Adding and Editing a VMware Action

You can create actions that perform operations such as starting, stopping, or taking a snapshot of virtual machines running on a VMware host or being managed by a VMware vCenter server.

To add or edit a VMware action:

1. Access the Action Library.
2. Click New to create a new VMware action or from the list of current actions, select the action you want to change, and then click Edit.
3. Type or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
   • Name. Type a name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
   • Description. Type a short description. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
   • VMware server IP address. Tyoe the IP address of the VMware host or vCenter server managing the virtual machine.
   • VMware credentials. Select the VMware credentials from the Credentials Library for the VMware host or vCenter server managing the virtual machine. Click the Browse (...) button to manage credentials in the credentials library.
   • VMware name. Select the Virtual machine VMware name for the virtual machine on which you want the action performed. You can type the VMware name into the box, or select from the list of virtual machines associated with the VMware host or vCenter server. Click the Browse (...) button to access the list of virtual machines associated with the VMware host.
   • Operation. Select the operation you want the action to perform from the list box.

     The following operations can be performed on a virtual machine:

     • Power On. Powers up the virtual machine and boots the guest operating system if the guest operating system is installed.
     • Power Off. Powers down the virtual machine. The virtual machine does not attempt to gracefully shut down the guest operating system.
     • Reset. Powers down the virtual machine and restarts it.
     • Shutdown. Shuts down the guest operating system. If the guest operating system automatically powers off its host, then the virtual machine also powers off.
     • Suspend. Pauses the virtual machine activity; all transactions are frozen.
     • Restart. Shuts down and restarts the guest operating system; does not power off the virtual machine.
     • Take snapshot. Saves the current state of the virtual machine to the virtual disk of the guest system.

• Click OK to save changes.

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