Script to Export VI Permissions

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There was a requirement in one of the projects to export permissions assigned to each Virtual Machine hosted in a vSphere Environment. We wrote a PowerCLI script to fetch the list of users along with the Role assigned to each user and export these details to a CSV file.

Requirements:

  • PowerCLI
  • PowerShell 5.1 or later

Script:

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Confirm:$false
$cred = Get-Credential
Connect-VIServer vCenter_IP/FQDN -Credential $cred
$vms = Get-VM
$output = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList($null)
$vmpermission = @()
foreach ($vm in $vms)
{
    $permissions = $vm | Get-VIPermission | Get-Unique
    Foreach ($permission in $permissions)
    {
        $formatpermission = $permission.Principal + " (" + $permission.Role + ")"
        $permission | Add-Member -NotePropertyName FormatPermission -NotePropertyValue $formatpermission
    }
    $vmpermission = [pscustomobject]@{VMName=$vm.Name;Role=$permissions.FormatPermission  -join ', '}
    [void]($output.Add($vmpermission))
}

$output | Export-csv C:\Users\VMPermissionsExport.csv -NoTypeInformation

Just replace the vCenter_Server_IP_Address/FQDN and Path of CSV File and run the script to export VI Permissions assigned to each Virtual Machine in vSphere environment. BOOM!!

Happy Scripting!!

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