I'd like to know the same. Ideally, if only to run automated scripts to collect info via RESTAPI, but not have to use a heavy duty user account to do so (audit issue).

Assign monitor role to the user.

Steve

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(Steve - The Unisphere for VMAX (and SYMCLI) allows you to assign EMC-provided roles. There is no such equivalent for VPLEX security, at least not at this time and none that I am aware of)

I have been told this is not possible today and a roadmap item for 2016....

Hello, is it now possible to assign role (for example Read-Only but not admin) to a new user account in Vplex 5.5 ?

According to the Security guide for Geosynchrony 5.5 you can't have a user account that is read-only; a read-only role is available in 6 though (not that that will help you now).  The closest you can get to it would be to create a "user" account.  Here's what the security guide says user accounts can do:

user • Access to the management server

desktop, VPlexcli, and Unisphere for

VPLEX GUI

• Restricted access to management

server native functions

• Read-only access to log files

The security guide is bundled in the 5.5 documentation portfolio: https://support.emc.com/docu61212_VPLEX-Release-5.5-Documentation-Portfolio.pdf?language=en_US

--Thom

VPLEX GEO 6.0 can be create read only user but  the lower version is not possible.