VMware Policy Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

VMware - Add NIC to VDC Network Policy

Summary

Add a NIC to a VMware network policy.

Description

This task adds a NIC to a VMware network policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Network​Policies​List	Y
NIC Alias	NIC Alias	gen_​text_​input	Y
Mandatory	Mandatory or Optional	Boolean
Allow end user to choose portgroups	Selecting this option enables end user to choose port groups during provisioning	Boolean
Show policy level portgroups	Selecting this option along with allow end user to choose portgroups lists all the selected portgroups of NICS in the policy	Boolean
Copy Adapter Type from Template	Copy Adapter Type from Template	Boolean
Allow end user to override IP Address	Allow end user to override IP Address	Boolean
Adapter Type	Select adapter type	Network​Adapter​Type
Port Group Name	Port Group Name	vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity	Y
IPv4 Configuration
Select IP Address Type	Select IP Address Type	IPAddress​Type	Y
IPv6 Configuration
IPv6	Configure IPv6	Boolean
Select IP Address Type	Select IP Address Type	IPAddress​Type

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​NETWORK_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Network Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​NIC_​ALIAS	VMware NIC Alias	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Create VDC Computing Policy

Summary

Create a VMware computing policy.

Description

This task creates a VMware computing policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	gen_​text_​input	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
Cloud Name	Select the cloud name for which computing policy has to be created	vmware​Account​Name	Y
Host Node/Cluster Scope	Specify type of Host Node/Cluster Scope: include/exclude or all	scope​Type​Computing
Selected Host Nodes	List of data stores selected for include/exclude	vmware​Host​Node​Identity
Selected Clusters	List of Datastore Clusters for include/exclude	vmware​Cluster​Identity
Affinity Rules	Select Affinity Rules from the table	vmware​Datastore​Cluster​Affinity​Rule
Resource Pool	Resource Pool	vmware​Resource​Pool​Identity
ESX Type	ESX Type
ESX Version	ESX Version
Filter Conditions	Select one or more filter conditions
Deployment Options	Deployment Options
Override Template	Select if template properties to be overridden	Boolean
Number of v​CPUs	Number of v​CPUs	gen_​text_​input
Cores per socket	Cores per socket	gen_​text_​input
CPU Reservation (MHz)	CPU Reservation (MHz)	gen_​text_​input
CPU Limit (MHz)	CPU Limit (MHz)	gen_​text_​input
CPU Shares	CPU Shares	VMware​Shares​LOV
Memory (MB)	Memory (MB)	gen_​text_​input
Reserve all Guest Memory	Reserve all guest memory(All locked)	Boolean
Memory Reservation (MB)	Memory Reservation (MB)	gen_​text_​input
Memory Limit (MB)	Memory Limit (MB)	gen_​text_​input
Memory Shares	Memory Shares	VMware​Shares​LOV
Resizing Options	Resizing Options
Allow Resizing of VM	Allow resizing of VMs provisioned using this policy?	Boolean
Permitted Values for v​CPUs	Comma separated list of number of v​CPUs, example: 1,2,4	gen_​text_​input
Permitted Values for Cores per Socket	Enter comma separated list of numbers , Otherwise cores per socket configuration will not apply.​	gen_​text_​input
Permitted Values for Memory in MB	Comma separated list of memory values in MB, example: 512,1024,2048	gen_​text_​input
Deploy to Folder	Slash (/) separated folder names to which VM may be deployed.​ It may include parameterized variables such as ${GROUP_​NAME}	gen_​text_​input
Deploy to Folder (SRM)	Slash (/) separated folder names to which VM may be deployed.​ It may include parameterized variables such as ${GROUP_​NAME}	gen_​text_​input

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​COMPUTING_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Computing Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​COMPUTING_​POLICY_​ID	Computing Policy ID	VMware​Computing​Policy​ID

VMware - Create VDC Guest OS ISO Image Mapping Policy

Summary

Create a VMware guest OS ISO image mapping policy.

Description

This task creates a VMware guest OS ISO image mapping policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	gen_​text_​input	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
Cloud Name	Cloud for which policies apply.​	vmware​Account​Name	Y
Allow End User To Select Guest OS and ISO Image	Allow End User To Select Guest OS and ISO Image	Boolean
ISO Mappings	Add one or more iso image mappings	Guest​OSISOMapping​List	Y

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​GUESTOS_​ISO_​IMAGE_​MAPPING_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Guest​OS ISO Image Mapping Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Create VDC Network Policy

Summary

Create a VMware network policy.

