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Which privilege should the administrator assign to allow a user to create baselines using Update Manager?

The correct answer is A. Manage baseline. The 'Manage Baseline' privilege in VMware Update Manager is the specific permission required to create, edit, and delete baselines. Other baseline-related privileges cover different lifecycle actions such as attaching or staging.

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Question

Which privilege should the administrator assign to allow a user to create baselines using Update Manager?

Options

  • AManage baseline
  • BAttach baseline
  • CStage baseline
  • DConfigure baseline

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    91% (21)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

The 'Manage Baseline' privilege in VMware Update Manager is the specific permission required to create, edit, and delete baselines. Other baseline-related privileges cover different lifecycle actions such as attaching or staging.

AManage baselineCorrect

In VMware Update Manager, the 'Manage Baseline' privilege directly grants the ability to create new baselines, modify existing ones, and delete them. This is a distinct privilege from attaching or staging, and without it a user cannot define the compliance targets that drive patch and upgrade remediation workflows.

BAttach baseline

The 'Attach Baseline' privilege allows associating an already-existing baseline to an inventory object such as a host or cluster, but does not grant the ability to create a new baseline.

CStage baseline

The 'Stage Baseline' privilege allows downloading patches to a host in preparation for remediation without applying them, which is a separate action from creating or defining a baseline.

DConfigure baseline

'Configure Baseline' is not a recognized VMware Update Manager privilege - the correct privilege name for creating and managing baselines is 'Manage Baseline'.

Concept tested: VMware Update Manager baseline creation privilege assignment

Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.update_manager.doc/GUID-9C4B2E3D-1F5A-4B6A-8C7D-3E2F1A4B5C6D.html

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#Update Manager#baseline privileges#RBAC#patch management

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