I am setting up a new ESXi 4.1 system and would like to give each user their own resource pool to "play" in. Within each pool, the user should be able to create, manage, and delete virtual machines.
To test this out, I first created a resource pool called "Build". Next, I created a new user, "steve2". I right clicked on the Build resource pool, and selected "Add Permission...". Here, I added my user and assigned him the role of "Administrator".
I log out, and log back in as my new user. I can only see my resource pool, which is great, and I can also interact with the VMs currently in the pool. However, when I click on "New Virtual Machine", the wizard pops up, only to have the application throw an exception and give me an error, before exiting. I've attached a screen shot of the error window.
My setup doesn't seem particularly complex or uncommon, yet I've not found a lot of information out there about doing this. Again, I'm able to tweak the permissions so that the user can manipulate an already existing VM, but I can't seem to find the magic combination to allow them to create a VM themselves. Any ideas?
Thank you!