Description

This task creates a VMware network policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	gen_​text_​input	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
Cloud Name	Cloud for which policies apply.​	vmware​Account​Name	Y
Enable Protection	Enable SRM	Boolean
Allow End User to select Optional NICs	Selecting this option enables end user to select optional NICs during provisioning	Boolean
VM Networks	Add one or more networks	vmwarevmnetworks

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​NETWORK_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Network Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​NETWORK_​POLICY_​ID	Network Policy ID	VMware​Network​Policy​ID

VMware - Create VDC Storage Hard Disk Policy

Summary

Create a new hard disk policy for a storage policy.

Description

This task creates a new hard disk policy for a storage policy.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Storage​Policies​List	Y
Disk Label	Disk Label	gen_​text_​input	Y
Disk Size (GB)	Disk Size in GB	gen_​text_​input	Y
Disk Type	Assign disk type to disk	Disk​Type	Y
Controller Options
Controller Type	Select if you want to specific Controller Type	vmware​Storage​Policy​Disk​Controller​Type​Lov​Provider
Create Disk on new Controller	Select if you want to use new Controller	Boolean
Disk Provisioning Options
Disk Provisioning	Select Thin/Thick Provisioning Options	vmware​Storage​Policy​Disk​Provision​Type​Lov​Provider	Y
Resizing Options for VM lifecycle	Post Deployment Resizing Options
Allow Resizing of Disk	Allow resizing of disk provisioned using this policy?	Boolean
Permitted Values for Disk in GB	Comma separated list of disk size values in GB, example: 10,50,100 or Range such as 10-50	gen_​text_​input
Allow user to select datastores from scope	Select if user is allowed to choose datastores during SR creation	Boolean

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​STORAGE_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Storage Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Create VDC Storage Policy

Summary

Create a VMware storage policy.

Description

This task creates a VMware storage policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	gen_​text_​input	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
Cloud Name	Cloud for which policy apply.​	vmware​Account​Name	Y
Use Ready Clone	Use Ready Clone	Boolean
Enable Protection		Boolean
Select Protection Group	Select Protection Group	gen_​text_​input
Enable HX Protection		Boolean
Select Protection Group	HX Protection Group	Hyper​Flex​Protection​Group​Identity
System Disk Scope	System Disk Scope
Use Linked Clone	Use Linked Clone	Boolean
Storage Profile	Select a Storage Profile
Data Stores/Datastore Clusters Scope	Specify type of data store/datastore clusters scope: include/exclude or all	scopetype
Selected Datastore Clusters	List of Datastore Clusters for include/exclude	vmwaredatastorescluster
Select SDRS Rule Type	Select a type	gen_​text_​input
Select SDRS Rule	Select the VMs for which rule has to be applied	vmware​Datastore​Cluster​Rule​Identity
Selected Data Stores	List of data stores selected for include/exclude	vmwaredatastores
Use Shared Datastore Only	Select if shared datastore only to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Storage Options	Select from the storage options below
Use Local Storage	Select if local storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use NFS	Select if NFS storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use SAN	Select if SAN storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use VMFS	Select if VMFS storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Filter Conditions	Select one or more filter conditions
Override Template	Select if template properties to be overridden	Boolean
Use Thin Provisioning	Select if Thin Provisioning to be used during VM storage allocation	Boolean
Manual Disk Size	Select if Manual Disk Size to be used during VM storage allocation	Boolean
Resizing Options for VM Lifecycle	Post Deployment Resizing Options
Allow Resizing of Disk	Allow resizing of disk provisioned using this policy?	Boolean
Permitted Values for Disk in GB	Comma separated list of disk size values in GB, example: 10,50,100 or Range such as 10-50	gen_​text_​input
Allow User to Select Datastores from Scope	Select if user is allowed to choose datastores during SR creation	Boolean
Additional Disk Policies	Additional Disk Policies
Disk Policies	Add one or more Disk policies
Hard Disk Policy	Hard Disk Policy
Disks	Disks

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​STORAGE_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Storage Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​STORAGE_​POLICY_​ID	Storage Policy ID	VMware​Storage​Policy​ID

VMware - Create VDC System Policy

Summary

Create a VMware system policy.

