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We have a bunch of users that have vSphere and have access the vms on ESX 5.0 server. I'd like to be able to give them access to the vSphere console so they can view what's happening but not interact in any way.

I tried this using permissions, only enabling console interaction but I could still interact with the guest OS.

Any ideas on how to do this?

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There's no granular way to separate out these permissions - if a user has the rights to open the console of a running VM, they also have the rights to send keystrokes and mouse movements to it.

View-only to the console's screen might not be that useful anyway, as most OSes will go to a black screen after a while, requiring a keystroke to put anything on the screen.

Would letting them capture screenshots into the datastore be sufficient for your needs?

Shane Madden
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