Backup vCenter Server Roles details

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