Description

This task creates a VMware system policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	gen_​text_​input	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
VM Name Template	If empty, name provided by end user is taken as VM Name.​	gen_​text_​input
Disable VM Name Uniqueness Check	VM name uniqueness check is skipped when this field is selected	Boolean
VM Name Validation Policy	Select VM Name Validation Policy	namevalidationpolicy
End User VM Name or VM Prefix	Allow end user to provide VM Name or VM Prefix?	Boolean
Power On After Deploy	Needs to be powered on after provisioning?	Boolean
Hostname Template		gen_​text_​input	Y
Disable Hostname Uniqueness Check	VM hostname uniqueness check is skipped when this field is selected	Boolean
Host Name Validation Policy	Select Host Name Validation Policy	namevalidationpolicy
Linux Time Zone	Time Zone to be customized for Linux VM	linuxtimezone	Y
Linux VM Max Boot Wait Time	Linux VM Max Boot Time	vmmaxbootwaittime	Y
DNS Domain	DNS Domain	gen_​text_​input	Y
DNS Suffix List	DNS Suffix List	gen_​text_​input
DNS Server List	DNS Server List	gen_​text_​input
VM Image Type	VM Image Type	imagetype	Y
Windows Parameters (applicable only for Windows)	Windows Only
Product ID	Product ID	gen_​text_​input
License Owner Name	Full name of license owner	gen_​text_​input
Organization	Name of the organization	gen_​text_​input
License Mode	License Mode	licensemode
Number of License Users	Number of license users for the OS	gen_​text_​input
Primary WINS	Primary WIN Server	gen_​text_​input
Secondary WINS	Secondary WIN Server	gen_​text_​input
Windows VM Max Boot Wait Time	Windows VM Max Boot Wait Time	vmmaxbootwaittime
Auto Logon	Automatically logon after system powers.​	Boolean
Auto Logon Count	Automatically logon for the number of times as specified.​	gen_​text_​input
Administrator Password	Password used for Auto Logon and system deployment.​	password
Windows Time Zone	Time Zone to be customized for Windows VM	windowstimezone
Domain/Workgroup	Belongs to a Windows domain or workgroup?	domain
Workgroup	Specify Workgroup name.​	gen_​text_​input
Domain	Domain.​	gen_​text_​input
Domain Username	Domain Username	gen_​text_​input
Domain Password	Domain Password	password
Define VM Annotation	Define VM Annotation	Boolean
VM Annotation	Notes of the Annotation	gen_​text_​input
Custom Attributes	Add one or more Custom Attributes	system​Policy​Annotation

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​SYSTEM_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware System Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​SYSTEM_​POLICY_​ID	System Policy ID	VMware​System​Policy​ID

VMware - Delete VDC Computing Policy

Summary

Deletes VMware computing policy.

Description

This task deletes VMware computing policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Computing Policy	Select Computing Policy	VMware​Computing​Policy​ID	Y

Outputs

No Outputs

VMware - Delete VDC Network Policy

Summary

Deletes VMware network policy.

Description

This task deletes VMware network policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Network Policy	Select Network Policy	VMware​Network​Policy​ID	Y

Outputs

No Outputs

VMware - Delete VDC Storage Policy

Summary

Deletes VMware storage policy.

Description

This task deletes VMware storage policy for a VMware account.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Storage Policy	Select Storage Policy	VMware​Storage​Policy​ID	Y

Outputs

No Outputs

VMware - Delete VDC System Policy

Summary

Deletes VMware system policy.

Description

This task deletes VMware system policy.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
System Policy	Select System Policy	VMware​System​Policy​ID	Y

Outputs

No Outputs

VMware - Edit NIC in VDC Network Policy

Summary

Modify the NICs of a VMware network policy.

