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Cisco Process Orchestrator 3.1 User Guide
Appendix 13 Using Adapters
VMware vCenter, ESX, and ESXi Adapter
Adding a New Host
Use the Add Host activity to add a new host to the VMware infrastructure. There are two types of hosts
that can be added to the VMware infrastructure: standalone hosts, which can be added to any data center
or folder, and hosts that are intended to be part of a VMware cluster. This activity may not be able to add
hosts if the hosts contains invalid SSL certificates.
that can be added to the VMware infrastructure: standalone hosts, which can be added to any data center
or folder, and hosts that are intended to be part of a VMware cluster. This activity may not be able to add
hosts if the hosts contains invalid SSL certificates.
While this activity is running and when the host is in maintenance mode, no virtual machines can be
powered on and no provisioning operations can be performed on the host.
powered on and no provisioning operations can be performed on the host.
Step 1
In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vSphere > Add Host, 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 Add Host tab and enter the required information, including:
•
Location—The inventory path to the location in the VMware infrastructure where the host server is
to be added. This could be a folder, data center, other cluster. The information in this field is
case-sensitive.
to be added. This could be a folder, data center, other cluster. The information in this field is
case-sensitive.
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The connection settings
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The SSL certificate settings
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Connect after adding—Check the check box to indicate that the newly added host should be
connected after being added to VMware.
connected after being added to VMware.
If the check box remains unchecked, the host will remain disconnected after being added.
Step 4
Click the Advanced tab and enter the required information, including:
•
Resource pool—Name of the resource pool for the root resource pool from the host.
•
Inventory location for virtual machines—Enter the inventory path in which to store the existing
virtual machines on the host.
virtual machines on the host.
•
Add even if connected to another virtual center—Check this check box to add host even if it is
already being managed by another virtual center server. The host connection to the original virtual
center is severed.
already being managed by another virtual center server. The host connection to the original virtual
center is severed.
If the check box is unchecked, the host cannot be added to the new virtual center server.
Step 5
Enter the information in the remaining tabs as necessary, then click Save to complete the activity
definition.
definition.
Adding a New Host Port Group
Use the Add Host Port Group activity to create a new network port group for a specified ESX server.
Step 1
In the Process Editor Toolbox, choose VMware vSphere > Add Host Port Group, then drag and drop
the activity onto the Workflow pane.
the activity onto the Workflow pane.
Step 2
Click the General tab and enter the appropriate information.
Step 3
Click the Port Group tab and enter the required information, including:
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Host—The inventory path of the host. The information in this field is case-sensitive. For example:
TEST-ENV/UCS/vm/TESTDEV-W2K8-64-02