the API:

• Remove "Manage persistent templates" privilege from the user role