5.5.1

Create Storage DRS
scheduled task
Creates a scheduled task for reconfiguring a datastore cluster. Only
automation and runtime rules can be set.
Create virtual machine
anti-affinity rule
Creates an anti-affinity rule to indicate that all virtual disks of certain virtual
machines must be kept on different datastores.
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 can access the basic virtual machine management workflows from Library > vCenter > Virtual
Machine management > Basic in the Workflows view of the Orchestrator client.
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.
Get virtual machines by
name
Returns a list of virtual machines from all registered vCenter Server hosts
that match the provided expression.
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.
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