Creating a VM with a constant Name

[NikunjB]

Hi All,

Is there any way by which I can create Virtual Machines ( either using import-vapp or by New-VM ) with a constant Name.?

i.e It cannot ne renamed later on or it will require some kind of authentication for it.?

I have a similar need, Certain virtual machines should never be powered off and require some authentication for it.?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Nikunj

[LucD]

One way of doing this would be through the use of permssions and privileges.

Create a special role with the rename and poweroff privileges, and give a permission with that role to a limited set of users.

All other users should have a permission with a role that doesn't have these privileges.

To create the special role, you could do

$tgt = "VirtualMachine.Config.Rename","VirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOff" 
$privs = Get-VIPrivilege | where {$tgt -contains $_.Id}
New-VIRole -Name Special -Privilege $privs