The following table lists the VM provisioning actions supported by the Orchestration Console for the vsphere provisioning adapter job.
Table 18-1 Provisioning Actions Supported by the vSphere Provisioning Adapter on Guest Operating Systems
Orchestration Server Managed VM Action |
SLES 10 |
SLES 11 |
RHEL 4 |
RHEL 5 |
RHEL 6 |
Other Linux |
Windows 2003 R2 |
Windows 2008 R2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provision |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Clone |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Shutdown |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Destroy |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Suspend |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Pause |
|
|
|
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Resume |
|
|
|
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Create Template |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Move Disk Image1 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Hot Migrate2 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Warm Migrate3 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Checkpoint |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Restore |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Install Orchestration Agent |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Make Standalone |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Check Status |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Save Config |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Cancel Action |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Check Host Assignment |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Launch Remote Desktop |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
NOTE:Host operating systems are dependent on the VMware vSphere support matrix.
The VMware vsphere provisioning adapter supports only VMware Virtual Center 2.x. Virtual Center 1.x is not supported.
1 A “move” is the relocation of VM disk images between two storage devices when the VM is in a not running state (including VMs that are suspended with a checkpoint file). This action does not require shared storage; the move is between separate repositories.
2 A “hot migrate” (also called a “live migrate”) is the migration of a running VM to another host and starting it there with minimal resulting downtime (measured in milliseconds). This action requires shared storage.
3 A “warm migrate” is the migration of a suspended VM to another host and starting it there with brief resulting downtime (measured in seconds). This action requires shared storage.