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Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
Appendix 13 Using Adapters
VMware vCenter, ESX, and ESXi Adapter
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Networking—Identifies a network entity folder. Network entity folders can contain Network,
DistributedVirtualSwitch, and DistributedVirtualPort managed objects.
DistributedVirtualSwitch, and DistributedVirtualPort managed objects.
Step 4
Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity
definition.
definition.
Migrating a Virtual Machine
Use the Migrate VM activity to migrate a specified virtual machine from one server to a specific resource
pool or host.
pool or host.
Step 1
In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vSphere > Migrate VM, then drag and drop the activity
onto the Workflow pane.
onto the Workflow pane.
Step 2
Click the General tab and enter the appropriate information.
Step 3
Click the Migrate tab and enter the appropriate information, including:
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Virtual machine—Inventory path to the virtual machine targeted for migration. The information in
this field is case-sensitive. For example:
this field is case-sensitive. For example:
TEST-ENV/UCS/vm/TESTDEV-W2K8-64-02
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Target host—Inventory path to the host server to migrate the virtual machine. The information in
this field is case-sensitive.
this field is case-sensitive.
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Target resource pool—Inventory path of the target resource pool for the virtual machine. The
information in this field is case-sensitive.
information in this field is case-sensitive.
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Priority—Select a priority for the migration to ensure that sufficient CPU resources are available on
both the source and target hosts to perform the migration:
both the source and target hosts to perform the migration:
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Default—Default priority for the operations
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High—Reserve resources on both the source and destination hosts to maintain virtual machine
availability during the migration. High priority operations will not proceed if the resources are
unavailable.
availability during the migration. High priority operations will not proceed if the resources are
unavailable.
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Low—Low priority operations will always proceed, but the virtual machine may become briefly
unavailable if sufficient host resources are unavailable.
unavailable if sufficient host resources are unavailable.
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Power state—Select the option to migrate the virtual machine only if it matches the specified power
state:
state:
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Powered On—Virtual machine and the guest operating system that automatically starts up on
system boot is Powers up.
system boot is Powers up.
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Powered Off—Virtual machine is Powered down
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Suspended—All activities on the virtual machine are paused
Step 4
Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity
definition.
definition.