An organization administrator can create users and groups, and can assign other roles to them. The items appear on the Home page when you log in are determined by the role assigned to you by ipHouse.

In vmForge, click Administer to add, delete, and modify users and groups.

These default roles exist in vmForge.

• Organization administrator
  Administers the organization
• Catalog Author
  Creates new catalogs
• vApp Author
  Creates vApps by using the contents of a catalog
• vApp User
  Uses vApps created by others
• Console Access Only
  Only views the state and properties of machines in vmForge

If you need to create custom roles for your organization, contact vmForge support.

Add a User

Edit a User

Delete a User

Send User Notifications

Delete Users in Lost and Found

Deactivate or Activate Users

View and Change an Assigned User Role

Add a User

Adds a user to provide access to vmForge.

Procedure

1. Click Administration.
2. In the left pane, select Members > Users.
3. Click the Add User button.
4. Type the user name and password.
5. Select a role.
   You can only select a default role.
   if you need a custom role for your organization, contact vmForge support.
6. (Optional) Type the contact information.
7. (Optional) Select the stored and deployed virtual machine quota limits for this user.
8. Click OK.

The new user appears on the Users page.

Edit a User

You can edit user properties such as the password, role, contact information, and quotas.

You are an organization administrator.

Procedure

1. Click Administration.
2. In the left pane, select Members > Users.
3. Select a user, right-click, and click Properties.
4. Modify the necessary properties and click OK.

Delete a User

If a user leaves the company or moves to another organization, you can delete a user from your organization.

You are an organization administrator.

Procedure

1. Click Administration.
2. In the left pane, select Members > Users.
3. Select a user, right-click, and select Disable Account.
4. Reselect this user, right-click, and select Delete User.
5. Click Yes.

The user is deleted from your organization.

Send User Notifications

You can send an email notification to users to notify them of events or issues in your organization.

You are an organization administrator.

Procedure

1. Click Administration.
2. In the left pane, select Members > Users.
3. Click the Send Notification button.
   If you select a user and then click this button, the user's name appears as the recipient.
4. Select the recipient and type a subject.
5. Type the message.
6. Click Send Email.

The notification is sent to the selected recipients.

Delete Users in Lost and Found

The Lost and Found area is not used in our implementation of vCloud Director.

Deactivate or Activate Users

Deactivated users cannot log in to the Web console. You must reactivate users before they can log in.

You are an organization administrator.

Procedure

1. Click Administration.
2. In the left pane, select Members > Users.
3. Select a user, right-click, and select Disable Account or Enable Account.
4. Click OK.

Deactivated users have a red circle in the Active column and active users have a green check mark.

What to do next

After you disable a user's account, you can delete that user. See "Delete a User,"

View and Change an Assigned User Role

When you display a user's role in your organization, you can see the tasks that the user can complete.

You are an organization administrator.

Procedure

1. Click Administration.
2. In the left pane, select Members > Users.
3. Select a user, right-click, and select Properties.
4. In the User role in organization: drop-down menu, select a new role for the user.
   The definition of each role appears as a tool tip.
5. Click OK.