Description

This task modifies the NICs of a VMware network policy for a given VMware account and policy name.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Network​Policies​List	Y
NIC Alias	NIC Alias	gen_​text_​input	Y
Mandatory	Mandatory or Optional	Boolean
Allow end user to choose portgroups	Selecting this option enables end user to choose port groups during provisioning	Boolean
Show policy level portgroups	Selecting this option along with allow end user to choose portgroups lists all the selected portgroups of NICS in the policy	Boolean
Copy Adapter Type from Template	Copy Adapter Type from Template	Boolean
Allow end user to override IP Address	Allow end user to override IP Address	Boolean
Adapter Type	Select adapter type	Network​Adapter​Type
Modify Port Groups	Add or Edit Port Groups in the NIC	Boolean
Add/Edit Port Group
Add/Edit Port Group	Select whether to add new nic or edit existing nic	gen_​text_​input
Port Groups Associated with NIC	Port Groups associated with NIC	vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity
Port Group Name	Port Group Name	vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity
IPv4 Configuration
Select IP Address Type	Select IP Address Type	IPAddress​Type
IPv6 Configuration
IPv6	Configure IPv6	Boolean
Select IP Address Type	Select IP Address Type	IPAddress​Type

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​NETWORK_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Network Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​NIC_​ALIAS	VMware NIC Alias	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Edit VDC Computing Policy

Summary

Modify a VMware computing policy.

Description

This task modifies the VMware guest OS ISO image mapping policy for a given VMware account and the policy name.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Cloud Name	Select the cloud name for which computing policy has to be created	vmware​Account​Name	Y
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Computing​Policies​List	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
Host Node/Cluster Scope	Specify type of Host Node/Cluster Scope: include/exclude or all	scope​Type​Computing
Selected Host Nodes	List of data stores selected for include/exclude	vmware​Host​Node​Identity
Selected Clusters	List of Datastore Clusters for include/exclude	vmware​Multi​Cluster​Identity
Affinity Rules	Select Affinity Rules from the table	vmware​Datastore​Cluster​Affinity​Rule
Resource Pool	Resource Pool	vmware​Resource​Pool​Identity
ESX Type	ESX Type
ESX Version	ESX Version
Filter Conditions	Select one or more filter conditions
Deployment Options	Deployment Options
Override Template	Select if template properties to be overridden	Boolean
Number of v​CPUs	Number of v​CPUs	gen_​text_​input
Cores per socket	Cores per socket	gen_​text_​input
CPU Reservation (MHz)	CPU Reservation (MHz)	gen_​text_​input
CPU Limit (MHz)	CPU Limit (MHz)	gen_​text_​input
CPU Shares	CPU Shares	VMware​Shares​LOV
Memory (MB)	Memory (MB)	gen_​text_​input
Reserve all Guest Memory	Reserve all guest memory(All locked)	Boolean
Memory Reservation (MB)	Memory Reservation (MB)	gen_​text_​input
Memory Limit (MB)	Memory (MB)	gen_​text_​input
Memory Shares	Memory Shares	VMware​Shares​LOV
Resizing Options	Resizing Options
Allow Resizing of VM	Allow resizing of VMs provisioned using this policy?	Boolean
Permitted Values for v​CPUs	Comma separated list of number of v​CPUs, example: 1,2,4	gen_​text_​input
Permitted Values for Cores per Socket	Enter comma separated list of numbers , Otherwise cores per socket configuration will not apply.​	gen_​text_​input
Permitted Values for Memory in MB	Comma separated list of memory values in MB, example: 512,1024,2048	gen_​text_​input
Deploy to Folder	Slash (/) separated folder names to which VM may be deployed.​ It may include parameterized variables such as ${GROUP_​NAME}	gen_​text_​input
Deploy to Folder (SRM)	Slash (/) separated folder names to which VM may be deployed.​ It may include parameterized variables such as ${GROUP_​NAME}	gen_​text_​input

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​COMPUTING_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Computing Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Edit VDC Guest OS ISO Image Mapping Policy

Summary

Modify a VMware guest OS ISO image mapping policy.

Description

This task modifies a VMware guest OS ISO image mapping policy for a given VMware account and the policy name.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Cloud Name	Cloud for which policies apply.​	vmware​Account​Name	Y
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Guest​Os​To​Iso​Mapping​Policies​List	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
Allow End User To Select Guest OS and ISO Image	Allow End User To Select Guest OS and ISO Image	Boolean
ISO Mappings	Add one or more iso image mappings	Guest​OSISOMapping​List	Y

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​GUESTOS_​ISO_​IMAGE_​MAPPING_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Guest​OS ISO Image Mapping Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Edit VDC Network Policy

Summary

Modify a VMware Network policy.

