ViRole Descriptions

[Bennett Blodinger]

I can't seem to find a way to get/set the Description property of a vCenter role.

$role = Get-VIRole -Name 'ReadOnly'
PS C:\Users\Bennett.Blodinger> $role.Description
ReadOnly
PS C:\Users\Bennett.Blodinger> $role.ExtensionData.Info

Label    Summary
-----    -------
ReadOnly ReadOnly

As you can see, the Description property is just the name of the role again. Interestingly, it isn't even the friendly name.

There is no Description property for New-VIRole, nor Set-VIRole.

I tried to use the Code Capture feature in vCenter, but that didn't give anything useful.

#----------------- Start of code capture -----------------

#---------------RetrieveRolePermissions---------------
$roleId = -1
$_this = Get-View -Id 'AuthorizationManager-AuthorizationManager'
$_this.RetrieveRolePermissions($roleId)

#---------------Host---------------
$_this = Get-View -Id 'ComputeResource-domain-s918995'
$_this.Host


#----------------- End of code capture -----------------

Any ideas?

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[jpsider]

I get the same results that you do. Honestly it seems like a bug. The bug appears to be with the vCenter. If you explore the MOB you will see the description mimics the name of the role.

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