Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment

Short Description

Modifies a role that is assigned to a user or a user group.

Note

If the four-eyes authorization is enabled, you cannot run this cmdlet. For more information, see the Four-Eyes Authorization section in the User Guide for VMware vSphere.

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

RoleEntity (Default)

Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment -Assignment <VBRUserRoleAssignment> [-RoleEntity <VBRRoleEntity>] [<CommonParameters>]
Role

Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment -Assignment <VBRUserRoleAssignment> [-Role <VBRRole>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies a role assigned to a user or user group.

Note

Consider the following:

You cannot change the role of the last administrator. This is to prevent a situation where no administrator remains.
You cannot assign a custom role and a built-in role to the same user or user group.
To modify settings, specify new values for the necessary parameters. The cmdlet will overwrite the previous parameter values with new values. The parameters that you omit will remain unchanged.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Assignment	Specifies a user or a user group assignment. The cmdlet will modify a role for this user or a user group. Accepts the `VBRUserRoleAssignment` object. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRUserRoleAssignment` cmdlet.	`VBRUserRoleAssignment`	True	Named	True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Role	Specifies a role that you want to assign to a user. The cmdlet will replace the current role with a new role. You can assign one of the following roles: `BackupOperator` `RestoreOperator` `BackupAdmin` `TapeOperator` `BackupViewer` `IncidentApiOperator` `SecurityAdministrator` `Custom`	`VBRRole`	False	Named	False
RoleEntity	Specifies a role. The cmdlet will modify the role defined in the custom roles to the user or user group. Accepts the `VBRRoleEntity` object. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRRoleEntity` cmdlet.	`VBRRoleEntity`	False	Named	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRUserRoleAssignment object that defines a role for a user or a user group.

Examples

Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment Example 1. Modifying Role to a Built-In Role

This example shows how to modify a role that is assigned to the Tech\BackupAdmin user to a custom role.

$user = Get-VBRUserRoleAssignment -Name "Tech\BackupAdmin" -RoleEntity (Get-VBRRoleEntity -Name "r1")

Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment -Assignment $user -Role TapeOperator

RoleEntity : Tape Operator

Role : TapeOperator

Type : User

Name : KOS-TEST-0CF\k4

Id : 035c4f9d-9984-4890-8397-c19970e88829

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRUserRoleAssignment cmdlet. Specify the Name and RoleEntity parameter values. Save the result to the $user variable.
Run the Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment cmdlet. Set the $user variable as the Assignment parameter value. Set the TapeOperator value as the Role parameter value.

Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment Example 2. Modifying Role to a Custom Role

This example shows how to modify a role that is assigned to the Tech\BackupAdmin user to a custom role.

$user = Get-VBRUserRoleAssignment -Name "Tech\BackupAdmin" -Role BackupOperator

Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment -Assignment $user -RoleEntity (Get-VBRRoleEntity -Name "r1")

RoleEntity : r1

Role : Custom

Type : User

Name : Tech\BackupAdmin

Id : 2985e2ba-b3e4-4fdf-99f7-b1f6fe7f7818

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRUserRoleAssignment cmdlet. Specify the Name and Role parameter values. Save the result to the $user variable.
Run the Set-VBRUserRoleAssignment cmdlet. Set the $user variable as the Assignment parameter value. Set the r1 custom role as the RoleEntity parameter value.