Owner's Manual

Start Activity
The Start activity is used in a runbook to start a persona or VMRack that is currently stopped.
For the procedure to configure this activity, see Configuring the Start Activity.
The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into returned data.
The following tables list the required and optional properties and returned data for this activity
Start Required Properties
Element Description Valid Values Look up
AIM Object Type The type of object that you
want to start.
Persona
VMRack
Yes
ID The ID of the object that you
want to start
String No
Start Optional Properties
Element Description Valid Values Look up
Host The ID of the Host that you
want to start the persona or
VMRack on
String No
Timeout The number of seconds to
wait for the persona or
VMRack to start. If not
specified, the activity does
not wait
Integer No
Start Returned Data
Name Description Value Type
AIM Object Type The type of object that you want to
start
String
AIM Server Location The location of the Dell AIM server String
AIM Server Port The port used to connect to the Dell
AIM server
Integer
AIM Username The username used to connect to the
Dell AIM server.
String
Host The ID of the Host that you want to
start the persona or VMRack on.
Persona
VMRack
ID The ID of the persona or VMRack that
you want to start
True or False
State The state of the persona or VMRack
activity when the activity finishes
stopped
running
booting
awaitingConfirmation
shuttin down
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