Public/Get-VIMobRole.ps1
function Get-VIMobRole { <# .SYNOPSIS Get roles via the Managed Object Browser (MOB) .DESCRIPTION Retrieve all available roles from the vCenter MOB. This is not the most effective way of retrieving this information. If you are using PowerCLI you should use the built in Get-VIRole CmdLet instead. .PARAMETER SkipCertificateCheck Skip certificate verification. .EXAMPLE Get-VIMobRole #> param( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory = $false )] [Switch] $SkipCertificateCheck ) try { if ($SkipCertificateCheck) { Set-CertPolicy -SkipCertificateCheck } Invoke-Login $Uri = ("https://$($Global:VIPerms.Server)/invsvc/mob3/?moid=authorizationService&" + "method=AuthorizationService.GetRoles") $Body = "vmware-session-nonce=$($Global:VIPerms.SessionNonce)" $Params = @{ Uri = $Uri WebSession = $Global:VIPerms.WebSession Method = "POST" Body = $Body } $Res = Invoke-WebRequest @Params $Table = $Res.ParsedHtml.body.getElementsByTagName("table")[3] $Td = $Table.getElementsByTagName("tr")[4].getElementsByTagName("td")[2] $Li = $Td.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0].getElementsByTagName("li") foreach ($Item in $Li) { if ($Item.innerHTML.StartsWith("<TABLE")) { $Description = $Item.getElementsByTagName("tr")[1].getElementsByTagName("td")[2].innerText $Id = $Item.getElementsByTagName("tr")[4].getElementsByTagName("td")[2].innerText $Name = $Item.getElementsByTagName("tr")[5].getElementsByTagName("td")[2].innerText [PSCustomObject] @{ Name = $Name Description = $Description Id = $Id } } } Invoke-Logoff if ($SkipCertificateCheck) { Set-CertPolicy -ResetToDefault } } catch { $Err = $_ throw $Err } } |