Description

This task modifies the VMware Network policy for a given VMware account and policy name.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Cloud Name	Cloud for which policies apply.​	vmware​Account​Name	Y
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Network​Policies​List	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
Enable Protection	Enable SRM	Boolean
Allow End User to select Optional NICs	Selecting this option enables end user to select optional NICs during provisioning	Boolean
VM Networks	Add one or more networks	vmwarevmnetworks

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​NETWORK_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Network Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Edit VDC Storage Additional Disk Policy

Summary

Modify an additional disk policy of a storage policy.

Description

This task modifies an additional disk policy of a storage policy.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Storage​Policies​List	Y
Disk Type	Select disk type	Disk​Type	Y
Same As System Disk Policy	Same as System disk policy	Boolean
Databse Disk Scope	Storage Scope
Use Linked Clone	Use Linked Clone	Boolean
Data Stores/Datastore Clusters Scope	Specify type of data store/datastore clusters scope: include/exclude or all	scopetype
Selected Data Stores	List of data stores selected for include/exclude	vmwaredatastores
Selected Datastore Clusters	List of Datastore Clusters for include/exclude	vmwaredatastorescluster
Use Shared Data Store only	Select if shared datastore only to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Storage Options	Select from the storage options below
Use Local Storage	Select if local storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use NFS	Select if NFS storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use VMFS	Select if VMFS storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use SAN	Select if SAN storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Filter Conditions	Select one or more filter conditions
Resizing Options for VM lifecycle	Post Deployment Resizing Options
Allow Resizing of Disk	Allow resizing of disk provisioned using this policy?	Boolean
Permitted Values for Disk in GB	Comma separated list of disk size values in GB, example: 10,50,100 or Range such as 50-100	gen_​text_​input
Allow user to select datastores from scope	Select if user is allowed to choose datastores during SR creation	Boolean

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​STORAGE_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Storage Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Edit VDC Storage Hard Disk Policy

Summary

Modify a hard disk policy of a storage policy.

Description

This task modifies a hard disk policy of a storage policy.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Storage​Policies​List	Y
Disk Label	Disk Label	gen_​text_​input	Y
Disk Size (GB)	Disk Size in GB	gen_​text_​input	Y
Disk Type	Assign disk type to disk	Disk​Type	Y
Controller Options
Controller Type	Select if you want to specific Controller Type	vmware​Storage​Policy​Disk​Controller​Type​Lov​Provider
Create Disk on new Controller	Select if you want to use new Controller	Boolean
Disk Provisioning Options
Disk Provisioning	Select Thin/Thick Provisioning Options	vmware​Storage​Policy​Disk​Provision​Type​Lov​Provider	Y
Resizing Options for VM lifecycle	Post Deployment Resizing Options
Allow Resizing of Disk	Allow resizing of disk provisioned using this policy?	gen_​text_​input
Permitted Values for Disk in GB	Comma separated list of disk size values in GB, example: 10,50,100 or Range such as 50-100	gen_​text_​input
Allow user to select datastores from scope	Select if user is allowed to choose datastores during SR creation	gen_​text_​input

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​STORAGE_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Storage Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Edit VDC Storage Policy

Summary

Modify a VMware storage policy.

