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
TEST-ENV/UCS/vm/TESTDEV-W2K8-64-02
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Options—Enter the command line options to pass to the installer to modify the installation
procedure for tools. For example, this is the basic command line syntax:
procedure for tools. For example, this is the basic command line syntax:
vmrun <host authentication flags> <guest authentication flags> <command> <parameters>
Step 4
Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity
definition.
definition.
Retrieving Resource Pools
Use the Resource Pools activity to retrieve all resource pools configured within the VMware
infrastructure.
infrastructure.
Step 1
In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vSphere > Resource Pools, then drag and drop the
activity onto the Workflow pane.
activity onto the Workflow pane.
Step 2
Click the Resource Pool tab and specify the following properties:
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Parent—Name of the direct parent resource pool
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Resource pool name—Name of the new resource pool
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Time out if not completed within—The time period the activity should wait for completion before
failing
failing
Step 3
Click the CPU Resources tab and specify the following properties:
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CPU Shares—Resource allocation for CPU
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CPU Reservation (Mhz)—Amount of CPU resources that are guaranteed available to the resource
pool (in Mhz)
pool (in Mhz)
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CPU Expandable Reservation—The amount of resources the CPU reservation can expand in a
resource pool beyond the specified value if the resource pool has unreserved resources
resource pool beyond the specified value if the resource pool has unreserved resources
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CPU Limit (Mhz)—Determines the limit on the CPU Mhz the resource pool cannot exceed
regardless of available of resources
regardless of available of resources
Step 4
Click the Memory Resources tab and specify the following properties:
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Memory Shares Level—The memory allocation level for the resource pool (Custom, Low, Normal,
High)
High)
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Memory Shares—Resource allocation for memory
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Memory Reservation (MB)—Amount of memory that is guaranteed available to the resource pool
(in MB)
(in MB)
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Memory Expandable Reservation—The amount of memory the reservation can expand in a resource
pool beyond the specified value if the resource pool has unreserved resources
pool beyond the specified value if the resource pool has unreserved resources
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Memory Limit (MB)—Determines the limit on the amount of memory the resource pool cannot
exceed regardless of available of resources
exceed regardless of available of resources
Step 5
Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity
definition.
definition.