Set-SCUserRole

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager

Modifies the settings for an existing VMM user role.

Parameter Set: Default
Set-SCUserRole [-AddMember <String[]> ] [-AddScope <ClientObject[]> ] [-Description <String> ] [-JobGroup <Guid> ] [-JobVariable <String> ] [-Name <String> ] [-Permission <SelfServicePermission[]> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RemoveLibraryStoreSharePath] [-RemoveMember <String[]> ] [-RemoveScope <ClientObject[]> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-ShowPROTips <Boolean> ] [-UserRole <UserRole> ] [-UserRoleDataPath <String> ] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

The Set-SCUserRole cmdlet modifies the settings for an existing System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) user role. The settings that you can modify depend on the type of VMM user role.

VMM ADMINISTRATOR (Administrator)

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You can add members to or remove members from the Administrator user role, but you cannot limit the scope of objects that members of this role can manage.

DELEGATED ADMINISTRATOR (DelegatedAdmin)

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You can add members to and remove members from, and you can expand or restrict the scope of a Delegated Administrator user role. You can grant members of this user role permission to manage all of the objects in one or more private clouds and host groups and/or allow users to manage all of the objects stored on one or more library servers. Within that framework, you cannot limit the actions that members of the Delegated Administrator user role can perform.

READ-ONLY ADMINISTRATOR (ReadOnlyAdmin)

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You can add members to and remove members from, and you can expand or restrict the scope of a Read-Only Administrator User role. However, the members of the user role can only view the properties, status, and job status of the objects within their assigned scope; they cannot modify any of the objects.

SELF-SERVICE USER (SelfServiceUser)

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You can add members to or remove members from, and you can expand or limit the scope and actions of members of a Self-Service User role. You can grant members of a self-service user role permission to manage all of the objects in one or more private clouds; permission to create virtual machines; permission to store virtual machines in the stored virtual machine path in the cloud that the virtual machine is on; and permission to use one or more template objects to create virtual machines. Within that framework, you can grant members of a Self-Service User role one or more actions that self-service users can take. You can also limit the number of virtual machines that self-service users can create by setting a quota that applies to each user or to all users collectively.

The actions that you can grant a Self-Service user include the following:

ActionDescription

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AllowLocalAdminGrants user local administrator rights on virtual

machines

AuthorAuthor virtual machine and service templates

CanShareShare resources with other Self-Service users

CanReceiveReceive resources from other Self-Service users

CheckpointCreate and manage virtual machine checkpoints

CheckpointRestoreOnly Can only restore a checkpoint

CreateCreate virtual machines and services from templates

only

CreateFromVHDOrTemplate Create virtual machines and services from VHD

files or templates

PauseAndResumePause and resume virtual machines and services

RemoteConnectRemotely connect to virtual machines

RemoveRemove virtual machines and services

SaveSave virtual machines and services

ShutdownShut down virtual machines

StartStart virtual machines and services

StopStop virtual machines and services

StoreStore virtual machines in a library

For more information about Set-SCUserRole, type: "Get-Help Set-SCUserRole -online".

Adds one or more members to an object that has the concept of members, such as a group. For example, AddMember adds one or more Active Directory domain users or groups to a user role.

Example formats:

-AddMember Domain\User

-AddMember User

-AddMember User@Domain

-AddMember Domain\LabGroupAlias

-AddMember LabGroupAlias (an Active Directory security group, not an email alias)

Adds one or more VMM objects to the scope of objects that members of this user role can manage.

States a description for the specified object.

Specifies an identifier for a series of commands that will run as a set just before the final command that includes the same job group identifier runs.

Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

Specifies the name of a VMM object.

Specifies the actions that members of a Self-Service User role can perform on their virtual machines or services.

Valid values are: AllowLocalAdmin, Author, CanShare, CanReceive, Checkpoint, CheckpointRestoreOnly, Create, CreateFromVHDOrTemplate, PauseAndResume, RemoteConnect, Remove, Save, Shutdown, Start, Stop, Store.

Giving CreateFromVHDOrTemplate permission also gives Create permission. Giving Checkpoint permission also gives CheckpointRestoreOnly permission.

Example format: -Permission Create,PauseAndResume,Stop

Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

Clears the user role data path for a self-service user.

Removes a member from a VMM object that has the concept of membership, such as a group. For example, RemoveMember removes one or more Active Directory domain users or groups from a user role.

