Activities
Create Virtual Machine from Content Library Template
This activity creates a new virtual machine from the specified content library template.
Activity Parameters
The Create Virtual Machine from Content Library Template activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:
Parameters:
- Connection (text box editor type) (type: object): VMware host connection. The output from Connect to Host activity should be used as Input here.
- Id (text box editor type) (type: string): specify the content library template id. If this parameter is specified the 'Name' parameter will be ignored.
- Name (text box editor type) (type: string): the name of the content library template.
- New VM Name (text box editor type) (type: string): the name for the new virtual machine.
- Use Remote Connection (combobox control editor type) (type: string): choose whether to execute remotely via invoke-command on the vmware host.
- VM host (text box editor type) (type: string): specify the virtual machine host.
The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:
- Output (type: collection<keyvaluePair<string,string>>): outputs a collection of KeyValuePairs containing the new virtual machine properties. To use the elements of the collection, use the 'Get KeyValuePair' activity.
Get Content Library Templates
This activity gets the specified Content Library Templates.
Activity Parameters
The Get Content Library Templates activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:
Parameters:
- Connection (text box editor type) (type: object): VMware host connection. The output from Connect to Host activity should be used as Input here.
- Id (text box editor type) (type: string): specify the content library template id. If this parameter is specified the 'Name' parameter will be ignored.
- Item Type (text box editor type) (type: string): the content library template type . E.g. "ovf"
- Name (text box editor type) (type: string): the name of the content library template.
- Use Remote Connection (combobox control editor type) (type: string): choose whether to execute remotely via invoke-command on the vmware host.
The Read Only Output variable are the possible output values that the activity will provide:
- Output Content Library Items (type: collection<collection<keyvaluePair<string,string>>>): outputs a collection of KeyValuePairs containing the ContentLibraryItem Types objects with their properties. To use the elements of the collection, use the 'Get KeyValuePair' activity.