An administrator needs to ensure that only specific users can manage the virtual machines (VM)...

To ensure that only specific users can manage VMs in a specific VMware vCenter folder, the following three steps are required:

Create a new role in vCenter with VM management permissions(Answer B):You must define a custom role tailored to managing VMs, which includes permissions such as powering on/off VMs, editing VM settings, and accessing consoles. This role must include the appropriate privileges under the “Virtual machine” category in vCenter permissions.

Apply the role to the specific vCenter folder(Answer C):The custom role needs to be applied directly to the target vCenter folder. This enables scope-based access control, where permissions are applied only to VMs within that folder.

Assign the new role to the appropriate users/groups(Answer A):After creating the role and applying it to the folder, the role must be associated with the correct users or groups. This step uses the vCenter Server's identity source integration to assign roles.

Why the other options are incorrect:

D. Add the identity source to vCenter:This is a prerequisite step for any role assignment but is not directly required in this specific scenario if the identity source is already configured.

E. Create a datastore cluster:This is unrelated to managing VM access. Datastore clusters pertain to storage management and are not involved in user permissions or role assignments.