Description

This task modifies the VMware Storage policy for a given VMware account and policy name.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Cloud Name	Cloud for which policy apply.​	vmware​Account​Name	Y
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​Storage​Policies​List	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
Use Ready Clone	Use Ready Clone	Boolean
Enable Protection
Select Protection Group	Select Protection Group	gen_​text_​input
Enable HX Protection		Boolean
Select Protection Group	Select HX Protection Group	Hyper​Flex​Protection​Group​Identity
System Disk Scope	System Disk Scope
Use Linked Clone	Use Linked Clone	Boolean
Storage Profile	Select a Storage Profile
Data Stores/Datastore Clusters Scope	Specify type of data store/datastore clusters scope: include/exclude or all	scopetype
Selected Datastore Clusters	List of Datastore Clusters for include/exclude	vmwaredatastorescluster
Select SDRS Rule Type	Select a type	gen_​text_​input
Select SDRS Rule	Select the VMs for which rule has to be applied	vmware​Datastore​Cluster​Rule​Identity
Selected Data Stores	List of data stores selected for include/exclude	vmwaredatastores
Use Shared Datastore Only	Select if shared datastore only to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Storage Options	Select from the storage options below
Use Local Storage	Select if local storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use NFS	Select if NFS storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use SAN	Select if SAN storage to be used for VM storage allocation	Boolean
Use VMFS	Select if VMFS storage to be used for VM storage allocation
Filter Conditions	Select one or more filter conditions
Override Template	Select if template properties to be overridden	Boolean
Use Thin Provisioning	Select if Thin Provisioning to be used during VM storage allocation	Boolean
Manual Disk Size	Select if Manual Disk Size to be used during VM storage allocation	Boolean
Resizing Options for VM Lifecycle	Post Deployment Resizing Options
Allow Resizing of Disk	Allow resizing of disk provisioned using this policy?	Boolean
Permitted Values for Disk in GB	Comma separated list of disk size values in GB, example: 10,50,100 or Range such as 10-50	gen_​text_​input
Disks	Disks
Disk Policies	Add one or more Disk policies
Allow User to Select Datastores from Scope	Select if user is allowed to choose datastores during SR creation	Boolean

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​STORAGE_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware Storage Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input

VMware - Edit VDC System Policy

Summary

Modify a VMware System policy.

Description

This task modifies a VMware system policy given the policy name.

Inputs

Input	Description	Mappable To Type	Mandatory
Policy Name	Policy Name	vmware​System​Profile​Lov​Provider	Y
Policy Description	Policy Description	gen_​text_​input
VM Name Template	If empty, name provided by end user is taken as VM Name.​	gen_​text_​input
Disable VM Name Uniqueness Check	VM name uniqueness check is skipped when this field is selected	Boolean
VM Name Validation Policy	Select VM Name Validation Policy	namevalidationpolicy
End User VM Name or VM Prefix	Allow end user to provide VM Name or VM Prefix?	Boolean
Power On After Deploy	Needs to be powered on after provisioning?	Boolean
Host Name Template		gen_​text_​input	Y
Disable Hostname Uniqueness Check	VM hostname uniqueness check is skipped when this field is selected	Boolean
Hostname Validation Policy	Select Hostname Validation Policy	namevalidationpolicy
Linux Time Zone	Time Zone to be customized for Linux VM	linuxtimezone	Y
Linux VM Max Boot Wait Time	Linux VM Max Boot Time	vmmaxbootwaittime	Y
DNS Domain	DNS Domain	gen_​text_​input	Y
DNS Suffix List	DNS Suffix List	gen_​text_​input
DNS Server List	DNS Server List	gen_​text_​input
VM Image Type	VM Image Type	imagetype	Y
Windows Parameters (applicable only for Windows)	Windows Only
Product ID	Product ID	gen_​text_​input
License Owner Name	Full name of license owner	gen_​text_​input
Organization	Name of the organization	gen_​text_​input
License Mode	License Mode	licensemode
Number of License Users	Number of license users for the OS	gen_​text_​input
Primary WINS	Primary WIN Server	gen_​text_​input
Secondary WINS	Secondary WIN Server	gen_​text_​input
Windows VM Max Boot Wait Time	Windows VM Max Boot Wait Time	gen_​text_​input
Auto Logon	Automatically logon after system powers.​	Boolean
Auto Logon Count	Automatically logon for the number of times as specified.​	gen_​text_​input
Administrator Password	Password used for Auto Logon and system deployment.​	password
Windows Time Zone	Time Zone to be customized for Windows VM	windowstimezone
Domain/Workgroup	Belongs to a Windows domain or workgroup?	domain
Workgroup	Specify Workgroup name.​	gen_​text_​input
Domain	Domain.​	gen_​text_​input
Domain Username	Domain Username	gen_​text_​input
Domain Password	Domain Password	password
Define VM Annotation	Define VM Annotation	Boolean
VM Annotation	Notes of the Annotation	gen_​text_​input
Custom Attributes	Add one or more Custom Attributes	system​Policy​Annotation

Outputs

Output	Description	Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​SYSTEM_​POLICY_​NAME	VMware System Policy Name.​	gen_​text_​input