Your network contains a Hyper-V cluster named Cluster1.
You install Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).
You create a user account for another administrator named User1.
You plan to provide User1 with the ability to manage only the virtual machines that User1 creates.
You need to identify what must be created before you delegate the required permissions.
What should you identify?
A.
A service template
B.
A Delegated Administrator
C.
A cloud
D.
A host group
I believe it is C.
Scope of user role in VMM/Settings/User roles is selection of clouds
Correct answer is D.
Designating hosts on which users can create and operate their own virtual machines—When a VMM administrator adds self-service roles, the role identifies the hosts on which self-service users or groups in that role are allowed to create, operate, and manage their own virtual machines. This process is known as virtual machine self-service. It is easier to designate such hosts if a specific host group is created for this purpose.
Taken from https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc917951.aspx
D is the right answer. See reaction of jimilives in: http://www.aiotestking.com/microsoft/what-should-you-identify-52/
C, did a test 🙂 and then creating USER ROLE, in step of selecting SCOPE I was able to pick among my current CLOUDS, not host groups. Host groups and single host were not even visible in creator.
Strange , https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh356037(v=sc.12).aspx is saying clouds or host groups can be selected
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg696971(v=sc.12).aspx is saying cloud only:
As of System Center 2012 R2, VMM administrators can use the Create User Role Wizard to configure user roles with a set of permitted actions on a per-cloud basis in addition to the global settings. These settings apply only to the tenant administrator and the self-service user roles. With these settings, the user’s effective permitted actions for a given cloud are the combination of their global permitted actions and cloud permitted actions.
Are there differences in VMM2012, VMM2012 SP1 and VMM2012 R2 ? The question is about VMM2012
I start to believe its not Cloud but Host Groups.
Remember that we are talking about SYSTEM CENTER 2012! and NOT R2!.
When reading throught Technet and different articles, this gave me my final decision:
“You can create a private cloud from either of the following sources:
Host groups that contain resources from Hyper-V hosts, VMware ESX hosts and Citrix XenServer hosts
A VMware resource pool”
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610625(v=sc.12).aspx
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles-tutorials/cloud-computing/building-private-cloud-system-center-2012-part2.html
“You need to identify what must be created before you delegate the required permissions” You have to create hosts groups before creating clouds.
Host groups is the correct answer, see my explanation from http://www.aiotestking.com/microsoft/what-should-you-identify-52/