Hello,
So I´m installing Usage Meter 3.6 and the PDF seems a little mysterious (previous version was worse, it said "give read-only administrator privilege" go figure that one out...), but now this version says :
https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCloud-Usage-Meter/3.6/vcloud-usage-meter-36-users-guide.pdf
Page 26
Prerequisites
Verify that you have additional vCenter Server user permissions, other than Read-only. To add the
required additional permissions, perform the following steps.
a Log in to the vSphere Web Client as an administrator.
b Navigate to Administration > Roles.
c Click the Create role button.
d Type a name for the new role.
e Select the following permission:Profile-driven storage > Profile-driven storage view
f Assign the new role to the user which you use for vCloud Usage Meter collection.
Now...this seems a little vague, what exact permissions are needed for the User Meter user on vCenter ?, is it administrator privileges and no one wants to put it on writing on the pdf ? ; )
The instructions to create a role are wonderful, all that is missing is the baseline from which to start, which role to use for instance, since I don´t think a role with only that permission would be very helpful, other providers give clear examples of privileges needed and how to create that role on vCenter, seems weird VMware itself cannot do this for Usage Meter.
If anyone can help me it would be appreciated, the Usage Meter documentation doesn´t seem to be up to the usual VMware standard of quality.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Carlos.