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Table 3‑13. Custom Properties V Table (Continued)
This section lists vRealize Automation custom properties that
begin with the letter V.
Property Description
VirtualMachine.DiskN.VMwareType Specifies the VMware disk mode of the machine’s diskN. This
property applies to vSphere. The following options are
available:
n
persistent
n
independent_persistent
n
independent_nonpersistent
If you set this custom property to independent_persistent or
independent_nonpersistent, users must power off their
machine before using vRealize Automation to take a snapshot.
Note This property applies to vSphere only.
For details, see VirtualDeviceDeviceBackingOption data
object help in VMware vSphere Web Services SDK
Documentation.
VirtualMachine.Host.TpmEnabled
Limits virtual machine placement to hosts that have a Trust
Protection Module (TPM) device installed and recognized by
ESX and vSphere. The default value is False.
All hosts in a cluster must have a Trust Protection Module
device installed. If no acceptable hosts or clusters are found,
the machine cannot be provisioned until this property is
removed.
VirtualMachine.Rdp.File
Specifies the RDP file that contains settings to be used when
opening an RDP link to the machine. Can be used together
with, or as an alternative to,
VirtualMachine.Rdp.SettingN. The file must be located in
the vRealize Automation server installation directory, for
example %SystemDrive%\Program Files
x86\VMware\vCAC\Server\Rdp\console.rdp.
You must create the Rdp directory.
VirtualMachine.Memory.Size
Specifies the size of the machine's memory in MB, such as
1024. The default is the value specified by the memory setting
on the blueprint.
Note This custom property setting is overridden by the
memory setting on the blueprint when the machine is first
provisioned.
VirtualMachine.EPI.Type
Specifies the type of external provisioning infrastructure.
Set to BMC for BMC BladeLogic integration.
Set to CitrixProvisioning for Citrix provisioning server
integration.
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