v2v: vCenter: Document the minimum set of permissions needed for conversions (RHBZ#1277274).

Thanks: Alessandro on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277274#c2
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Richard W.M. Jones
2015-11-04 16:21:35 +00:00
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@@ -1082,6 +1082,36 @@ In this case the output flags are set to write the converted guest to
a temporary directory as this is just an example, but you can also
write to libvirt or any other supported target.
=head2 VCENTER: NON-ADMINISTRATOR ROLE
Instead of using the vCenter Administrator role, you can create a
custom non-administrator role to perform the conversion. You will
however need to give it a minimum set of permissions as follows:
=over 4
=item 1.
Create a custom role in vCenter.
=item 2.
Enable (check) the following objects:
Datastore:
- Browse datastore
- Low level file operations
Session:
- Validate session
Virtual Machine:
Provisioning:
- Allow disk access
- Allow read-only disk access
=back
=head1 INPUT FROM VMWARE OVA
Virt-v2v is able to import guests from VMware's OVA (Open