Cisco Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
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Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
Appendix 13 Using Adapters
VMware vCenter, ESX, and ESXi Adapter
Querying the Virtual Machines on an ESX or vCenter Server
Use the Query VMs activity to query the list of virtual machines on a given ESX server or vCenter server.
Step 1
In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vSphere > Query VMs, 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 Query VMs tab and enter the appropriate information, including:
•
Virtual machine—The name of the virtual machine. Wildcards can be used in this field.
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Host—The name of the ESX host server to be queried
Step 4
Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity
definition.
definition.
Reconfiguring the Virtual Machine on an ESX or vCenter Server
Use the Reconfigure VM activity to modify the memory and number of CPUs allocated to the virtual
machine on a given ESX server or vCenter server.
machine on a given ESX server or vCenter server.
Step 1
In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vSphere > Reconfigure VMs, then drag and drop the
activity onto the Workflow pane.
activity onto the Workflow pane.
Step 2
Click the General tab and enter the appropriate information.
Step 3
Click the Reconfigure VMs tab enter the appropriate information, including:
•
Virtual machine—Inventory path to the virtual machine to be reconfigured. The information in this
field is case-sensitive. For example:
field is case-sensitive. For example:
TEST-ENV/UCS/vm/TESTDEV-W2K8-64-02
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Memory (MB)—Size of the virtual machine’s memory in MB. This field can remain blank if the
activity should leave the memory size unchanged.
activity should leave the memory size unchanged.
•
Number of CPUs—The number of virtual processors to allocate to the virtual machine. This field
can remain blank if the activity should leave the number of CPUs unchanged.
can remain blank if the activity should leave the number of CPUs unchanged.
•
Config File (.vmx)—File path to the configuration file for the virtual machine (.vmx file). This also
implicitly defines the configuration directory
implicitly defines the configuration directory
Step 4
Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity
definition.
definition.
Relocating a Virtual Machine
Use the Relocate VM activity to relocate a specified virtual machine from one server to another server.
Step 1
In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vSphere > Relocate 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.