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Script to Audit Permissions. in Vcenter

I need to Audit the vCenter to see what user accounts have access to VMs/Folders/Datastores/etc etc etc

Im not a script guy, and my searchs seem to be coming up short..

Im hoping someone that knows more about Power CLI can point me in the right direction.

All i need to see is the user account and the type permissions/access that user account has.

any help would be great.

thanks in advance..

(If this has been answered somewhere already I apologize for reposting the question.

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LucD
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This will give you all permissions on all folders (including the hidden ones).

Get-Folder | Get-VIPermission |

Where {$_.EntityId -match "Folder"} |

Select Entity,Principal,Role


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

AmolPatil
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Hello Luc,

Is there a way to check Who gave Permission for the VC or assign roles/permissions ?

Looking for Auditing purpose.

I have VC for 4.1/5.1/6.0

Any hint ?

Regards,

Amol

Regards, Amol Patil VCP 5
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LucD
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Try like this

Get-VIEvent -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(-1) -MaxSamples ([int]::MaxValue) |

where{$_ -is [VMware.Vim.PermissionAddedEvent]} |

Select CreatedTime,UserName,Principal,@{N='Entity';E={$_.Entity.Name}},@{N='Role';E={$_.Role.Name}}


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

AmolPatil
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Hello Luc,

Thanks for quick reply and yes its working.

Thanks for the always quick help and guidance Smiley Happy

But, If event is not there then can not get, I was looking for old auditing records.

I got the recent once.

Regards, Amol Patil VCP 5
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LucD
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You can adapt the value on the Start parameter, in my sample code it only looks back 1 day.

Or you can leave out the Start parameter all together, then it will look at all the events in the DB


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

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