Steps to Create Minimum Privilege User for ESXi Scan

To create a minimum privilege user for ESXi Scan, refer to the following steps:

1. Login to ESXi host client, select manage, go to Security & users tab -> Roles.
   
   
2. Click Add role, provide a role name, select all System privileges.
   
   
3. Under the Global privileges, select Settings.
   
   
4. Under the Certificate privileges, select Manage.
   
   
5. Under Authorization privileges, select ModifyPermissions.
   
   
6. Under Host privileges, select Host, next select Settings and Image.
   
   
7. From the Security & users tab -> Users.
   
   
8. Click Add user and provide all the necessary details.
   
   
9. Next to assign the newly created role to the newly created scan user, from the right click menu, select Permissions.
   
   
10. In Manage permissions, click Add user.
    
    
11. Select scan user’s name in the first drop-down list and the new role name in the second drop-down list, then click Add user.
    
    
    You can now use this User’s credentials for scanning the ESXi host.