4.2.1

Create VMDK anti-
affinity rule
Creates a VMDK anti-affinity rule for a virtual machine that indicates which
of its virtual disks must be kept on different datastores. The rule applies to the
virtual disks of the selected virtual machine.
Remove datastore
cluster
Removes a datastore cluster. Removing a datastore cluster also removes all of
the settings and the alarms for the cluster from the vCenter Server system.
Remove datastore from
cluster
Removes a datastore from a datastore cluster and puts the datastore in a
datastore folder.
Remove Storage DRS
scheduled task
Removes a scheduled Storage DRS task.
Remove virtual machine
anti-affinity rule
Removes a virtual machine anti-affinity rule for a given datastore cluster.
Remove VMDK anti-
affinity rule
Removes a VMDK anti-affinity rule for a given datastore cluster.
Basic Virtual Machine Management Workflows
With basic virtual machine management workflows you can perform basic operations on virtual machines, for
example, create, rename or delete a virtual machine, upgrade virtual hardware, and so on.
You access the basic virtual machine management workflows from Library > vCenter > Virtual Machine
management > Basic.
Create custom virtual
machine
Creates a virtual machine with the specified configuration options and
additional devices.
Create simple
dvPortGroup virtual
machine
Creates a simple virtual machine. The network used is a Distributed Virtual
Port Group.
Create simple virtual
machine
Creates a virtual machine with the most common devices and configuration
options.
Delete virtual machine
Removes a virtual machine from the inventory and datastore.
Mark as template
Converts an existing virtual machine to a template, not allowing it to start. You
can use templates to create virtual machines.
Mark as virtual machine
Converts an existing template to a virtual machine, allowing it to start.
Move virtual machine to
folder
Moves a virtual machine to a specified virtual machine folder.
Move virtual machine to
resource pool
Moves a virtual machine to a resource pool. If the target resource pool is not in
the same cluster, you must use the migrate or relocate workflows.
Move virtual machines to
folder
Moves several virtual machines to a specified virtual machine folder.
Move virtual machines to
resource pool
Moves several virtual machines to a resource pool.
Register virtual machine
Registers a virtual machine. The virtual machine files must be placed in an
existing datastore and must not be already registered.
Reload virtual machine
Forces vCenter Server to reload a virtual machine.
Using VMware vCenter Orchestrator Plug-Ins
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