Cisco Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide

The Cisco Process Orchestrator VMware vSphere adapter connects a virtual infrastructure (VMware 
vCenter and ESX server) and automates the process of managing virtual machines and their hosts based 
on specific criteria. Using the VMware vSphere adapter, you can set up a HTTP/HTTPS connection to 
the ESX/ESXi Server and vCenter Server.

For the VMware vSphere adapter prerequisites, see the Cisco Process Orchestrator Compatibility 
Matrix.

Although the VMware vSphere Adapter software is already installed as part of a normal installation of 
Cisco Process Orchestrator, you should perform the configuration steps in this topic before attempting 
to execute any VMware objects in Process Orchestrator (see 

The following table displays the configuration activities provided by the VMware vSphere adapter. For 
more information about using these activities, see 

.

Add Optical Drive To 
VM 

Add an optical drive to a specified virtual machine.

See 

Add Physical Adapter

Add hosts and physical adapters to a vNetwork Distributed Switch at the vDS 
level after the vDS has been created.

See 

Add VM Hard Disk

Add a hard disk to a specified virtual machine

See 

Add VM Network 
Adapter

Add a network adapter to a specified virtual machine.

See 

Clone VM

Clone a specified virtual machine

See 

Create Folder

Create a new folder within the VMware infrastructure inventory

See 

Create New VM

Create a new virtual machine

See 

Customize Linux VM

Customize the Linux operation system of a specified virtual machine

See 

Customize Windows 
VM

Customize a Windows operating system of a specified virtual machine

See 

Delete VM

Remove a virtual machine from the inventory or deletes a virtual machine:

See 

Enumerate Datastores

Retrieves all datastores configured within the specified VMware 
infrastructure

See 

Enumerate Networks

Retrieves all networks configured within the specified VMware infrastructure

See