Example formats:

-RemoveMember Domain\User

-RemoveMember User

-RemoveMember User@Domain

-RemoveMember Domain\LabGroupAlias

-RemoveMember LabGroupAlias (an Active Directory security group, not an email alias)

Removes one or more VMM objects from the scope of objects that members of this user role can manage.

Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

Indicates whether to show PRO tips. This parameter only applies to Self-Service User roles.

Specifies a user role object.

Specifies the path to a library share that members of a Self-Service User role can use to upload their data.

Example format: "\\LibraryServerName\LibraryShareName"

Specifies a VMM server object.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

• UserRole

The first command gets the user role object named Administrator and stores the object in the $UserRole variable.

The second command adds User1 and User2, both members of the Contoso.com domain, to the Administrator user role.

PS C:\> $UserRole = Get-SCUserRole -Name "Administrator"
PS C:\> Set-SCUserRole -UserRole $UserRole -AddMember Contoso\User1,Contoso\User2

This command gets all user role objects from VMMServer01, selects the user role objects whose profile is Administrator, and then adds User3 to the Administrator user role.

PS C:\> Get-SCUserRole -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where { $_.Profile -eq "Administrator" } | Set-SCUserRole -AddMember Contoso\User3

The first command gets the cloud object named Cloud02 and stores the object in the $Cloud variable.

The second command gets the user role object named ContosoSelfServiceUsers and stores the object in the $UserRole profile.

The last command modifies the scope of the user role stored in $UserRole (ContosoSelfServiceUsers) by adding the cloud stored in $Cloud to its scope.

PS C:\> $Cloud = Get-SCCloud -Name "Cloud02"
PS C:\> $UserRole = Get-SCUserRole -Name "ContosoSelfServiceUsers"
PS C:\> Set-SCUserRole -UserRole $UserRole -AddScope $Cloud

The first command gets the user role object named Administrator and stores the object in the $UserRole variable.

The secondt command removes User01, who is a member of the Contoso.com domain, from the Administrator user role.

PS C:\> $UserRole = Get-SCUserRole -Name "Administrator"
PS C:\> Set-SCUserRole -UserRole $UserRole -RemoveMember Contoso\User1

The first command gets the cloud object named Cloud03 and stores the object in the $Cloud variable.

The second command gets the user role object named ContosoSelfServiceUsers and then passes the user role object to the Set-SCUserRole cmdlet. The Set-SCUserRole cmdlet adds the cloud stored in $Cloud to the user role.

PS C:\> $Cloud = Get-SCCloud -Name "Cloud03"
PS C:\> Get-SCUserRole -Name "ContosoSelfServiceUsers" | Set-SCUserRole -AddScope $Cloud

The first command gets the user role object on VMMServer01 named ContosoSelfServiceUsers and stores the object in the $UserRole variable.

The second command modifies the permissions for members of the user role stored in $UserRole (ContosoSelfServiceUsers) to allow Creation, PauseAndResume, Stop, AllowLocalAdmin and Store permissions.

To list all available permissions that you can specify for self-service users, type:

PS C:\> [enum]::GetValues([Microsoft.VirtualManager.Remoting.SelfServicePermission])

You can specify the following permissions with the -Permission parameter:

PERMISSION ALLOWED ACTIONS

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Create Create virtual machines and services from VHDs or

Templates

PauseAndResume Pause and resume virtual machines and services

Start Start virtual machines and services

Stop Stop virtual machines and services

AllowLocalAdmin Act as local Administrator on virtual machines

RemoteConnect Access virtual machines remotely

Remove Remove virtual machines and services

Shutdown Shut down virtual machines

Checkpoint Create and manage virtual machine checkpoints

Store Store virtual machines in the library

Save Save virtual machines and services

Author Author virtual machine and service templates

CanShare Share resources with other self-service users

CanReceive Receive resources from other self-service users

CreateFromVHDorTemplate Create virtual machines and services from VHDs or

Templates

CheckpointRestoreOnly Restore to but cannot create virtual machine

checkpoints

PS C:\> $UserRole = Get-SCUserRole -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" -Name "ContosoSelfServiceUsers"
PS C:\> Set-SCUserRole -UserRole $UserRole -Permission "Create,PauseAndResume,Stop,AllowLocalAdmin,Store"

Get-SCUserRole

Grant-SCResource

New-SCUserRole

Remove-SCUserRole

Revoke-SCResource