Hello,
I'm not working on a script that can assign permissions to a folder that's specified by a user. The current script assumes the user knows which vCenter the folder is in (It is randomly assigned based on current work load and other things). That script is this:
$viserver = Read-Host "Enter the vCenter to connect to"
Connect-VIServer -Server $viserver
while($true){
$endAnswer = '1'
while($endAnswer -ne 'Q'){
if($endAnswer -eq '1'){
$dc = Get-Datacenter | Select -ExpandProperty Name
if($dc.count -gt 1){
$dc = $dc | Out-GridView -OutputMode Single -Title 'Select one datacenter'
}
$endAnswer = '2'
}
if($endAnswer -eq '2'){
$podnumber = Read-Host = "Enter the pod number"
if($podnumber.count -eq 1){
$folder = Get-Folder -Name Myfolder-$podnumber
}
$endAnswer = '3'
}
if($endAnswer -eq '3'){
$usertoadd = Read-Host = "Enter the username in domain\user format to add to the folder"
}
New-VIPermission -Entity $folder -Principal $usertoadd -Role VirtualMachineUser -Propagate:$true
write-host "Please select an option"
Write-Host "1 - Go back to the datacenter selection"
Write-Host "2 - Go back to the folder selection"
Write-Host "3 - Go back to the user selection"
Write-Host "Q - Exit the script"
$endAnswer = ''
while('1','2','3','Q' -notcontains $endAnswer){
$endAnswer = (Read-Host -Prompt 'Your answer').ToUpper()
}
}
Disconnect-VIServer -Server $viserver -Confirm:$false
Write-Host "Disconnecting from vCenter and exiting script"
Write-Host "Insert catchy quote here."
break
}
However I want to make it where the user just enters their domain creds that should work on either vCenter and allow them to perform the same steps. I was looking at what someone else had for something different, but no luck. Here's what I have for that:
param
(
$viservers = 'vcenter1.domain, vcenter2.domain'
)
$creds = Get-Credential
$viservers = ($viservers.Replace(' ','')).Split(',')
ForEach( $server in $viservers) {
$vSphereConns+= Connect-VIServer -Server $server -Credential $creds
}
while($true){
$endAnswer = '1'
while($endAnswer -ne 'Q'){
<#if($endAnswer -eq '1'){
$dc = Get-Datacenter | Select -ExpandProperty Name
if($dc.count -gt 1){
$dc = $dc | Out-GridView -OutputMode Single -Title 'Select one datacenter'
}
$endAnswer = '2'
}#>
if($endAnswer -eq '1'){
$podnumber = Read-Host = "Enter the pod number"
if($podnumber.count -eq 1){
$folder = Get-Folder -Name Myfolder-$podnumber
}
$endAnswer = '2'
}
if($endAnswer -eq '2'){
$usertoadd = Read-Host = "Enter the username in domain\user format to add to the folder"
}
New-VIPermission -Entity $folder -Principal $usertoadd -Role VirtualMachineUser -Propagate:$true
write-host "Please select an option"
Write-Host "1 - Go back to the datacenter selection"
Write-Host "2 - Go back to the folder selection"
#Write-Host "3 - Go back to the user selection"
Write-Host "Q - Exit the script"
$endAnswer = ''
while('1','2','Q' -notcontains $endAnswer){
$endAnswer = (Read-Host -Prompt 'Your answer').ToUpper()
}
}
ForEach( $conn in $vSphereConns) {
Disconnect-VIServer -Server $conn -Confirm:$false
}
Write-Host "Disconnecting from vCenter and exiting script"
Write-Host "Insert catchy quote here."
break
}
So an important thing is that the datacenters are setup the same on each vCenter. Each has a management datacenter and one that's for all the rest of the stuff I'm trying to access. I'm going to assume I need to remove the part where I select the datacenter or at least change it to somehow look at the specific datacenter on both vCenters. I'm stuck here and not quite sure what to look at in my search that will solve my problem.
