The below script will export the details of existing vCenter Server Roles details.
Copy the below piece of code and paste it onto a text file and save it as .PS1 file. Then run it in PowerCLI:
#requires -Version 3
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1,
ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[AllowNull()]
[alias("LiteralPath")]
[string]$Path = "c:\temp"
) #Param
Begin {
$DefaultRoles = "NoAccess", "Anonymous", "View", "ReadOnly", "Admin", "VirtualMachinePowerUser", "VirtualMachineUser", "ResourcePoolAdministrator", "VMwareConsolidatedBackupUser", "DatastoreConsumer", "NetworkConsumer"
$DefaultRolescount = $defaultRoles.Count
$CustomRoles = @()
} #Begin
Process {
$AllVIRoles = Get-VIRole
0..($DefaultRolescount) | ForEach-Object {
if ($(Get-Variable "role$_" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Remove-Variable "role$_" -Force -Confirm:$false
} #if ($(Get-Variable "role$_" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
} #0..($DefaultRolescount) | Foreach-Object
0..$DefaultRolescount | ForEach-Object {
$DefaultRolesnumber = $DefaultRoles[$_]
if ($_ -eq 0) {
New-Variable "role$_" -Option AllScope -Value ($AllVIRoles | Where-Object {$_.Name -ne $DefaultRolesnumber})
} #if ($_ -eq 0)
else {
$vartxt = $_ - 1
$lastrole = 'role'+"$vartxt"
#Get-Variable $lastrole
New-Variable "role$_" -Option AllScope -Value (Get-Variable "$lastrole" | select -ExpandProperty value | Where-Object {$_.Name -ne $DefaultRolesnumber})
} #else ($_ -eq 0)
} #0..$DefaultRolescount | ForEach-Object
$filteredRoles = Get-Variable "role$($DefaultRolescount-1)" | select -ExpandProperty value
} #Process
End {
$filteredRoles | ForEach-Object {
$completePath = Join-Path -Path $Path -ChildPath "$_.role"
Write-Host "Exporting Role `"$($_.Name)`" to `"$completePath`"" -ForegroundColor Yellow
$_ | Get-VIPrivilege | select-object -ExpandProperty Id | Out-File -FilePath $completePath
} #$filteredRoles | ForEach-Object
} #End #To Export Permissions:Get-VIPermission | export-csv c:\temp\rights.csv
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1,
ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[AllowNull()]
[alias("LiteralPath")]
[string]$Path = "c:\temp"
) #Param
Begin {
$DefaultRoles = "NoAccess", "Anonymous", "View", "ReadOnly", "Admin", "VirtualMachinePowerUser", "VirtualMachineUser", "ResourcePoolAdministrator", "VMwareConsolidatedBackupUser", "DatastoreConsumer", "NetworkConsumer"
$DefaultRolescount = $defaultRoles.Count
$CustomRoles = @()
} #Begin
Process {
$AllVIRoles = Get-VIRole
0..($DefaultRolescount) | ForEach-Object {
if ($(Get-Variable "role$_" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Remove-Variable "role$_" -Force -Confirm:$false
} #if ($(Get-Variable "role$_" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
} #0..($DefaultRolescount) | Foreach-Object
0..$DefaultRolescount | ForEach-Object {
$DefaultRolesnumber = $DefaultRoles[$_]
if ($_ -eq 0) {
New-Variable "role$_" -Option AllScope -Value ($AllVIRoles | Where-Object {$_.Name -ne $DefaultRolesnumber})
} #if ($_ -eq 0)
else {
$vartxt = $_ - 1
$lastrole = 'role'+"$vartxt"
#Get-Variable $lastrole
New-Variable "role$_" -Option AllScope -Value (Get-Variable "$lastrole" | select -ExpandProperty value | Where-Object {$_.Name -ne $DefaultRolesnumber})
} #else ($_ -eq 0)
} #0..$DefaultRolescount | ForEach-Object
$filteredRoles = Get-Variable "role$($DefaultRolescount-1)" | select -ExpandProperty value
} #Process
End {
$filteredRoles | ForEach-Object {
$completePath = Join-Path -Path $Path -ChildPath "$_.role"
Write-Host "Exporting Role `"$($_.Name)`" to `"$completePath`"" -ForegroundColor Yellow
$_ | Get-VIPrivilege | select-object -ExpandProperty Id | Out-File -FilePath $completePath
} #$filteredRoles | ForEach-Object
} #End #To Export Permissions:Get-VIPermission | export-csv c:\temp\rights.csv
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